Take the Black: Let's rave about the latest episode of House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon burned the roof off the place with "The Red Dragon and the Gold," a spectacular new episode that ends with a huge battle. Also, a major character died: pour one out for Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was.

This was the best episode of the season so far, and maybe of the series. We break it all down in a new episode of our podcast Take the Black, which we stream live every Sunday night after each new installment. Watch us jaw below!

What made this battle so powerful? What does Rhaenyra's speech to her son Jace mean in the larger context of the series? Did this character death live up to the big ones on Game of Thrones? Did the battle? Were Daemon's dream sequences in Harrenhal too much or just right? And what's coming next? We talk about all that and more!

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