421: Should You Take House Of The Dragon For A Ride?

Our resident (reluctant) GoT expert Jeff Drake is back to talk about HBO's ponderous, poorly wigged prequel to Game Of Thrones, House Of The Dragon -- who it's for, why it's so murkily lit, when it's going to get out of the administrative world-building weeds and get interesting, and which actors are making us long for the upcoming time jump. After that, we jumped into Around The Dial with She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Bluey's third season, and Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, and Erica challenged us to drop Jeff "the Dude" Bridges into existing shows. The gang slipped and slid towards the Canon in a twelfth-season It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia pitch; Paul Rudd won, and arranged TV marriages lost; and Game Time had us contemplating the shows that just keep draggin' on. The old gods have spoken: listen to the latest Extra Hot Great!
GUESTS
👤 Jeff Drake
TOPICS
Lead Topic: 🐲 House Of The Dragon
Around The Dial: ⚖️ She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
Around The Dial: 🐶 Bluey
Around The Dial: 🦈 Zig & Sharko
Around The Dial: 🫥 Untold
Extra Credit: 🌉 An Infinite Number Of Bridges
The Canon: 🔔 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia S12.E02: The Gang Goes To A Water Park
Winner & Loser: 👍 Only Murders In The Building
Winner & Loser: 👎 Love Is Blind
Game Time: 👴🏼 House Of The Draggin'
NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 421 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
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