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Jun 2024
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The ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Premi...

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Chris and Andy talk about the premiere of ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 and whether or not you can properly engage with this episode without doing some light reading about the plot beforehand (11:24), as well as improvements the show has made since its first season (21:23). Then they talk about the first two episodes of ‘Presumed Innocent,’ and how its stacked cast with people like Ruth Negga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Bill Camp take it from good to great (35:39).


Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

Producer: Kaya McMullen

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