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Night gathers, and now the pod begins.
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Guys, this was it! The final episode of perhaps the most culturally significant fictional television show of our lifetimes. Harry and I are joined by good friend and executive chef at Hull's Kitchen Ben Wicks, and we get DEEP into the meat of the episode, the season, and the series. This is a long one, and it's kinda late, and I can't think of anything to write here that we didn't cover on the episode. Enjoy!
It's the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, and tensions are running HOT across Westeros. Harry and I dive deep into this lengthy, sometimes gratuitously violent episode, touching everything from the human cost of genocide-by-dragon to our affinity for the Red Keep's Map Room (RIP). We also discuss the complete mail-in job perpetrated by D&D, rank our favorite deaths from the episode, and conclude that Cersei really didn't get her money's worth from the so-called Golden Company.
Our hearts are heavy this week for many reasons. First and foremost, because the writers seem to have mailed it in towards the end. We chat about that. Secondly, because it's apparently so goodamn expensive to CGI a direwolf that Jon couldn't even give Ghost a goodbye boop. We chat about that too, Thirdly, Rhaegal gets sniped from way downtown by heat-seeking crossbow bolts, in a clear attempt to even up the stakes of the final battle. We chat a good bit about that. And last, but absolutely not least, our hearts are heavy because we've lost the light of our (or at least my) life, the gentlest and most lovely person in this whole besotted tapestry, the greatest translator in Naath's history... Missandei. We don't chat about that too much. Rest in Power, sweet queen.
Guys, I done goofed up. We had a whole podcast recorded in two parts - one before the soccer game that we played on Thursday night, and one after. During the editing/uploading process, this big dumb idiot somehow overwrote the part we recorded before the soccer game, which covers roughly half the episode. So enjoy what you get here, and we'll come back strong next week. In case the jokes in the episode title don't make sense because we talked about them before the game: that huge wight giant busted into Winterfell like Ricky from I Love Lucy, Jorah died and was immediately inducted into the Friendzone HOF, and we thought Sansa and Tyrion might get kinky with that knife in that one scene. Love y'all, promise to come back strong next week.
We talk a WHOLE bunch about an episode where, according to many folks, not much happened. This was the calm before the storm situation, where our favorite heroes spent their last night among the living either drinking, fucking, apologizing, or doubling down on trying to get some serious action. We're actually pretty proud of this episode despite (or perhaps because of?) the copious amount of whiskey consumed whilst recording it.
It was a classic premiere episode from everyone's favorite incest-laden fantasy dramedy, with lots of character reunions, pithy one-liners, gratuitous boobs, and dragon Uber rides to secluded snow sex sierras. We kinda zoomed through this one because it's been a WEEKEND, Harry had to go to bowling, and I need to pack for my flight that leaves in less than 12 hours. But we love you all and we love everyone on this show. Except Bran.
YOU GUYS IT'S ALMOST HERE! The final season of Game of Thrones descends upon us like winter, which is to say, slowly but surely. This is a pretty classic episode of Bone Up On Your Thrones, where we ramble on about whatever crops up in the old skull, including who's gonna die, who's gonna live, who's gonna kill who, and who's gonna get it on with who. Lots of whos in this one, we're sounding like a couple owls out here. Dive in.
It's June and we're sorely missing some Thrones in our life. And if we're missing Game of Thrones, we can only imagine how much YOU'RE missing THIS podcast! Harry and I sit down to confusedly hash out the previous season, make some speculative guesses as to how the final season will play out, and compare the houses of Westeros to the teams of World Cup 2018. Enjoy!
In the final episode of the penultimate season of Bone Up On Your Thrones, your fearless podcast leaders are joined by good friend of the pod Greg Hall, a resident of the greater Atlanta metro area who decided to fly up to Boston on a whim because he had a bunch of miles on his credit card and he effing loves his friends.
Anyway, Greg, Harry, and I yap about the questions and theories swirling around this latest episode of Game of Thrones, including the identity of the Night('s) King, the possibility of the wine in Cersei's chamber being poisoned, and the CGI budget that may/may not have precluded HBO from showcasing Ghost, arguably the most important character in the series.
Also, I think we missed a question from Madde. Sorry Mad!
The Game of Thrones season 7 finale was so big, so beefy, so downright girthy, that we had no choice but to split our recap into two parts. In this episode you'll find Harry and I diving deep into the melee, with discussions on the potential NSFW antics Qyburn was planning with that wight's hand, the hijinks Drogon and Rhaegal could have been stirring up offscreen, and a potential new book-sourced nickname for Viserion.
Also, a mystery guest shows up at some point. You'll know it when you hear it.
On Thursday, we'll be coming in hot with a mailbag-type pod, dissecting the many awesome questions we got from listeners across this great nation of ours. If anything in this ep sparks a question, you know where to send it.
Whilst currently on a conference call with some very important people, I nevertheless have persisted and posted this episode. Harry and I plow through a discussion of the penultimate episode of Thrones's penultimate season in much the same way as Gendry plowed through the snows of the North.
Arya was exhibiting a real 'tude during all of her interactions with Sansa, and we didn't appreciate it. There was some quality dude time north of the wall, we lost Thoros, and many many people made stupid decisions. Overall, the realism of this show focusing on dragons, ice zombies, and resurrection has taken a significant downturn.
Also, ICE DRAGON!!!
PS: I said Rhaegal was red in the books but he's green. My b.
It's like 1:30 in the morning and I have to get up at 6:30. You're not getting much in the way of a description. Fresh off a heartbreaking L in the soccer finals, Harry and I discuss the Thrones's latest episode. It's cool. Guys go beyond the wall, women talk about pregnancy, dragons snuff dudes then sniff a dude. Jamie shouldn't be alive. Davos wins the episode. Gendry's back!!
You guys. This episode was massively dope. Drogon was unleashed to the fullest and Dany had that crazy look in her eye where you just knew she was thinking, "Let's get it on."
Seriously, the fourth ep of Thrones' seventh season delivered from beginning to end, and Harry and I went long and deep on the whole thing. We discuss Bran's penchant for bringing up moments in other people's lives that he would have no earthly reason to know about, hieroglyphics, Arya stuntin' on Brienne, Missandei's somewhat forced proclamation of devotion to Dany, the invention of the wheelchair, Drogon's stint on the DL, and who the true blue mole in Dany's camp is.
Also, we watched a fucking dragon roast some bitches. Strap in.
Also also, I went on a map rant. Here's the map in question:
http://www.awoiaf.westeros.org/images/e/e7/map_of_westeros.jpg
P.S.: I misspoke on the origin of the assassin's dagger. Joffrey stole it from Robert, who won it from Littlefinger. Tyrion's not involved. Carry on.
Back at it again! with the fresh GoT takes. Fresh off a hugeeee soccer dub, Rob and I discuss the girl he made cry that one time, a whole lot of fingers in bums, and we are reminded that dragons DO in fact exist.
We got a heaping pile of listener questions to sort through - and decided whether or not Jon will bend the knee, who might kill Charlie Conway, and whether or not Arya is going to meet Sansa (spoiler - probably not).
We call some friends for STEAMING hot takes and decide whether or not Bran is the biggest creep to ever exist. Stay until the end for some bonus footage. BUOY-T everybody!!
It's the second episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones, and boy was it a doozy. Harry and I have hit our stride just in time, and we yammer on about scaly boys, the Lord's Kiss as performed by a Ken doll, huge unwieldy crossbows and magical wind-aided raven flights.
In addition, there's talk of "KINGINDANORF" drinking games, the fact that Yara cucks Theon on a daily basis, and Jorah's swiftly deteriorating epidermal situation. Enjoy!
Praise the Old Gods and the New, for Game of Thrones has returned! In this episode Harry and I go deep on the Season 7 premiere, including discussions about that sweet new map room Cersei's trotting around in, how many ice zombies you could fuck up with one Valyrian steel sword, and a few lengthy tangents about God knows what. We suspended recording halfway through to go play a soccer game (you'll have to stick around to find out how we did), so the last half is a bit more loopy. Enjoy!
WELCOME BACK TO THE THRONES!
In today's episode we meet our fearless new cohost Harry Tyrell. Get it, cuz their sigil is a rose? Anyway, Harry and I have just returned from a life-affirming Third Eye Blind concert, and we're not not drunk. So this one's a little interesting. We jabber on about dragons, zombies, zombie dragons, ice, fire, Jon, Dany, and everything else in the sexual new Season 7 trailer.
Harry hadn't seen the new trailer, so the beginning part is him reacting to it. It's pretty good stuff.
Here's the trailer if you want to follow along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mlhnt0jMlg
We've made it to the end of another season of Game of Thrones. And unlike in previous seasons, this finale was an absolute doozy. Huge news from pretty much every corner of the known world; if this universe had Twitter, shit would have been popping off. Come for the episode discussion, stay for the In Memoriam, audience questions, and general shenanigans. UPDATE: It was late and I didn't have a list in front of me, so I missed several people in the "in memoriam" section. Here they are. Doran Martell - Who run the world? Sand Snakes Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun (aka Wun Wun) - The undisputed MVP of the Battle for Winterfell The Waif - Deserved it Lancel - Got to bang Cersei so he had a decent life Walder Frey and his moron sons - Deserved it
The penultimate episode of this season was, as usual, fucking awesome. We had dragons burning ships, shield walls encircling men, giants punching through gates... it was an absolute fiesta of carnage. Let's get into it. Also, I forgot to do the outro song and (AGAIN) forgot to credit my man Jaron Davis for the music. Tough couple weeks for me, promise to come back strong next week.
So there's been a bit of a gap. I went to a wedding, I went to a different country, and I've generally been slacking on the podcast front. But BUOYT is back in a big way this week, with potentially the longest episode of the show. There were an enormous amount of audience questions covering a huge range of topics, from Gendry to sword-candle tricks to the much-maligned Riverrun plotline. Hopefully you enjoy, and hopefully I can FUCKING get this thing on iTunes. Stay tuned for that.
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