Close the Door: Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Bran's final chapter is a masterpiece, but why do we assume Meera is alive? Is Bran Stark more powerful than Bloodraven? Are they related? Is Bloodraven pulling one over on Bran or has he learned his lesson? A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Bran III.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 638

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Tyrion's coming back to himself and we couldn't be more relieved. Penny is actually great and maybe the fandom is just super misogynistic? You know it's a good chapter when you get to talk about pyroclastic flows. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Tyrion VIII.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 637

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Roose is on the loose, but he's suddenly a far more strategic guy than the vampire who curated the Red Wedding playlist. Poor Theon has to listen to everyone's inappropriate stories. I guess it's better than getting flayed? A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Reek III.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 636

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Fire Woman! That's right, in this encore episode we get inside the head of our favorite red priestess. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Melisandre I. Originally recorded in 2018.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 635

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Dany’s stuck in Meereen and so are we, and no one is happy about it. Guile calls these chapters Dany’s office hours, and it’s hard to disagree. Does anyone blame a fifteen year old for picking the least bad of fifty bad options? And look, GRRM, we agree that the Meereenese knot is indeed a quagmire, but if it was caused by a pacing problem couldn’t we have sidestepped it altogether? A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Daenerys V.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 634

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. In this Patreon exclusive, we deep dive on a listener prompt about the use of the phrase "I dreamed of you" in GRRM's expanded universe. Two of the characters who use this dream are Targaryens (or Targ adjacent) and two are Lannisters. Does it mean anything? Is the phrase for the dreamer or the dreamed of? Are two out of three instances romantic? Where does Tyrion fit in this mess? And does anything really beat Jaime saying it to Brienne? A Song of Ice and Fire. Special Episode - I dreamed of you?
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 633

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Davos gets the best food and the best gossip while waiting for Wyman Manderly to cut off his head and hands. The Wolf Den might have the world’s worst Christmas tree trimmings, but it’s a heck of an homage to the Stark-Manderly mutual appreciation society. Finally, we all fist pump because the North Remembers...even if some of us forgot to read the right chapter in our shortest episode to date. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Davos IV. Originally recorded in 2018.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 632

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Jon’s living out everyone’s 3 on 1 fantasy, and two of them are twins! This chapter definitely reveals the fic that could have been when Jon and “Rattleshirt” throwdown, and Comma has sage advice for AO3 writers looking for a new niche. We all feel like Jon’s getting the full seduction treatment from Mel, tailored to his northern tastes. And who is R'hllor allied with anyway? A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Jon VI.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 631

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. We're not happy to be back in Tyrion's head, but does Jorah Mormont make us more sympathetic to him? Group Rate to Meereen: the book that could have been. Penny just makes everyone sad. Bonus—we figure out why we don't have Winds! A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - Tyrion VII.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 630

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. We read GRRM's "best" love scene and we're unimpressed (except with Qarl). Are zee Glovers zee secret Frenchmen of Westeros? Are the Ironborn (Asha excluded) the Honey Boo Boos of Westeros? Is any character man enough for Hagen's Daughter? A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - The Wayward Bride (Asha I). Originally recorded in 2018.
Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 629