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- HBO
- Jun 16, 2024
- HBO
- Jun 16, 2024
Summary Set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” the prequel focuses on House Targaryen that includes King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), his younger brother Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) and the king's daughter Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy).
Created By: Ryan J. Condal, George R.R. Martin
- HBO
- Jun 16, 2024
- HBO
- Jun 16, 2024
House of the Dragon
Season 2
Season Premiere: Jun 16, 2024
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5.2
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Summary Set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” the prequel focuses on House Targaryen that includes King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), his younger brother Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) and the king's daughter Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy).
Created By: Ryan J. Condal, George R.R. Martin
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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27% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
73
73% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
27% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
If that first series was merely the warm-up, then this second feels like the whistle has just blown on the main event.
I can't imagine that season 2 will win new "House of the Dragon" fans. .... But those who are invested in Westeros will find those same sublime pleasures front and center. If you like dragons and battles and shocking acts of brutality, you're in for a treat. And if you like quiet, whispered conversations in castle corridors, you're going to have a real good time. In short, "House of the Dragon" is a gift for "Game of Thrones" fans.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 126 User Ratings
5.2
50% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
10% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
40% Negative
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 126 User Ratings
5.2
50% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
10% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
40% Negative
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
The new season feels cleaner and more tightly focused, despite juggling existing players while adding a few key new ones.
Visceral excess may be missed, but there’s ample gratification just spending time with thwarted claimant-to-the-Iron Throne Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), her sociopath uncle/husband Daemon (Matt Smith), and their late king’s widow, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
There are times where "House of the Dragon" feels like it's simply covering historical material rather than telling a story, but for the most part, we're able to buy into the plight of the characters, especially the ones that we've spent the most amount of time with. Between its political maneuvering, trademark set pieces, and engaging main characters, "House of the Dragon" continues to impress in its second season.
Shockingly, after almost two years since season one premiered, the show is off to another slow start for better, and sometimes for worse.
The best I could muster at the end of their sweaty, bloody passion play was, "Ouch." Again: the subpar writing deserves the blame for that, not the performers. .... We may find that the back half of this one finds ways to remedy the diluted storytelling leaving us cold. The fourth episode fuels that hope even as the action within drains whatever dregs of assurances are left for the realm.
Set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” the prequel focuses on House Targaryen that includes King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), his younger brother Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) and the king's daughter Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy).
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SEASON 2
So far this season is really meh. They’re either wasting time because they didnt really have more good ideas or they’re trying to make it more like political intrigue but it’s coming off really boring. I hate this format of showing 30 seconds of a cool scene like a dragon and then the rest of the show is just people walking or holding a conversation I can’t seem to care about. Too bad.
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SEASON 2
Man, what a soap opera. The writing is bad, the acting is bad, the story is bad. What's good, you ask? The sets ok (but cheap). The CGI is ok. Even the gratuitous sex and nudity isn't really worth the screen time. All in all, we'd rate this; "don't waste your time with this trash, unless you love daytime soap operas."
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SEASON 2
costume drama with dragons... nice setting but boring and slow plot and dialogues with no mysteries and no secrets to be revealed. huge urge to skip through many scenes of the 2nd episode
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SEASON 2