House of the Dragon: Season 2 Score Details “HBO's House of the Dragon returns from a two-year break with a second season that is more violent, brutal, and frustrating than its first.” Pros Several spell-binding, deeply felt lead performances Sharper and more legible direction throughout A few memorably tense, jaw-dropping sequences and set pieces Cons Uneven pacing throughout Inconsistent character development Multiple jarring, unearned narrative and tonal left turns The first season of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon , offered a literal change of pace from its smash-hit predecessor. Across its eight seasons , Game of Thrones delivered jaw-dropping deaths, battles, and betrayals at a steady rate that was as impressive as it was addicting.
It came as a bit of a shock then that HBO chose to follow up Thrones with not only a prequel set nearly 200 years before the events of that game-changing TV show, but one that operated more like a slow-burn slice of palace intrigue than a blood-soaked, straightforward medieval fantasy epic. Littered with time jumps and dramatic shifts in allegiance, House of the Dragon ‘s 10-episode first season turned out to be — for all intents and purposes — an extended prologue to the show’s real story: a Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. Related House of the Dragon season 2: Everything we know so far War is coming in House of the Dragon season 2 trailer HBO drops 2 dueling trailers for House of the .
