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House of the Dragon’s second season was about the quiet moments that shape history

House of the Dragon appears to be keeping the explosive action for its final two seasons.

An escalation of fiery battles and royal treachery felt like the logical next step for a series chronicling how the Targaryens fell from grace in the past and sowed seeds that would go on to save the world in the distant future. And while it culminated in a season finale that might not have lived up to everyone’s hopes action-wise, the episode solidified House of the Dragon as a series capable of telling its own powerful stories and adding new depth to A Song of Ice and Fire. Pacing issues thoroughly derailed Game of Thrones in its home stretch; House of the Dragon could very well meet a similar fate, but its restraint showed that the writers room might have the patience to resist going too big too soon.

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