House of the Dragon Season 1 Review

House of the Dragon is now streaming on HBO Max. Review by Helen O'Hara.

Early on it sometimes felt too faithful to its predecessor, but after ten episodes House Of The Dragon has forged its own identity and established itself as a worthy prequel to Game Of Thrones. That’s largely thanks to strong writing, a wildly overqualified cast, and a veritable flock of dragons. More of the same next time, but a little more confidence too. They’ve earned it.

[DragonsDream]

Paddy Considine as King Viserys is just outstanding, even GRRM admits that the show version of Viserys is better than his own, Paddy definitely deserves an emmy next year.

[ouranos]

Yeah it’s 9. Loses a point for some pacing issues in the middle but it sets up the dance perfectly in the end. The casting and acting is 10/10.

[blank]

Was a solid first season and sets up season 2 perfectly

[Thedrewshow]

During the wedding announcement in the Crowd He states that the Color worn by the Hightowers when the go to war is Green. They established the significance of the colors early on in the season.

[giantsk]

Daemon was like a perfect Targyrean version of Jamie crossed with some of Rhaegar.

[Kool_MoeT]

This show surpassed expectations! This is storytelling at its best!

[Avadakedvr]

House of the Dragon definitely beats The Rings of Power...

[bugs]

This show certainly delivered and it just shows GRRM was right. After all the complaining it’s still was best to not start the show at start of the Dance, but introduce the characters first involved. Season 2 will certainly have a much faster pace and feel more like the older GOT.

[Ozgur]

Rop is 8 and hotd is 9? What a joke. They are not even in the same postal code.

[kizaruthegreat]

slow beginning but great ending. hype for season 2. aemond targaryan best character

[ChairmanMeow]

Whoever did the casting deserves a raise

[amirhamza]

Aemond is so much more of a 2D anime psycho villain in the book lol

[Krushv]

its not easy to bring book characters to life and make them more interesting than they are in the books. masterpiece in every way.

[Potaters]

The first season was some of the best character-driven drama ive seen in a show. So much subtlety and nuance in not only the characters themselves but particularly in their relationships with others. There were so many multi-dimensional personalities built carefully throughout the season - all sold by great writing and great acting!

[yohanespaskal]

Hbo rules. Succession, hotd, white lotus

[keithmarcus]

If they gave Rings of Power 8/10, this is easily 15 over 10

[rustyrolla]

The only thing that "irked" me was the huge time jumps and re casting. For me the show was strongest when they stuck in more or less the time area.

[Adam-kxtp]

For a show that often paints of itself in a cynical light, it had a surprising amount of heart.

[archuletawsn]

If HOTD was a 9 for IGN, then Rings of Power should've been either 6 or 7.

[GoreyBits]

I’ve watched that scene of Daemon beheading Vaemond hundreds of times.