In the wake of season 2 of House of the Dragon, George R.R. Martin made an announcement that will greatly displease the cable channel HBO, which produces the fantasy series adapting a section of Fire & Blood. We tell you everything!
House of the Dragon: George R.R. Martin bares his teeth
Following the conclusion of Game of Thrones, HBO announced that it was working on several spin-off ideas, some of which did not make it past the pilot episode stage. Cautiously, the cable channel of the Warner Bros. Discovery group launched its first spin-off series from the fantasy universe of George R.R. Martin in 2022: House of the Dragon. Centered on the Dance of the Dragons, a bloody civil war that caused the decline of House Targaryen and the disappearance of dragons, the series was acclaimed by critics and audiences alike from its first season. Two years later, in June 2024, we were able to discover season 2. Despite its great qualities, this new batch of episodes has not generated the same general enthusiasm.
While some viewers did not appreciate the narrative arc of Daemon Targaryen at Harrenhal, The finale is arguably the most frustrating episode, to the point of being the lowest-rated episode in Game of Thrones history. While a good episode in its own right, it lacks depth for a season finale – especially considering that we'll have to wait at least two years for the third season. In a blog post, writer George R.R. Martin, who was part of the thunderous applause during the first season, announced that he will soon be writing an article dealing with “everything that went wrong” in season 2 of House of the Dragon.
The author, who applauded the first episodes of season 2 in June, particularly the interpretation of Phia Saban (Helaena Targaryen), should probably return to the difficult production of this new season. According to the American press, season 2 was initially supposed to have ten episodes – like the first season – but the economic difficulties that Warner Bros. Discovery has been going through for several years have pushed the HBO channel to reduce the number of episodes to eight. Unfortunately, the writers' strike would have prevented the reworking of the end of season 2. In any case, we are curious to see everything that George R.R. Martin has to to say about this second season of House of the Dragon.
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