House of the Dragon Is Everything You’d Expect A GoT Spinoff To Be

The highly anticipated Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, is everything you’d expect a GoT spinoff to be. A fantasy world of high production value, detailed costume design, great casting, violence, betrayal, and of course, sex. So much sex.

Not to mention the introduction of characters you know you’ll love instantly (and will throw the remote the second they die horribly), as well as the characters who can’t die soon enough. Even with the terribly bad taste the final season of GoT left, fans like myself were clamoring for more. Enter House Targaryen.

The tone is set almost as high as our expectations with an ensemble cast who absolutely own their parts. But that’s also my issue with this series. With several significant time jumps over 10 episodes, this series (so far) doesn’t allow you to really connect or attach to certain characters.

Perhaps it’s for the best? After all, you can’t cry over a character who died 30 minutes in. But I feel like part of the “magic” of Game of Thrones, was being able to connect with characters and choosing a favorite. Like a wrestler entering the Royal Rumble and cheering them on until they’re tragically eliminated. But this is a new series and a new adventure. Should I be so quick to judge the storytelling after just ONE season? The showrunners know what they’re doing right? RIGHT??

All in all, it was a great start to a new series. It succeeded in breathing new life into my medieval politics, dungeons, and dragons fandom. I found myself rewatching new episodes and counting down the days until the next one. 

Binge it if you have the time, and be thankful you don’t have to wait a week between episodes!