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The long-awaited conclusion to the first season of House of the Dragon has come with this week’s “The Black Queen.” This episode is far from the worst of the season, but also far from the best. It’s a very middle-of-the-road episode that neither elicits anticipation for the next season nor satisfactorily resolves the plot lines…

Many viewers of HBO’s House of the Dragon have held off on recommending the show to others until its conclusion, fearing that it will take a sharp turn like Game of Thrones did. Those concerns prove more than valid with episode 9, “The Green Council.” This episode takes a swift nosedive in quality, reaching near season 8 levels of…

The beginning of the end is here, and the Targaryen Civil War has begun. In this week’s House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides,” the meandering and constant setup is finally brought to a close. The majority of “The Lord of the Tides” is bloated setup with two great scenes slipped in. Much…

To say that House of the Dragon has been playing jump rope with quality would be an apt metaphor. Episodes 1 and 2 were average, while 3 and 4 were decent to good, and 5 and 6 were passable to horrible. Now, episode 7, “Driftmark,” comes in strong, easily becoming the best episode of the season to date. Many issues derived from the 10-year time jump still exist…

The juggernaut that is House of the Dragon has reached its significant hurdle, its make or break point, with the major time jump in this week’s episode 6, “The Princess and the Queen.” The actresses that were replaced in this episode were much beloved, so this was a very precarious point for the series in…