[House of the Dragon: Season 2 doesn't have] the smoothest and most consistent writing but I appreciate the focus on character. It’s a season that was marred by significant production issues and, it is mildly impressive that it came together at all.

Full Review | Sep 23, 2024

House of the Dragon is a marked improvement over Game of Thrones, but it can still do better by its disabled and queer characters.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Sep 3, 2024

While season two of “House of the Dragon” starts strong, it eventually becomes clear that this series is at war with itself.

Full Review | Aug 28, 2024

The new allegiances in the finale satisfyingly blur the lines between the factions, but until war truly begins—and Rhaenyra embraces every aspect of leadership, including the unsavory ones—it’s still all table-setting, no meat.

Full Review | Aug 9, 2024

We know already that there is no happy ending, but it has increasingly seemed that the characters themselves agree.

Full Review | Aug 9, 2024

Protagonists are reactive, budget didn't allow us to leave the three main locations making the characters redundant, the creators believe every single audience member has read the books, some epic moments nonetheless. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 8, 2024

It’s exceptionally clear to me that Condal enjoys the text for the same reasons I do. That he’s far more interested in the shading of history than the accurate depiction of it.

Full Review | Aug 8, 2024

The season benefits from having only eight episodes instead of ten; it flies by and nothing goes amiss, in all aspects, from the direction and staging to the photography, it is a constant improvement from the previous one. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 7, 2024

But implausibilities aside, in its second outing, House of the Dragon has cemented itself as a fantasy drama of weight and worth, one that has favoured smart, streamlined plotting and emotional heft over empty spectacle.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2024

House of the Dragon is needlessly chained to its flimsy source material, a poorly paced slog that would do well to break free from the timeline of the novellas it remains haplessly devoted to.

Full Review | Aug 5, 2024

Across eight slow-moving episodes—which had their share of awe-inducing sights, lacklustre character arcs, and heartfelt conversations—season 2 showed wars can be won and lost in more ways than one.

Full Review | Aug 5, 2024

House of The Dragon Season 2 a ton of build up... but solid build up that excites you for Season 3 & Beyond

Full Review | Aug 5, 2024

House of the Dragon Season 2 continues to push forward the legacy of its franchise, but it does so by taking more care of the points of view we see on screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 8.5/10 | Aug 5, 2024

This is a grand, often poetic epic that feels as much of a return home as a new frontier.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 4, 2024

There was a real chance House of the Dragon became the spin-off for the hardcore fans of the first show. However, it’s emerged as one of the best-looking shows on TV, with blockbuster ambitions in every scene.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 22, 2024

If House of the Dragon were a character, it would be Daemon Targaryen, and as much as some people love Daemon, as much as we love him, no one ever truly says those words as a straight-up compliment.

Full Review | Jul 1, 2024

I've watched 4 episodes and I can say that not only surpassed the first season, but has the potential to overshadow the original series. Watching each episode is an event these weeks, and in the Targaryen Civil War, the viewers are the winners.

Full Review | Jul 1, 2024

If the first season focused on how Rhaenyra and Alicent became at odds due to being used as pawns by patriarchal power, then the second season explores how their goodwill and benevolence are shattered beyond repair by that same power.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 28, 2024

This story began as a footnote, and House of the Dragon has yet to prove itself as more than an annotation.

Full Review | Jun 27, 2024

HOTD still suffers from a lack of humour: those refreshing spritzes of naughtiness so essential for lightening the po-faced fantasy load. In other ways, it’s better: not as tiresomely porny and nastier, colder, more clawingly ruthless.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2024