The fact that it’s not entirely new means that what we’re getting is mostly just more of what we got already—but what we got was already pretty good. Matt Smith in a questionable wig as Daemon Targaryen, at the heart of a political powderkeg game of succession? Check. said powderkeg violently exploding into all out Targaryen civil war? Check. Dragons roaring, flying, breathing fire, and generally being quite awesome and horrifying in equal measure? Check, check, and check.
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House of the Dragon has a lot to live up to stepping out of the shadow of Game of Thrones—especially the way it ended. What we’ve seen so far at least sets the stage for it to have the potential to do so. All it’ll take is a little Fire and Blood.
House of the Dragon hits HBO and HBO Max August 21.
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