The Dance of the Dragons is happening on the Season 2 finale of HBO’s House of the Dragon, as the deadly civil war wages on between the Targaryens and Hightowers.
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) found some unexpected allies in the form of new dragon riders in last week’s penultimate episode.
Now that she has the advantage in terms of dragon riders, she intends to strike at the Hightowers in tonight’s finale.
The pay cable network has already renewed the series for Season 3, though it’s unclear when production will begin.
It’s also unclear if the show will have any sort of a time jump between Season 2 and Season 3 quite yet or if it will continue directly after Season 2.
The Dance of the Dragons is happening on the Season 2 finale of HBO’s House of the Dragon , as the deadly civil war wages on between the Targaryens and Hightowers
Now that she has the advantage in terms of dragon riders, she intends to strike at the Hightowers in tonight’s finale
The episode begins with Tyland Lannister trying to negotiate the breaking of the King’s Landing blockade in Essos.
‘It seems you need us more than we need you,’ Jason is told, while another tells Jason to give them the Stepstones, but he’s not agreeing.
‘Give them to us outright, if you prevail,. and all that will cease. We will impose a simple tax on those passing through. Recoup the losses we took fighting the Velaryon hordes,’ Tyland is told as he says it’s extortion.
Tyland says they will drive up the price of basic goods, but he’s told, ‘It’s better than starving, surely.’
Tyland agrees but thinks the Prince Regent Aemond may well have him hanged for this.
They also insist on meeting the commander and say their troops are loyal, but it is revealed to be a woman who says she won’t sail with someone who can’t ‘best’ her.
‘At what?’ Tyland inquires, as she turns and smiles.
The series is set 200 years before the events that unfolded in HBO’s flagship series Game of Thrones, and 100 years into the rule of House Targaryen over Westeros.
By the end of Season 1, King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) had died, with his only son, Aegon II, taking claim to the Iron Throne.
Rhaenyra felt that she had a right to the throne, as House Targaryen became divided between factions led by Rhaenyra and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), Rhaenyra’s former best friend and wife of King Viserys.
The Season 2 premiere suffered a bit of a ratings hit, with 7.8 million viewers tuning in last week through all platforms.
That number was a 22% drop from the 10 million viewers that tuned in for the series premiere back in August 2022.
The drop was attributed to linear viewing, those who watched the episode live on HBO, which was 1 million fewer than the series premiere.
The second episode of Season 1 actually increased to 10.2 million, representing a series peak, with 9.3 million viewers watching the Season 1 finale.
The show’s season two debut was penned by showrunner Ryan Condal and directed by Alan Taylor, who previously directed episodes of Game of Thrones, as well as HBO staples such as Boardwalk Empire, Sex and the City, The Sopranos and its prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark.
The series is set 200 years before the events that unfolded in HBO ‘s flagship series Game of Thrones , and 100 years into the rule of House Targaryen over Westeros
The Season 2 premiere suffered a bit of a ratings hit, with 7.8 million viewers tuning in last week through all platforms
The drop was attributed to linear viewing, those who watched the episode live on HBO, which was 1 million fewer than the series premiere
The show’s second season kicked off with a revised opening titles sequence that was noticeably different than the one broadcast in the show’s first season.
The first season of House of the Dragon featured an animated opening that incorporated Old Valyria in a stone model.
It had been presided over by the late King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine). It included red blood streaming through Valyria’s streets, with symbolism alluding to the Targaryen leaders.
House of the Dragon will return for Season Three on HBO, though it’s unclear when the show will return quite yet.
