Full spoilers follow for House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 1. High stakes. High seas. High treason. This season opener has everything. This is the Battle of the Gullet and it is every bit as spectacular as we could have hoped, all pirate battles and flaming missiles and hand-to-hand combat. It’s surrounded by the sort of scheming, seduction, confession and devastation that makes for good character drama too. If the rest of the season is anything like this, this Game of Thrones spin-off might finally have a way to outfight its predecessor. We’ll come back to the character stuff. The centrepiece of this episode is a hugely exciting air-and-navy clash between Lord Corlys Velaryon’s (Steve Toussaint) fleet and the Tyroshi fleet led by Sharako Lohar (Abigail Thorn). For Lohar, it’s a grudge match; for Corlys, it’s only part of his blockade of King’s Landing on behalf of Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and her “Blacks” in the civil war called the Dance of Dragons against her cousins, the “Greens.” Lohar’s determined to hit the Sea Snake where it hurts, sending half her fleet to burn his home: “High Tide is a monument to the Sea Snake himself. Do you think his focus will hold when he sees his
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After the season premiere brought the long-awaited Battle of the Gullet, House of the Dragon kept the momentum going with this week’s “Queen’s Landing.” We saw some major reunions—and some striking displays of grief. At a recent House of…
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After the season premiere brought the long-awaited Battle of the Gullet, House of the Dragon kept the momentum going with this week’s “Queen’s Landing.” We saw some major reunions—and some striking displays of grief. At…
Read original at Gizmodo →As the war between the Blacks and Greens intensifies, Rhaenyra's frustration turns Elizabethan House of the Dragon has never shied away from showing how tough it is to be a woman in Westeros — even when you’re a queen…
Read original at Polygon →Does this season of House of the Dragon contain multitudes? Does a dragonseed shit in the woods? In Season 3, episode 1, one character joins the distinguished ranks of Westeros folk who've pooped onscreen. And it's none…
Read original at Mashable →Through fire and blood House of the Dragon has roared back onto HBO for Season 3, and if you've watched episode 1, you might need a cup of tea. In a colossal, jaw-dropping episode involving the much-anticipated Battle…
Read original at Mashable →The Battle of the Gullet, which spans barely four pages in George R.R. Martin’s faux history book Fire & Blood, is a 25-minute action sequence in the Season 3 premiere of House of the Dragon. The battle is among the…
Read original at IGN →Full spoilers follow for House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 1. High stakes. High seas. High treason. This season opener has everything. This is the Battle of the Gullet and it is every bit as spectacular as we could…
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After the season premiere brought the long-awaited Battle of the Gullet, House of the Dragon kept the momentum going with this week’s “Queen’s Landing.” We saw some major reunions—and some striking displays of grief. At a recent House of…
View source →As the war between the Blacks and Greens intensifies, Rhaenyra's frustration turns Elizabethan House of the Dragon has never shied away from showing how tough it is to be a woman in Westeros — even when you’re a queen like Rhaenyra…
View source →Does this season of House of the Dragon contain multitudes? Does a dragonseed shit in the woods? In Season 3, episode 1, one character joins the distinguished ranks of Westeros folk who've pooped onscreen. And it's none other than Ulf the…
View source →Through fire and blood House of the Dragon has roared back onto HBO for Season 3, and if you've watched episode 1, you might need a cup of tea. In a colossal, jaw-dropping episode involving the much-anticipated Battle of the Gullet and…
View source →The Battle of the Gullet, which spans barely four pages in George R.R. Martin’s faux history book Fire & Blood, is a 25-minute action sequence in the Season 3 premiere of House of the Dragon. The battle is among the most devastating events…
View source →Full spoilers follow for House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 1. High stakes. High seas. High treason. This season opener has everything. This is the Battle of the Gullet and it is every bit as spectacular as we could have hoped, all…
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