George R.R. Martin Says House Of The Dragon Needs Four Seasons, Discusses Show's Many Time Jumps

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Author George R.R. Martin has said the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon needs to run for four seasons to tell its story properly, while he also discussed the show's many time jumps. This story contains spoilers for House of the Dragon.

Posting on his blog, Martin--who is an executive producer on House of the Dragon, observed that the number of episodes in a season of TV these days is far fewer than it used to be. When Martin was writing for the Beauty and the Beast TV show in the late '80s, they had 22 episodes per season, which was far fewer than shows that pre-dated it. With the advent of cable, the number shrank further, with Martin pointing to HBO's The Sopranos (13 episodes per season) as an example.

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House of the Dragon has 10 episodes in its first season, and Martin pointed out that this is more than Amazon Studio's The Rings of Power, which has eight. Martin said he hopes House of the Dragon Season 2 will continue to have 10 episodes, because he doesn't want the show to feel rushed.

«It is going to take four full seasons of 10 episodes each to do justice to the Dance of the Dragons, from start to finish,» Martin said.

Also in the blog post, Martin said if House of the Dragon had 13 episodes each season, the drama might have been able to show some of the plot elements that were skipped over in its many time jumps. At the same time, extending Season 1 to 13 episodes might have caused some fans