House of the Dragon Episode 8 Review
For most of House of the Dragon, it wouldn't be totally unfair of a vast majority of the audience to end just about every episode by screaming «come on, get on with it!» Those who thought this was going to be Game of Thrones, but just with a new cast of characters have likely been a bit annoyed at how little action takes place. Instead, House of the Dragon is actually a bit more like a show titled Game of Thrones might be expected to play out.
While there has certainly been a number of different people vying for the Iron Throne, everything has been behind the scenes. There have been arguments and a few accusations but there hasn't been an outright fight for supremacy the way things went down in GoT. While some think the show is still lacking, this series is much more about developing the House of the Dragon characters and moving the pieces around the chessboard, setting up for one big game. That's where the screaming «get on with it» comes in.
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One of the things that has dragged this HBO Max series down just a tad (and it's a tiny tad, the show has been fantastic) is that some of the moving of the chess pieces have been off-screen. There have been a couple of time jumps in the series that were basically meant to get to this episode, it appears and the couple that come after it. This time around, the time jump talked about a number of people who died, or were dying but didn't show what happened.
Because of that, the beginning of this episode was a bit confused. The House of the Dragon audience had to struggle to keep up with names of various characters and move those characters around on the chess board in their minds. That can
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