I love how House of the Dragon knows that their USP is dragons, and they do not overdo it. Whenever you see a dragon on screen, you feel the fire within you even before “Dracarys” is uttered from anyone’s mouth. The first season of House of the Dragon was great.

It felt like the most amazing thing ever after the disgraceful ending of Game of Thrones. For any GoT fan, it must’ve felt like the biggest redemption story ever. After waiting eagerly for Season 2, it finally came, and destroyed all the expectations built up by the first season.

I was not much excited about Season 3 after the second season dumbfounded me. However, I could not resist myself from seeing the dragons on screen. After all, you cannot go too terribly wrong when you have dragons to show. Unlike other people, as per reviews, I did not enjoy watching the initial episodes as the other viewers did. It is quite necessary for a show to hold the viewer’s attention in its initial episodes, and they failed miserably to do the same for me. However, I would also agree that storywise, they moved pretty well.

If one thing that the Game of Thrones franchise made iconic was that the death of the main characters could come at any time. House of the Dragon also cashes in on the same tactics, but sadly, they do not hit the same as they used to. However, there is an exception in the final episode of Season 3 which makes you go pretty sad.

One of the most compelling aspects of House of the Dragon was the relationship between Alicent and Rhaenyra. How they exchange conversations, how they plot against each other, but this season, it has been all too underwhelming, which is also understandable due to how the story progresses.

The character arcs are also solid. You feel that the makers have given enough time and attention to even the smaller characters and made their development feel meaningful. No one who appears on screen seems to feel meaningless. Some make you very angry, while some make you fall in love with them.

As for the actors, the actors did amazing jobs. It feels like they own the characters. It would be very hard to pick one actor who you can call out as being bad at what they do. Honourable mentions should go to Matt Smith playing Daemon Targaryen, Tommy Flanagan playing Ser Roderick Dustin, and James Norton playing Ormund Hightower. Tommy Flanagan took one scene to show how amazing he is, and the readers will definitely understand that one scene I am speaking about when they go through the show.

Overall, the third season of House of the Dragon finishes with a banger of an ending that takes the entire season to build up to. If you are someone who cannot hold your attention for very long due to the modern attention span shaped by the internet, it would be quite hard for you to get through the entire show, but if you are a fan of the Game of Thrones franchise, you would not be able to ignore it for long.