Two years after HBO launched the first of several planned spin-offs, this sprawling show picks up directly where its predecessor left off.
Winter isn't coming any time soon, but Game Of Thrones fans still had something to cheer on Monday as epic prequel House Of The Dragon returned with its long-awaited second season.
Reviewing its first four episodes, The Guardian writes: 'The initial impression is that, once again, this is going to be Game of Thrones without the fun. 'At times, it's hard not to be absolutely furious at this show. The writers consistently pick the less interesting, less challenging storytelling choice' - USA Today
'On Game Of Thrones... the people talking were so fully realized, and their conflicts with others so clear, that it didn’t matter. You cared about Ned, about Tyrion, Arya, Daenerys, Brienne, and so many others because the writing and the performances had brought them to life on a level which HotD rarely approaches' - Rolling Stone
'At times, it's hard not to be absolutely furious at this show,' they write. 'The writers consistently pick the less interesting, less challenging storytelling choice. There is so much lost potential in every boring decision and lackluster line reading. 'The reward, if you put the work in, is grippingly immersive television. As the action resumes, the capital of King’s Landing is in chaos, with Alicent Hightower struggling to prevent her impudent son, new king Aegon II , from sabotaging the realm in a fit of brattish pique.'
'There are occasionally challenges to the show’s cultivated sense of reality, like the patently absurd idea that the 30-year-old Cooke is a grandmother. But for the most part, the broad-based empathy “Game of Thrones” cultivated for its many protagonists is here deployed to explain what could lead otherwise sensible people to murder their family members in cold blood, and honestly believe they had no other choice.
'But the people talking were so fully realized, and their conflicts with others so clear, that it didn’t matter. You cared about Ned, about Tyrion, Arya, Daenerys, Brienne, and so many others because the writing and the performances had brought them to life on a level which HotD rarely approaches.' Fans rejoiced as the HBO fantasy series - based on the George RR Martin book series - returned after its hugely popular first series ended in October 2022.
Fans claimed they were 'hooked' on the episode and credited the 'incredible' way the creators have brought the 'Targaryen dynasty to life'.
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