We're nearly done with the second season of House of the Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones prequel show. At this point, we know how long each episode will run thanks to info from HBO's official schedule. Here's the full list, complete with dates and titles where we know them (HBO has not been forthcoming with the episode titles ahead of time):
- Episode 201, "A Son for a Son": June 16 (1 hour, 4 minutes)
- Episode 202, "Rhaenyra the Cruel": June 23 (1 hour, 12 minutes)
- Episode 203, "The Burning Mill": June 30 (1 hour, 10 minutes)
- Episode 204, "The Red Dragon and the Gold": July 7 (56 minutes)
- Episode 205, "Regent": July 14 (1 hour, 7 minutes)
- Episode 206: "Smallfolk": July 21 (1 hour, 10 minutes)
- Episode 207: July 28 (1 hour, 7 minutes)
- Episode 208: August 4 (1 hour, 13 minutes)
There are only eight episodes in this second season compared to 10 in the first. It's a bummer that we're getting less of the show this time around, although at least the episodes are longer on average. Compare the list above with this list of runtimes from season 1:
- Episode 101, "The Heirs of the Dragon": 1 hour, 6 minutes
- Episode 102, "The Rogue Prince": 54 minutes
- Episode 103, "Second of His Name": 58 minutes
- Episode 104, "King of the Narrow Sea": 1 hour, 3 minutes
- Episode 105, "We Light The Way": 1 hour
- Episode 106, "The Princess and the Queen": 1 hour, 8 minutes
- Episode 107, "Driftmark" 58 minutes
- Episode 108, "The Lord of the Tides": 1 hour, 6 minutes
- Episode 109, "The Green Council": 1 hour
- Episode 110, "The Black Queen": 1 hour, 3 minutes
The longest episode of season 1 was "The Princess and the Queen," which clocked in at 68 minutes. The episodes in season 2 regularly go beyond that, with the as-yet-untitled finale running for 73 minutes, the longest episode of the show produced to date.
As for what happens in that finale, it's hard to say. HBO has been cagey in general about the back half of the season. We know that Episode 207 will explore what happens when smallfolk get the chance to ride a dragon, as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen invites them to do in an attempt to fill out her dragon air force and take the Iron Throne from her half-brother King Aegon. That will take 67 minutes. And whatever the show has cued up for the finale will take a chonky 73. We'll find out the details over the next two Sundays.
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