The second season of House of the Dragon ended last weekend, and we are bereft. Still, there was plenty of news to go around this week, starting our review of the divisive season finale:
House of the Dragon abandons its source material in setup-heavy season 2 finale: https://t.co/A7yAkh4vRY https://t.co/A7yAkh4vRY
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
The finale came with lots of mysteries, visions, and cliffhangers. We'll do our best to explain the most intriguing:
House of the Dragon: Helaena's prophecy to Aemond explained, including the Gods Eye and more: https://t.co/1S0ID7QHk9 https://t.co/1S0ID7QHk9
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
From one generation of Westeros to another:
Kit Harington has advice for House of the Dragon stars dealing with criticism: "Don't read social media": https://t.co/pdhAAoJHUl https://t.co/pdhAAoJHUl
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
There's no new episodes of House of the Dragon coming out for a long while. However, HBO isn't going to let us go too long without another visit to the Seven Kingdoms:
Watch the first teaser for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, HBO's next Game of Thrones spinoff: https://t.co/aYGsHbcCAT https://t.co/aYGsHbcCAT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
Brief House of the Dragon break: Is The Wheel of Time in danger? We panic over the latest rumors before settling down and offering some sobering perspective:
Is The Wheel of Time in danger of getting canceled? Unsettling rumors spread: https://t.co/q14q8Gb1By https://t.co/q14q8Gb1By
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
Fans of the Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom are legion. And one of the cast members will be appearing on a new upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff:
The Last Kingdom veteran joins Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: https://t.co/gKWNpEAbTV https://t.co/gKWNpEAbTV
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
Speaking of Netflix, the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy dropped this week! We review every episode:
The Umbrella Academy season 4 is the wild, uncanny, and chaotic ending we were hoping for: https://t.co/RnuzYNLYzD https://t.co/RnuzYNLYzD
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
Back to House of the Dragon, the finale seemed to confirm that the dragon Sunfyre was dead, which would be a big change from the book. Also, we haven't seen them dead onscreen, which is usually a red flag on TV. What's happening here?
House of the Dragon killing off Sunfyre would majorly impact future events in a negative way: https://t.co/knBFKIe0Dj https://t.co/knBFKIe0Dj
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
Okay, it's time to look back at the second season of House of the Dragon and do some assessing:
Every episode of House of the Dragon season 2, ranked worst to best: https://t.co/fwY0FAaYId https://t.co/fwY0FAaYId
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
Finally, even though the second season of House of the Dragon is over, will already have news about the third and the fourth, which will bring the show to an end:
House of the Dragon will end with season 4; season 3 will film early next year: https://t.co/5ZbpwxoaHw https://t.co/5ZbpwxoaHw
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 11, 2024
Surely there will be less House of the Dragon news next week. Check back to find out!
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