Speaking to The Times following the release of the Season 1 finale, Ryan Condal promised that the dial would be turned up for its sophomore year. Still, there was a reason that the build-up of reaching the inevitable was handled in such a way.”We will get to the spectacle,” he promised after already giving us an epic taste this week. “But you have to understand these people’s complexities before they’re thrown into war.”
Such storytelling decisions aren’t unheard of, of course. Before becoming the television phenomenon “House of the Dragon” now rides on the wings of, “Game of Thrones” spent time focussing on the Stark children before their world was ripped apart at Ned Stark’s neckline. From there, things got exciting and incredibly tense as that beloved family tree started to wither in genuinely compelling ways. “House of the Dragon” just might replicate that same energy, according to Condal. “Series two will hit the rhythms people came to expect from the middle run of ‘Game of Thrones,” he promised. “But it will be earned, and viewers will feel the tragedy because we put the work in.” Here’s hoping such hard work pays off when “House of the Dragon” returns.
