Essays on TV and film — exploring stories, characters, and the choices behind them.
I went into the third season of House of the Dragon braced for a battle, and the premiere handed me one of the largest ever put on television. What I did not expect was to walk away thinking less about the ships and the fire than about a girl on the back of a dragon … Read more
House of the Dragon returns for Season 3 on June 21, and it has been a while since Season 2 left the board mid-game. If you do not want to rewatch eight episodes before the war finally turns bloody, here is everything you need to remember. Full spoilers for Season 2 follow. Where We Left … Read more
House of the Dragon has spent two seasons doing something that takes considerable discipline: making you wait. The civil war at the heart of the story — the Targaryen succession crisis that will eventually tear the dynasty apart — has been building through political maneuvering, private grief, and the slow accumulation of grievances since … Read more