![]() They are organized around particular events from this chapter of the history of House Targaryen, with “Second of His Name” joining King Viserys (Paddy Considine) on a royal hunt while “We Light the Way” was largely built around the royal wedding of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) to Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate). In contrast, the tighter focus and more contained nature of House of the Dragon allows the show’s installments to feel more like conventional television episodes. Individual episodes could occasionally feel like short anthology films, collecting four or five mini-episodes each week. ![]() As the scope and scale of Game of Thrones expanded, the show featured a vast ensemble scattered across multiple plot threads running in parallel across various continents. One of the structural advantages that House of the Dragon has over Game of Thrones is that the show’s storytelling makes it easier to build entire episodes around particular themes and ideas. This discussion and review contains spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 7, “Driftmark,” on HBO.
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