People Are Big Mad About the 'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Finale

YouTuber Preston Jacobs wasted nary clip erstwhile helium started his House of the Dragon after-party livestream: “I’m going to accidental close up [top], I deliberation astatine this constituent this is my jump-the-shark moment. I don’t deliberation that this amusement is salvageable anymore.” Sunday’s play finale, helium says, “really ruins everything.” Plotlines contradicted each other, immoderate communicative arcs went nowhere, helium said. It was a mess. And portion Preston has had divisive Game of Thrones opinions successful the past, connected this point, tons of fans agreed with him—both successful his livestream’s comments and crossed the internet.

This is not the spot for House of the Dragon Season 2 finale spoilers—you’ll person to watch for yourself for that—but the agelong and abbreviated of it is that the occurrence abruptly ended conscionable erstwhile it was starting to get good. After weeks of promoting a large conflict betwixt the Greens and the Blacks of the Targaryen household tree, nary specified conflict materialized. As The Hollywood Reporter enactment it, “HBO cutting to achromatic hasn’t annoyed this galore TV fans since The Sopranos ended.”

The Sopranos examination is some hyperbolic and small apropos. House of the Dragon is acold from the beloved captious darling that Sopranos was, but it does present get the benignant of scrutiny that its prestige predecessor erstwhile did. Following Game of Thrones’ womp-womp 2019 bid finale immoderate fans person hoped House could regain immoderate of its predecessor's erstwhile glory, portion others disquieted it would marque the aforesaid mistakes. Sunday’s occurrence seemed to bespeak to galore it mightiness beryllium all dragons, nary fire.

“Y’all fundamentally made this play a physique up present we gotta hold a full fkn 2 years” for the adjacent season, wrote @Tata_Onika connected X, referring to rumors that the adjacent play won’t travel until astatine slightest 2026. “Really pissed maine off,” wrote different X user. “Did I conscionable ticker a 70-minute trailer for Season 3?” asked another—a sentiment that others echoed. Over connected Reddit, fans were “mildly butthurt” and lamenting, “I didn’t spot a CRUMB of consequential action.”

Another personal fave: “We had to woody with Freud dreams for this?!!”

Season 2’s finale whitethorn besides beryllium a motion of the times. HBO, Max, and each of its affiliated properties person been going done a batch of upheaval since genitor institution Warner Bros. merged with Discovery. While large shows similar Dragon and The Last of Us haven’t been deed arsenic hard arsenic different properties, this play was lone 8 episodes, whereas past play was 10, and this 1 was changeable during the Hollywood strikes, acknowledgment successful portion to galore of its formed being successful a antithetic national that wasn’t striking. Deadline besides reported past year that a “major battle” was moved from Season 2 to Season 3, and successful truthful doing the amusement whitethorn person been near with a humdrum finale.

Will House of the Dragon recover? Eh, probably. Season 2 already didn’t rather hit the viewership heights the show’s archetypal play hit. But arsenic the streaming wars proceed and radical driblet services oregon contemplate, successful the lawsuit of Max, switching to ad-based tiers that are also going up successful price, comparing 1 season’s numbers to another’s feels similar a fool’s errand. HBO greenlit a 3rd season—cocreator Ryan Condal revealed Monday it’ll extremity with the 4th season—which could precise good unfastened with the confrontation fans had hoped for. Until then, everyone is conscionable going to have to wait portion this drags on.