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House of the Dragon – Season 1, Episode 2 The Rogue Prince

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House of the Dragon – Season 1, Episode 2

The Rogue Prince

Aired Aug 28, 2022

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Rhaenyra oversteps at the Small Council; Viserys gets urged to secure the succession through marriage; Daemon announces his intentions.

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Stolen dragon eggs and awkward matchmaking add up to an installment that is designed to lay foundations rather than dazzle in its own right, but "The Rogue Prince" succeeds in nesting juicy conflicts.

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Eliana Dockterman

TIME Magazine

10/21/2022

The constant rotation of actors can make it difficult to understand how a character has evolved over the decades.

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Scott Bryan

BBC.com

09/28/2022

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I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others.

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Caroline Siede

Fox 10 Phoenix

09/02/2022

A

This age-old tale is fresher, sharper and more nuanced than its predecessor, with richer character work and an even greater sense of confidence about how it can use the TV format to explore its compelling central themes of power, gender and loyalty.

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Rob Bricken

io9.com

10/17/2022

Already a very entertaining show, and I suspect the jillion or so people who watched the premiere are likely already hooked. While I still don’t trust the show not to make any Thrones-ian missteps, there’s a lot of reason to be cautiously optimistic.

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Steve Murray

ArtsATL

10/07/2022

Huge in scale and given to repurposing some of planet Earth’s prettiest vistas for their own dramatic purposes...

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Akash Singh

That Shelf

10/05/2022

Westerosi society allows [Viserys] to believe that it is only natural that he as a white man sit atop the Iron Throne ... It’s why he ... allows his two most powerful antagonists to combine forces into one.

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Synopsis

Rhaenyra oversteps at the Small Council; Viserys gets urged to secure the succession through marriage; Daemon announces his intentions.

Director: Clare Kilner, Geeta Patel, Greg Yaitanes
Executive Producer: George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal, Miguel Sapochnik, Vince Gerardis, Sara Hess, Ron Schmidt, David Hancock, Charmaine De Grate
Screenwriter: Ryan Condal, Sara Hess, Charmaine De Grate
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Aug 28, 2022