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House of the Dragon – Season 1, Episode 3 Second of His Name

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House of the Dragon – Season 1, Episode 3

Second of His Name

Aired Sep 4, 2022

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Daemon and the Sea Snake battle the Crabfeeder. The realm celebrates Aegon’s second nameday. Rhaenyra faces the prospect of marriage.

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After viewers acclimate to the jarring time-skip, "Second of His Name" quickly finds its stride with a focus on infernal politicking, rousing spectacle, and some rather nasty crabs.

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Paddy Considine

King Viserys Targaryen

Matt Smith

Prince Daemon Targaryen

Rhys Ifans

Otto Hightower

Steve Toussaint

Lord Corlys Velaryon ("The Sea Snake")

Fabien Frankel

Ser Criston Cole

Milly Alcock

Young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen

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Eliana Dockterman

TIME Magazine

10/21/2022

This story, at its core, centers on the breakdown of relationships that eventually lead to war. But the series has utterly failed in showing those fissures between friends and family grow.

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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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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

09/15/2022

In a series renowned for its vast and bloody battles, it was an awkwardly shot assault course sequence, a video game you couldn’t even play. It was laughably bad.

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Rob Bricken

io9.com

10/17/2022

What starts out as a pity party becomes a thrilling reminder of why the Targaryens are in charge of Westeros, and it’s not just because of their dragons.

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Akash Singh

That Shelf

10/05/2022

[Viserys] begins, after multiple years, to mend his relationship with his daughter and heir but declarations alone do not win the game of thrones. And that, in spite of the spectacle that closes the episode out, is where the series truly, deeply shines.

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Jonathan Wright

We Got This Covered

09/16/2022

4.5/5

The first thing that many viewers will notice about House of the Dragon... is that they're back to watching an episode of Game of Thrones -- its earlier seasons, dare we add.

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Synopsis

Daemon and the Sea Snake battle the Crabfeeder. The realm celebrates Aegon’s second nameday. Rhaenyra faces the prospect of marriage.

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: Sep 4, 2022