By Addressing fans who feel short-changed by the second season finale of “House of the Dragon,” series co-creator and showrunner Ryan Condal confirms the show is aiming to end with its fourth season.
In a press conference for the series following that finale on Sunday, Condal also confirmed that the third season is expected to premiere in 2026 and aims to begin production “earlyish 2025”.
That season will consist of eight episodes like this one. He adds: “I haven’t had discussions with HBO about it, I would just anticipate the cadence of the show, from dramatic storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from Season 2 on.”
Responding to complaints about the decision to push The Battle of the Gullet to season three, Condal says it comes down to:
“Having to balance storytelling and the resources that you have available to tell that story… We are trying to give The Gullet – which is arguably the second most anticipated action event of Fire & Blood – trying to give it the time and the space that it deserves.
We are building to that event that will happen very shortly in terms of the storytelling, and it should be the biggest thing to date that we’ve we’ve pulled off. We just wanted to have the time and the space to do that at a level that is going to excite and satisfy the fans in the way it’s deserved.”
The talk comes as Variety reports that the finale drew 8.9 million multiplatform viewers across HBO and Max – up 14% from the second season premiere but down from the 9.3 million who tuned into the first season finale. The second season is averaging nearly 25 million cross platform viewers per episode.
The full second season of “House of the Dragon” is now out on Max.
Source: THR
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