House of the Dragon’s second season was about the quiet moments that shape history

House of the Dragon ended its second season with a reminder that this is all just one part of a much larger story.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

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After spending so much time in its first season just getting its many players on the board, House of the Dragon’s second season appeared poised to let the dragons dance and finally plunge Westeros into a cataclysmic civil war. An escalation of fiery battles and royal treachery felt like the logical next step

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