GamingYes, something was off in House of the Dragon’s season 2 finale, because the crew wanted to give an anticipated book moment ‘the space that it deserves’

Aria Lane4 months ago215 min



If you’re one of the House of the Dragon fans that have come away a bit underwhelmed by the season 2 finale, that’s probably because the crew is keeping something big for season 3.


Not every season finale is going to be a belter, and for some fans, that was the case for House of the Dragon season 2. I wouldn’t worry about the show too much, as it will be getting two more seasons (with season 4 being the last one), but still, it’s understandable if you were wondering where a particular moment you might have been expecting ended up. Showrunner Ryan Condal recently spoke at a press conference to explain where The Battle of the Gullet is, a highly anticipated moment from the books, and mostly it sounds like the reason for its absence is a budgetary one.


“One of the challenges of making television at any scale [is] nobody has infinite time and resources,” Condal explained. “When you’re a showrunner, you’re always in the position of having to balance storytelling and the resources that you have to tell that story… We wanted to rebalance the story in such a way that we had three great seasons of television [after season one] to round out and tell this story. When you’re trying to mount the show, which requires a tremendous amount of resources, construction, armour, costumes, visual effects… 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.”


It’s a pretty reasonable explanation, even if you’re still left feeling a bit disappointed you’re going to have to wait (presumably) at least two more years until you get to see the anticipated battle in live-action. Production on season 3 is set to kick off early 2025, but luckily there are other spin-offs on the way like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which is set to air sometime in 2025.





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