“House of the Dragon” ends its first season with HBO’s most watched finale since “Game of Thrones”

On Monday, October 24, HBO released the final episode corresponding to the first season of “The House of the Dragon”. Titled “The Black Queen”, episode 10 has already become HBO’s most watched season finale since “Game of Thrones”. According to Variety, which collects data from Warner Bros. Discovery, the final chapter of the sequel reached 9.3 million total viewers while the original series reached 19.8 million viewers with the chapter concluding its eighth and final season in 2019.

However, these figures do not exceed those obtained by “The House of the Dragon” in its second episode, where it achieved its best record with 10.2 million viewers. The other brand released by Warner was during its preview chapter, in which they reported that the series got 9.99 million viewers, making it the best preview on the streaming platform. As for the rest of the episodes, the famous producer did not reveal the audience figures.

These data confirm that the series has barely lost viewers since its first episode aired ten weeks ago. Westeros fans remain loyal to the prequel, as “House of the Dragon” managed to bring back to our screens those political machinations and that constant Game of Thrones dispute that hooked us all into the universe created by George RR Martin.. All this accompanied by Brilliant shows that are sure to get their due at the Emmy Awards Next year. The work of Paddy Considine as King Viserys, that of Matt Smith as the rebellious Demon Prince or the brilliant interpretations of Emma D’Arcy and Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra were some of the most applauded roles.

The dance of dragons

Warning, spoilers!

The last episode gave rise to the final trigger that will result in the start of the succession war between the Targaryen family. This conflict, set in the popular novel “Fire and Blood”, is known as The Dance of Dragons. And that’s it, the war between blacks and greens couldn’t start more true to its name.

Unlike the previous episode where we didn’t travel from King’s Landing to see how the conspiracy against Rhaenyra was hatched, orchestrated by the Hightower family and which ended with Aegon II’s coronation as king (Tom Glynn-Carney) , during this 1×10 the series focuses on Dragonstone. Over there, Rhaenyra and Daemon clash over how to deal with the impending conflict heralded by Princess Rhaenys (Eva Best), as they mourn the loss of the baby they were expecting.. Finally and after obtaining the support of the Velaryion family, Rhaneyra sends her two eldest sons to confirm the support of the rest of the houses that have sworn allegiance to her during the proclamation announced by her father of Viserys some years ago. However, Young Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) meets his uncle Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) in Storm’s End when he goes to seek support from Borros Baratheon.

resentful, Aemond asks Driftmark’s heir to gouge out an eye as he did when they were little, as he shows us his flashy sapphire hidden behind his eye patch for the first time.. The conflict ends up being postponed until both of them are together with their dragons in the air. In the middle of the storm, Aemond decides to chase and intimidate his nephew along with his dragon Veigar, who rides Arrax, a much smaller dragon who is not yet an adult.. The dance and chase between the two dragons end up getting out of hand, the smallest of the beasts firing a flame at Veigar when she notices the fear and danger that her knight is in, trying to defend him. This causes Westeros’ greatest dragon ends up devouring both Lucerys and Arrax, despite his knight Aemond having ordered him otherwise..

So Aegon’s brother and Alicent Hightower’s son (Olivia Cooke) ignites the already inevitable war between the two sides of the Targaryen family, putting honey on the lips of the entire series audience. East, you will have to wait a while to enjoy this Dance of the Dragons, which is expected to start recording in early 2023.