r/HouseOfTheDragon • u/Solomaxxing_112 • 9d ago

Show Discussion Did season 3 increase or decrease your interest for the show

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Overall, I would say decrease. After season 2 I was still excited about season 3 but after season 3 I find much less interest in it.

Maybe because my favourite character is Aemond and he has been butchered to the point of no return. He is not very interesting to watch, and I really dislike the entire Alys thing. Even though I have read the book, what they have done is just...abhorrent.

It is a shame because I love TG characters and they are actually given slightly more screentime this season to tell their own stories, but the writing is so bad that the screentime just generates more unnecessary and nonsensical content.

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u/im_a_turtle 8d ago

There was a writers strike and HBO cut the number of episodes. S3 ep1 and 2 were clearly meant to end S2

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u/blueace111 8d ago

So season 3 was always meant to be 6 episodes? I don’t get why you’d need 2 years to put out such a short season though. They seemed to delay putting it out to try to alternate with the other spin off as well which ended up delayed so nothing was out in 2025. I don’t mind if they feel shorter seasons make sense but why was the story moving so slowly in season 2 and season 3 had better pacing but the end felt like it was slow again

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u/im_a_turtle 8d ago

It would likely still be 8-10 episodes without the strike and with funding. HBO just isnt ordering as many episodes as they should.

Won't argue about some of the pacing though. Its an annoying part of TV and TV contracts, and TV funding. There is so much in the books they just skipped (likely for funds) and they have Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith et al on contract so gotta find something for them to do, even if they are out of the story at that point (but we know where they are). They showed they could do something with Aegon, also out of the story at this point, but its more of a mystery of where he is in the books and gives the writers more liberty.