People are very angry about the end of the second season of ‘House of the Dragon’

YouTuber Preston Jacobs didn’t waste any time when he started his House of the Dragon after the party live broadcast“I’m going to say it up front, I think at this point this is my moment to jump the shark. I don’t think this show can be saved anymore.” Sunday’s season finale, he says, “really messes everything up.” Storylines contradicted each other, some story arcs went nowhere, he said. It was a mess. And while Preston has had divisive conflicts, game of Thrones In the past, many fans have agreed with him on this point, both in the comments of his live stream and on the Internet.

This is not the place for House of the Dragon Spoilers for the Season 2 finale ahead (you’ll have to stay tuned for that), but the important thing is that the episode ended abruptly just as it was starting to get good. After weeks of hyping up a big battle between the Greens and Blacks of the Targaryen family tree, no such battle materialized. The Hollywood Reporter put it this way:“HBO The cut to black hasn’t bothered as many TV fans since. The sopranos term.”

He The Sopranos The comparison is both hyperbolic and inappropriate. House of the Dragon is far from being the critics’ favorite that The Sopranos It was, but now it receives the same kind of scrutiny that its prestigious predecessor once received. game of Thrones‘The end of the Womp-Womp 2019 series that some fans were waiting for Home could recapture some of the glory of its predecessor, while others fear it will make the same mistakes. Sunday’s episode seemed to signal to many that it might be all dragons and no fire.

“Basically, they made this season a preparation, now we have to wait two full years” for the next season. wrote @Tata_Onika in Xin reference to rumors that the next season will not arrive at least until 2026“It really pissed me off.” wrote another user X“Did I just watch a 70-minute trailer for Season 3?” asked another—a feeling that Others echoedOn Reddit, fans were “slightly resentful” and regretting“I didn’t see a shred of consequent action.”

Other personal favorite:“We had to deal with Freud’s dreams for this!!!”

The end of season two may also be a sign of the times. HBO, Max, and all of their affiliated properties have been going through a lot of changes since parent company Warner Bros. merged with Discovery. While big shows like Continue and The last of us They haven’t been hit as hard as other properties — this season only had eight episodes, while last season had 10, and this one was filmed during the Hollywood strikes, thanks in part to many of its actors being in a different union. It was not surprising. Deadline also reported last year that a “major battle” was moved from Season 2 to Season 3, and in doing so, the show may have been left with a boring ending.

Willpower House of the Dragon Recover? Eh, probably. Season 2 already He didn’t get it right at all Viewership peaks in the show’s first season. But as the streaming wars continue and people abandon services or contemplate, in Max’s case, switching to ad-based tiers that are It is also going up in priceComparing the numbers from one season to another seems like a pointless task. HBO has greenlit a third season (co-creator Ryan Condal revealed Monday that it will end with season four), which could very well begin with the confrontation fans have been hoping for. Until then, everyone is going to be You have to wait While this continues.