The ratings for this production only prove that today's audience lacks any ability to appreciate the qualities that make film or tv memorable.

Imagine season 8 of GOT minus the two great battles sequences and the very acceptable end. That would be still be a presentation well above the slop the Martin and company launched as the House of the Dragon.

I was never interested ti the history of the families or of Westros inGOT, rather it was in the characters, cast, dialogue, stories, dragons and atmosphere of the story.

Remarkable depth was accomplished in virtually every storyline with my interest always piqued by the interactions of the characters.

What appeared in HOTD was a polar opposite of everything I admired in GOT. Remarkably flat in every way. Looks like a fourth rate copycat version of GOT. The dragons will have to be really terrific to make this garbage even watchable.