I'm struggling between 3 and 5 stars, I wasn't taken by the hype of GoT and didn't watch any of the episodes until the final series was announced.

I binged.1-7 prior to season 8 and really enjoyed the full story.

Unfortunately the I should have applied the same approach to HotD.

HotD steps straight into the politics and intrigue of the Targaryen family, there's enough action to maintain interest.

Whilst HotD is definitely not a 1/10 neither can it be rated 10/10 on the basis of two fairly slow episodes.

Well timed or poorly timed to coincide with the new LOTR production but I'm finding the trend for franchised 'flogging to death' of prequels tedious.

I feel that it hides an inability to.write (or adapt ) anything new.