If this is what a top tier budget and HBO gets you these days i have very little faith in the future of high production TV-series. British soap operas from the 70's offer more well developed characters and storylines.

How did they actually clear this script? It's been many years since i actually quit an episode halfway through by pure boredom but this is exactly what happened watching House of the Dragon.

Three episodes in and all we've been offered so far is ramblings of a king who should marry his daughter. Stepstones. Stepstones, Stepstones, and some ugly crab dude (Who even comes up witht this crap?).

The dialog is unbearably boring and repetitive. The action scenes are predictable with zero tension. The acting is at best acceptable but the characters are incredibly shallow and unlikable. If the main cast disappears in the next episode i won't even care.

How people can rate this 8+ is beyond me. What happened to you? This is a stain on the GOT universe.