If I could give this a -10 rating I would. The writers, producers and directors of House of the Dragon need to go back and watch the first 3 episodes of GoT. They need to be reminded of what makes a great series, what gets people engaged and invested in the characters and what keeps them coming back for more. I'm shocked that anyone involved in the making of House of the Dragon can look at this and think "yes this is good". The characters are boring, the scenery is dull and the writing even duller.

HBO would have been better off making a completely different series based on some other fantasy novel.

The only reason I can come up with that it's so bad is that they wanted to save $$$$ and figured people will watch because it's a prequel to GoT. I'm pretty positive any rating over 6 is someone who either works for HBO or is related to someone who works for them.

HBO, please do us a favor and DO NOT give us a Season 2. Instead put your energies into creating a good series. It doesn't have to be great series, no one expected something as great as GoT, we just expected it to be semi-good. You couldn't even manage that ... so disappointing.