First episode is 103 minutes long. 10 minutes is decent drama. <5 minutes is a little hamfisted 'action'. We've got the 'ole tiddy shot. The problem is that outside of those 15 minutes it's basically dead air. You could summarize the first episode into a 18 minute segment without missing anything of importance.

Without going into a lot of detail, think back to Star Wars. The original trilogy was fantastic. Then came the prequel trilogy, with the second movie Attack of the Clones being the worst of the prequel trilogy. That's what this series is to the original, Attack of the Clones.

Original Game of Thrones series started off at a 9/10 and became a 7/10 by the end of things. House of the Dragon is starting off at a 7/10.

Personally I thought it was pretty boring which isn't a good sign because first episodes of a season are supposed to be the best. Especially when it is a new series. Hopefully I am wrong and it gets better later. My advice is to not get your hopes up.