I would never imagine myself saying this, but my thoughts while watching these first two episodes were: Guys, we forgive you for the GoT finale season disaster. Please come back now. We need you!'.

So far, the most exciting thing about the House of the Dragon is the GoT theme music.

While we seem to be in GoT realm, as soon as these characters open their mouths, you realize that you are in something that looks like GoT and feels like a boring period drama. The dialogue is meh, the characters flat, with no spark or sassiness, aliveness, or distinctiveness. The pace is problematic. I hope it gets better, even though book fans are ecstatic -I suspect they are the only ones who will keep watching.

I have a hunch that what is missing are the two people who made GoT such a thrilling, amazing, and unpredictable ride. Mark my words: this show needs Weiss and Benioff to make it and probably everyone involved in this production already knows it.

- Updates: The third episode had a couple of powerful scenes: 1) The scene with Rhaenyra and Viseris when he gives her permission to find her match b) the scene with Daemon that leads up to the battle. The actors are really good, Matt Smith bravo. Daemon is probably the only character that could be in the same room with Tyrion, Jamie etc. But I still find the House of the Dragon characters to be minimally interesting, or else why do I not care about what is at stake for them?