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[Polident]

Both new seasons of House of Dragon and The Boys are a bit of a slog.

Lately I’ve been waiting for shows to end their season before watching. These are the only two I’m keeping up with week to week. The formula is hard to ignore. No spoilers, a couple times now House of Dragon drags episode out to end with a “shocking” event and the first chunk of the next episode is people standing around sad and mourning.

I'm with you on HotD. I was vibing with it for the first few episodes, but--even rationally understanding that things are happening--it feels like I've rewatched the same episode 3 times now.

I also wonder how the showrunners didn't notice that one half of the participants of the conflict have the charisma of a tree stump. Every time the scene switches to Dragonstone I have to sigh.

What I’m now learning is the showrunners changed this season, or at least Miguel Sapochnik left.

Next week is the season finale and it’s felt like spinning wheels. Daemon is having a vision quest again this week. Oh boy.