'House Of The Dragon' Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes ...

Ring the bells in King's Landing and dust off the ol' Westeros tomes, because it's time to ingratiate our minds back into the world of Game of Thrones. HBO's prequel series, House of the Dragon, will finally grace our screens with a shocking season finale this Sunday, giving us Succession-esque battles for the throne, and more Targaryens than you can count.

Based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, a story set nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon is drawing in fans of the fantasy series in droves. After the prequel series set records for the most-watched debut episode in HBO's history, viewership continued to rise to nearly 30 million. House of the Dragon has already been renewed for a second season and has even seen additional upticks in viewership following every episode thus far. The new story introduces us to the ailing King Viserys Targaryen, who is forced to choose an heir to his kingdom. Targaryen's choices? His daughter, Rhaenyra, or his first-born son, Aegon. Guess what? Sides are chosen. A Targaryen civil war ensues. And we're about to tell you when you can watch the rest of the action go down.

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When Does House of the Dragon premiere?

House of the Dragon's debut episode hit HBO on Sunday, August 21, at 9 p.m. EST. The first season ran for 10 episodes, premiering weekly, throughout September and October. Same time, same place as Episode One. Here before we even knew it--the season finale airs this Sunday, October 23. Missed the adventure? You can catch up and find House of the Dragon on HBO and streaming on HBO Max.

What Is House of the Dragon About?

The prequel series focuses on Daenerys Targaryen's ancestors and details the bloody civil war at the height of the age of dragons. Though house Stark, Lannister, and Baratheon dominated Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon is primarily a Targaryen family affair. HBO spent roughly $20 million an episode, and fans finally got a taste of one of the show's massive battles at the end of Episode Three. Now gearing up for the season finale, viewers experienced the most catastrophic changes to the world of Westeros yet in Episode Nine, setting the stage for all-out war. You can follow along with us week by week at Esquire, where we recapped House of the Dragon's most surprising moments.

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