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    <em>House of the Dragon</em> Actually Pulled It Off

    The <em>Game of Thrones </em>spinoff crammed a 19-year family saga into 10 episodes of television—and somehow, it worked brilliantly.
    by David Sims Oct 24, 2022 3 minutes
    Source: Ollie Upton / HBO

    This story contains spoilers for the entire first season of House of the Dragon.

    One of the most common complaints about serialized television in the streaming era is that it moves far too slowly. Whole seasons contain plotlines that probably could fit within one episode; characters spend a year getting ready to do something. I watched every episode of Amazon’s with my arms crossed grumpily, astonished that such an expensive production dared to have little to no narrative momentum for most of its running time., its big-budget fantasy rival on

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