House of the Dragon to End With Season 4, Showrunner Says

House of the Dragon will consist of four seasons total, showrunner Ryan Condal said Monday.

The executive producer confirmed the length of the fantasy series’ run during a call with reporters to discuss the events of the Season 2 finale, which aired Sunday.

HBO has not yet officially renewed the Game of Thrones prequel for Season 4, nor announced a premiere date for House of the Dragon‘s third season. During the call, Condal confirmed that the show will go start pre-production on Season 3 in fall 2024, with production beginning in earnest in “early-ish 2025.”

While Season 1 of Dragon consisted of 10 episodes, Season 2’s count dropped to eight. “I haven’t had discussions with HBO about it, I would just anticipate the cadence of the show, from dramatic storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from Season 2 on,” Condal said.

Condal’s remarks also discussed how Episode 8 moved many pieces into place for some of the biggest fights detailed in George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Ice, including the Greens’ attempt to break Corlys’ blockade, aka the Battle of the Gullet. But the 70-minute episode ended on footage of Alicent’s #TeamGreen and Rhaenyra’s #TeamBlack marching , riding and/or sailing to war. (Read a full recap here, and see what director Geeta Vasant Patel had to say about a key scene here.)

TVLine readers gave the episode an average grade of C+, and Season 2 overall a B-.

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