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The third season of HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, landed on HBO and HBO Max last Sunday<\/a>, debuting with 21.5 million viewers \u2013 a massive amount, though nearly 2 million short of the 23.4 million viewers who watched the Season 2 premiere.<\/p>\n Still, these are huge numbers for the dark fantasy drama, proving that Westeros still has plenty of devotees eager to watch knights and queens conspiring and battling against one another with steel and dragon flame. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 2.<\/p>\n What Happened In ‘House Of The Dragon\u2019 Season 3, Episode 1<\/p>\n House of the Dragon<\/p>\n Credit: HBO<\/p>\n For a full recap and review of the Season 3 premiere, be sure to check out my review<\/a>. I had pretty mixed feelings about the episode, which had some great moments but a lot of frustrating changes from the source material.<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018House Of The Dragon\u2019 Season 3, Episode 1 Recap And Review: The Battle Of The GulletBy Erik Kain<\/a><\/p>\n The Season 3 premiere largely focused on the infamous Battle of the Gullet, when Triarchy forces attacked Lord Corlys Velaryon\u2019s blockade of King\u2019s Landing. Outnumbered, Team Black risked losing their naval dominance. Just in time Prince Jacaerys and Princess Baela arrived on dragon-back.<\/p>\n The tide turned, the battle all but won, Triarchy archers managed to hit Jace\u2019s dragon, Vermax, and both dragon and rider crashed into the waves. While the crown prince managed to free himself from the dragon before sinking, Triarchy crossbowmen peppered him from a nearby ship, and both dragon and rider perished.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Daemon and his forces celebrated victory and joined with the men of the North. Gwayne Hightower and Criston Cole continue their march across the Riverlands, fearful of Team Black\u2019s dragons with no support from Team Green\u2019s own winged beasts. Plots and machinations have been set in motion in King\u2019s Landing as well, where Alicent conspires against her own sons, sending Aemond out of the city and paving the way for Rhaenyra to take the city. <\/p>\n What Time Does \u2018House Of The Dragon\u2019 Season 3, Episode 1 Premiere?<\/p>\n House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 2 drops at 9pm ET \/ 6pm PT on Sunday, June 28 and will run for a total of 68 minutes. An updated opening credits sequence and theme music accompanies the new season.<\/p>\n \u2018House of the Dragon\u2019 Season Release Schedule<\/p>\n Like Season 2, Season 3 will be just eight episodes long instead of 10. Here\u2019s when they air on HBO and HBO Max:<\/p>\n Episode 1: Sunday, June 21, 2026<\/a> (Recap<\/a>)Episode 2: Sunday, June 28, 2026Episode 3: Sunday, July 5, 2026Episode 4: Sunday, July 12, 2026Episode 5: Sunday, July 19, 2026Episode 6: Sunday, July 26, 2026Episode 7: Sunday, August 2, 2026Episode 8 (Finale): Sunday, August 9, 2026Watch The \u2018House of the Dragon\u2019 Season 3, Episode 2 Teaser<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the Episode 2 teaser:<\/p>\n \u2018House Of The Dragon\u2019 Season 2 Recap<\/p>\n Season 1\u2019s time-jumping plot ended with the death of King Viserys I and the fractious road to succession, with both Team Black, led by his daughter Rhaenyra and her husband and uncle, Daemon, and Team Green, led by the Hightowers and Visery\u2019s sons with Alicent, Aegon and Aemond, vying for power.<\/p>\n At the end of the first season, when Rhaenyra\u2019s son Lucerys visits Storm\u2019s End to petition House Baratheon to join their cause, he and Alicent\u2019s second son, Aemond, trade barbs. This escalates into a dragon chase and Aemond\u2019s giant, ancient beast is overcome with bloodlust, killing Luke and his dragon much to the dismay of Aemond One-Eye.<\/p>\n If peace could have been reached before, there\u2019s no turning back now. In Season 2, Daemon sends assassins to kill Aemond in retribution, but they cannot find him so they behead Aegon and Helaena\u2019s young son and heir, Jaehaerys, instead<\/a>. The second season continues a very slow build as both sides navigate alliances and shore up their power, though the Battle of Rook\u2019s Rest gives us our first real dragon battle. Rhaenyra\u2019s aunt, Rhaenys, is slain in the fight, and Aegon is mutilated, his own dragon left for dead on the field. Team Black gains an advantage when they recruit dragonriders for their spare dragons from the common folk, but Team Green still holds King\u2019s Landing.<\/p>\n All that might change, however. In a secret meeting between Rhaenyra and Alicent, the queen dowager agrees to help Rhaenyra take King\u2019s Landing, even if it costs her son Aegon his head. Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he\u2019s taken from his maimed brother. Larys sneaks Aegon out of the city and we see Otto Hightower languishing in what appears to be a prison cell.<\/p>\n \u2018House of the Dragon\u2019 Cast<\/p>\n House of the Dragon stars:<\/p>\n Matt Smith as Prince Daemon TargaryenEmma D’Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra TargaryenOlivia Cooke as Queen Dowager Alicent HightowerRhys Ifans as Ser Otto HightowerSteve Toussaint as Lord Corlys VelaryonEwan Mitchell as Prince Aemond TargaryenTom Glynn-Carney as King Aegon II TargaryenFabien Frankel as Ser Criston ColeSonoya Mizuno as MysariaHarry Collett as Prince Jacaerys VelaryonBethany Antonia as Baela TargaryenPhoebe Campbell as Rhaena TargaryenPhia Saban as Queen Helaena TargaryenMatthew Needham as Larys StrongFreddie Fox as Ser Gwayne HightowerAbubakar Salim as Alyn of HullGayle Rankin as Alys Rivers<\/p>\n Newcomers include:<\/p>\n James Norton as Ormund HightowerTommy Flanagan as Roderick DustinDan Fogler as Torrhen ManderlyTom Cullen as Luthor LargentJoplin Sibtain as Jon RoxtonBarry Sloane as Adrian RedfortAnnie Shapero as Alysanne Blackwood<\/p>\n Look for my review of the Season 3 Premiere here on this blog<\/a> directly after the episode airs, and let me know your thoughts on House of the Dragon on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, or Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n