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Alison Herman
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Courtesy of HBO “If this be victory,” a character on “House of the Dragon” reflects while gazing out at a corpse-strewn battlefield, “I hope I never see another.”
That line is essentially the thesis statement of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series, which returns on June 21 after a now-customary two-year absence. (Franchise fans could get their fix in the meantime with the lovely, much lower-key “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” which aired on HBO earlier this year.) The drama follows a massive civil war that pits the royal family of Westeros against itself to the benefit of absolutely no one. Season 2, however, faced some criticism for its lack of climactic setpieces, potentially due to an episode order shortened from 10 to just eight.
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