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'House of the Dragon' Fans Upset by Season 2 Finale: "That's It?!"

The ending of the second season finale has some fans in a fire-breathing uproar: "Great episode, but it had no business being a 'HOTD' finale."

But while the season’s fourth episode delivered a well-received dragon-fighting action sequence, and there were other gripping moments of action here and there, this season Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) largely hung around their respective castles enduring small council meetings, while fan-favorite Daemon (Matt Smith) was shuttled off to Harrenhal to also hang out at a castle and have meetings — plus dreams and premonitions. At the same time, fans seemed to really like what they did get in the finale — particularly, a wonderfully tense face-off between Rhaenyra and Alicent (it’s really easy to sneak back and forth between these castles! ), Daemon’s prophetic vision that included a glimpse of Daenerys Targaryen from the first show, the introduction of Abigail Thorn as Sharako Lohar, and composer Ramin Djawadi’s score.

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