House of the Dragon needs to run “for four full seasons” to do its story justice, according to creator George R.R. Martin. HBO’s prequel to Game of Thrones is nearing the end of its first season, and has covered a lot of ground in its first eight episodes.
The epic fantasy series takes place 200 years before its predecessor and is based on parts of George’s novel, Fire & Blood, and leads up to the Targaryen civil war - known as the Dance of the Dragons. George previously stated the whole Dragons timeline will span 28 years, and its first series has employed the use of several time jumps to tell its story efficiently as it follows the Targaryen family through different parts of their lives.
It remains to be seen where in the timeline the current series will leave viewers after its final episode, but according to the author, if the series continues at its current pace it will need to last “for four full seasons of 10 episodes each” to do justice to the whole Dragons saga.
