House of the Dragon director Clare Kilner has revealed why season 2 of the fantasy drama is two episodes shorter than season 1, with eight episodes instead of 10.
"There are eight wonderful episodes with so much happening in every episode, and we have trouble, at times, bringing them down to one hour," Kilner told The Hollywood Reporter when asked why it made sense to go shorter for round two. "Ryan [Condal, showrunner]’s decision was to give it a good opening and a good ending, and they’re jam-packed with emotional and visually exciting events."
