Critics and audiences aligned on a confident GoT successor: strong world-building, layered political intrigue, and two standout lead performances anchoring a slow-burn first act.
Renewal: Season 3 premiered June 22, 2026 on JioHotstar in India (HBO in US), with 8 episodes dropping weekly through August 2026. No Season 4 confirmation yet. (NewsBytesApp)
New this seasonIndian OTT platforms do not publish per-title streams. This tracks reception across the run, not viewership.
| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12022 · 10 eps | 21 August 2022 | 8.4 | 87% | 8.5/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 22024 · 8 eps | 16 June 2024 | 7.8 | 84% | 8.3/10 | WORTH-IT |
| Season 32026 · 8 eps | 22 June 2026 | n/a | n/a | n/a | still dropping |
Season 1 · episode BollyMeter rhythm
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A confident series premiere that sets the Targaryen succession crisis with economy and purpose. King Viserys, Princess Rhaenyra, and the small council are established as specific people with specific interests rather than exposition proxies. The tourney and its aftermath do real structural work.
Full episode review →Viserys tries to run the realm like a household. Quiet appointments. Careful wording.
Full episode review →House Velaryon arrives like a warning with teeth. The hour opens by letting the threat land before it explains itself, with a curse-laced message aimed at the protagonists, then pivots to power as paperwork and bloodlines as evidence. From there, the episode keeps pressing one idea: court politics is never soft.
Full episode review →A formal court hour holds the realm like a glass of water. Then the show drops a hand through it. **Daemon** kneels to **Viserys** with a promise that sounds like loyalty and ends up sounding like hunger, while **Rhaenyra** slips out of the Red Keep like a confession she refuses to name.
Full episode review →The episode opens on courtly politeness stretched over a crack. A formal greeting lands, then the hour starts applying pressure from every side: reluctance to let people go, grief repurposed as politics, private want surfacing at the worst moment. By the time the Queen swears **Ser Criston** as protector, the episode has already shown how promises operate alongside power.
Full episode review →The first major time jump resets the cast: Rhaenyra and Alicent are now older, at war, and played by new actors. The episode asks the audience to re-invest immediately, and the writing earns that trust. The generational bitterness between the two women is now fully operational.
Full episode review →The funeral episode, and the finest hour of Season 1. Family grief becomes open war in a single night on Driftmark. Every character's agenda collides, the children's violence catalyses adult consequences, and two central relationships shift permanently.
Full episode review →The hour opens with a wound that will not stay private. **Corlys**’s injury hangs over every conversation because Driftmark is not just land. It is lineage, history, and leverage.
Full episode review →The servant’s report lands like a verdict no one can appeal. The dying king’s wish is spoken, not interpreted, and that single line turns argument into obligation. After that, the episode behaves like a switchblade.
Full episode review →The season finale brings the Dance of Dragons to its terrible ignition. Rhaenyra receives word of the coup from behind Dragonstone's walls; the episode is measured, tragic, and ends with an act of violence that cannot be undone. A proper season closer that makes Season 2 essential.
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