A woman in a black cape with a crown on her head.
Emma D'Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra in "House of the Dragon."
  • "House of the Dragon" season 2 premieres Sunday on HBO.
  • The show's first season was dense, fast-paced, and full of time skips. 
  • Here's a recap of the important info you need to remember before season 2.

Warning: spoilers ahead — obviously — for all of "House of the Dragon" season one.

"House of the Dragon" season two is finally almost here — but it's been a few years since season one aired on HBO.

If you're anything like us, you probably need a bit of a refresher on everything that happened in the show's complex, time-hopping first season. Season one served as a kind of prequel to the true action of "House of the Dragon": the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.