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- "House of the Dragon" season two picks up immediately after season one.
- Unlike the first season, however, the first four episodes given to critics don't feature time jumps.
- Ultimately, the show is better for it: The characters get more room to breathe.
In season two of "House of the Dragon," Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was, tells Rhaenrya Targaryen that eventually, no one will remember when the war started.
Was it when Alicent Hightower placed her son Aegon II on the throne? Was it when Alicent's second son, Aemond, killed Rhaenyra's son, Lucerys Velaryon, on dragonback? Or was it, perhaps, when Lucerys took Aemond's eye as a child?