House of the Dragon has done an excellent job of staying true to, and even improving upon Martin’s work, this latest episode is shows signs of narrative strain, even as the performances and character work remain excellent.

The Hightowers’ years-long ascendency seems to have stalled at the start of this episode, the last before the ten-year time jump that will bring us into the back half of Season One.

The sons of Baelon the Brave, reunited again! That should last, right?

In case the title isn’t making it 100% clear, Reboot—created by Modern Family’s Steven Levitan—is a half-hour comedy in the present time about the reboot of a fictional half-hour sitcom called Step Right Up from the early 2000s.

Even the vaguest details and most minor characters from Martin’s fictional histories can make for arresting visual images.

There are a lot of secrets threaded through Tell Me Lies, the hinting at which is enough to keep you tuning in.

The majority of this episode is devoted to the ways in which the women of House Targaryen are excluded from hard power and must employ soft power to achieve their own ends.

When movie star Ryan Reynolds and TV star Rob McElhenney buy a low-ranking Welsh football club, Wrexham A.F.C., a true story.

The dragon can be in the details: Escalating and complicating some of the best and most controversial elements of its parent show, Game of Thrones.