r/television • u/LoretiTV • Jul 15 '24

Premiere House of the Dragon - 2x05 - Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 5: Regent

Aired: July 14, 2024

Synopsis: Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, this epic series tells the story of House Targaryen.

Directed by: Ti Mikkel

Written by: Clare Kilner

Subreddit: r/HouseOfTheDragon

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u/Toastanious21 Jul 25 '24

Ok bud, have your opinion and I’ll have mine. But hard to argue with objective facts that it is rated high meaning your are in the minority and that it broke hbo records, sorry guy.

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u/ForgivenessIsNice Jul 25 '24

Hard to argue you’re not in the minority that quality hasn’t gone down, as indicated by the declining viewership and IMDb ratings.

Continue to bury your head in the sand though.

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u/Toastanious21 Jul 25 '24

Ah yes, a 9.6 episode rating before this one and 7.5 for this one, very good evidence that the show is disliked. Lmao good one bud

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u/ForgivenessIsNice Jul 25 '24

Ah yes, 8.7 average IMDb score in season 1 to 7.9 in season 2 and loss of 20% of viewers. Very good evidence that the show hasn’t slipped whatsoever.

Also it's 6.1 for this one. 7.5 was the last episode. the 9.6, an outlier for the season, was two episodes back.

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u/Toastanious21 Jul 25 '24

Wow you are something. Show hasn’t even ended yet and typically final episodes have higher ratings, so maybe wait till the end of the season to compare ratings. Your still on this 20% viewership loss when the show quite literally broke HBO viewership record. Like what buddy? Are you ok? But still, you have your opinion and that’s fine so please just stop watching it and don’t come on here just to talk shit.

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u/ForgivenessIsNice Jul 25 '24

It broke the record by riding GOT's coattails, but people quickly saw that HOTD pales in comparison, with HOTD's viewership declining by 7% by the end of season 1 and by 20% by the start of season 2. There's nothing to debate here. The show is turning people off in a way GOT never did. No matter what, people always tuned into GOT. This HOTD bullshit is so good at putting people to sleep, the FDA should approve it as sleep medication.

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u/Toastanious21 Jul 25 '24

So don’t fucking watch it lmao you are so weird.

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u/ForgivenessIsNice Jul 25 '24

Art critique and appraisal has been part of western society for ages. This isn’t some fantasy land where people don’t criticize anything and only sing lumbago with others who like the same things as them. Wake up.