Overview
- Episode 4 earned a 9.7 rating on IMDb, which The Hollywood Reporter notes is the franchise’s highest since Game of Thrones’ “The Spoils of War.”
- Showrunner Ira Parker acknowledged two missteps in the adaptation, calling the omission of a key novella line a mistake and noting missed personal heraldry for Maekar and Aerion.
- Season 2 is already greenlit and planned for six episodes, with Parker saying the scope will remain compact and that a drought setting will require costlier, sunnier locations outside Belfast.
- George R.R. Martin publicly praised the series as a faithful adaptation, and Parker says the intentionally short episodes were designed to avoid stretching the novellas.
- Coverage highlights tight links to established Game of Thrones lore and points to a newly emphasized prophetic element without revealing plot specifics.