List of House of the Dragon episodes

House of the Dragon is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal, based on the latter half of Fire & Blood by author George R.R. Martin. The series' first season premieres in August 2022.

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	10	August 21, 2022	October 23, 2022

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"The Heirs of the Dragon"	Miguel Sapochnik	Ryan Condal	August 21, 2022	9.986^[1]
2	2	"The Rogue Prince"	Greg Yaitanes	Ryan Condal	August 28, 2022	10.2^[2]
3	3	"Second of His Name"	Greg Yaitanes	Gabe Fonseca & Ryan Condal	September 4, 2022	~9.2^{[N 1]}^[3]
4	4	"King of the Narrow Sea"	Clare Kilner	Ira Parker	September 11, 2022	~9.66^[3]
5	5	"We Light the Way"	Clare Kilner	Charmaine DeGraté	September 18, 2022	~9.95^[3]
6	6	"The Princess and the Queen"	Miguel Sapochnik	Sara Hess	September 25, 2022	~10.25^[4]
7	7	"Driftmark"	Miguel Sapochnik	Kevin Lau	October 2, 2022	Unknown^{[N 2]}
8	8	"The Lord of the Tides"	Geeta Vasant Patel	Eileen Shim	October 9, 2022	Unknown^{[N 2]}
9	9	"The Green Council"	Clare Kilner	Sara Hess	October 16, 2022	Unknown^{[N 2]}
10	10	"The Black Queen"	Greg Yaitanes	Ryan Condal	October 23, 2022	9.3^[5]

↑ The ratings of episode 3 have not been officially released. The viewership was down about 1 million for the premiere on Sunday night due in part to airing in the U.S. during Labor Day weekend. The number of people watching the episode on HBO's platforms the following days was greater than for the first two episodes, however.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Warner Bros. Discovery did not disclose the viewership numbers for this episode