Disappointed fans slam House of the Dragon Season 2 Finale episode: 'Begin the war already', 'Worst finale'

House of the Dragon Season 2 has officially ended and (spoiler alert) the great battle for Westeros between the Greens and Blacks hasn't started yet. Fans will sadly have to wait a few years for Season 3 to witness the Battle of the Gullet and fire-breathing dragons galore.

According to reports, the "major battle" has been moved from season 2 to season 3 because the season was shot during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike. HBO, on the other hand, claims that change was "story-driven" and not the result of the extensive cost-cutting being done under Warner Bros. Discovery leadership change.

Whatever the reason may be, fans seem upset over the slow-paced season having just eight episodes and the bloodiest sea battle being pushed to the next season. Expressing his disappointment over the same, a fan wrote on X, "Wait…THAT’S IT?! We don’t even get the start of the battle of gullet? We had to watch Cole and Alicent’s boring speeches??? We had to watch Rhaena abandon those babies in the name of a wild dragon and don’t even get to see her mount it?"

Another user wrote, "Mixed feelings about the House of the Dragon finale. On one hand, it was one of my favourite episodes of the series so far. On the other hand, there’s been so much tension built up throughout the season that not releasing any of it for a 2+ year wait doesn’t really work for me."

A third commented, "House of the Dragon is just a show where everything is constantly about to happen but doesn’t actually happen. The entirety of Season 2 should have been a 3 episode arc, nothing more nothing less. And the finale was the worst finale I’ve seen."

A fourth X user added, "The series finale of House of the Dragon really just pissed me off. What tf happened to insane shit happening in the finale. Like where are the major character deaths? The plot twists? The curve balls? I’m sick of all this preparing for war s**t. GO TO WAR ALREADY. Ugh"

"House of the Dragon Season 2 successfully replacing GOT season 8 as the most disappointing and poorly executed seasons of television. #HOTD #HOTDS2," said another user on X.

House of the Dragon Season 2 successfully replacing GOT season 8 as the most disappointing and poorly executed seasons of television. #HOTD #HOTDS2 pic.twitter.com/zWG8OnDlIS

The series finale of House of the Dragon really just pissed me off. What tf happened to insane shit happening in the finale. Like where are the major character deaths? The plot twists? The curve balls? I’m sick of all this preparing for war shit. GO TO WAR ALREADY. Ugh

House of the Dragon is just a show where everything is constantly about to happen but doesn’t actually happen.

The entirety of Season 2 should have been a 3 episode arc, nothing more nothing less.

And the finale was the worst finale I’ve seen.#HBO #HouseOfTheDragon #boring

Mixed feelings about the House of the Dragon finale. On one hand it was one of my favorite episodes of the series so far. On the other hand there’s been so much tension built up throughout the season that not releasing any of it for a 2+ year wait doesn’t really work for me.

Wait…THAT’S IT?! We don’t even get the start of the battle of gullet?

We had to watch Cole and Alicent’s boring speeches???

We had to watch Rhaena abandon those babies in the name of a wild dragon and don’t even get to see her mount it? #HouseOfTheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/qgpj4A7QNo

Despite the angry reactions online, some fans were elated to see Daenerys Targaryen's cameo in the finale episode. Meanwhile, others were all praise for the stunning visuals and intense interactions between the big players of the war.