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‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Finale Officially Sends Fans Back to ‘Game of Thrones’

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After a roller-coaster third season, which managed to win back many fans after a divisive second, House of the Dragon‘s latest installment came to an explosive end this past Sunday with “The Treasons at Tumbleton,” which debuted on August 9. Written by Ryan Condal and Ti Mikkel, and directed by Andrij Parekh, the episode delivered plenty of jaw-dropping twists, satisfying ends, and set-up for the fourth and final season: Alys Rivers’ (Gayle Rankin) backstory got a big update, Ormund Hightower (James Norton) faced a gruesome end, and Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban) tragically jumped to her death.

Called “stunning” in Aidan Kelley‘s review for Collider, the finale felt like the perfect culmination for a mammoth season of fantasy television that had many millions of viewers gripped, with the opener, “Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood,” even earning 21.5 million global viewers within its first three days. On IMDb, the Season 3 finale scored a massive 9.1/10 rating from users, making it one of the highest-rated episodes in the show’s three-season history. But being compelled to rate on IMDb isn’t the only way the finale has impacted viewers.

At the time of writing, the series that started it all, Game of Thrones, has staged a major streaming comeback, officially ranking as the most-streamed series on the Apple TV store in the world. The highest heights in this fantasy franchise, based on the works of George R.R. Martin, came in Game of Thrones, including Season 3, Episode 9, “The Rains of Castamere,” and Season 6, Episode 10, “The Winds of Winter,” just two examples. House of the Dragon Season 4 is predicted to air sometime in 2028.

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Collider Exclusive · Game of Thrones Personality Quiz
Which Game of Thrones House Do You Belong To?
Stark · Lannister · Targaryen · Baratheon · Tyrell

Five great houses. Five completely different answers to the same question: how do you hold power in a world that will take it from you the moment you stop paying attention? Eight questions will determine where your loyalties — and your nature — truly lie.

🐺Stark

🦁Lannister

🐉Targaryen

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🦌Baratheon

🌹Tyrell

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01

Someone powerful is acting dishonourably and everyone knows it. What do you do?
In Westeros, the answer to this question has ended more than one great house.





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02

What is the source of your power?
Every house endures because of something. What is it for yours?





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03

Who do you truly fight for?
Strip away the banners and the words. The honest answer tells you everything.





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04

How do you deal with your enemies?
A house’s method reveals its character as clearly as its words ever could.





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05

What kind of ruler do you believe in?
Westeros is full of answers to this question. Most of them end badly.





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06

You suffer a devastating loss. How does your house respond?
How a house handles defeat tells you more about it than how it handles victory.





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07

Which of these truths about Westeros do you most believe?
Every house has a philosophy. This is yours.





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08

The Iron Throne is within reach. What do you do?
The answer reveals not just your ambition — but your character.





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The Maester Has Spoken
Your House Is…

Your answers point to the great house whose words, values, and way of surviving in Westeros match your own. Bend the knee — or don’t. That’s very much up to you.

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Winterfell · The North

🐺 House Stark

Winter is Coming — and you have always known it. You prepare not out of fear but out of duty, because the people who depend on you deserve someone who takes the long view.

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  • You lead with honour even when it costs you, because you understand that a reputation built on integrity is the only one worth having.
  • Your loyalty to family and people runs deep — not as sentiment but as a code that doesn’t bend when things get difficult.
  • The North endures because Starks endure — not by being the cleverest players in the game, but by being the kind of people others are willing to follow into the cold.
  • You are that kind of person. The pack survives. The lone wolf dies. You already know which one you are.


Casterly Rock · The Westerlands

🦁 House Lannister

You understand the game — its rules, its exceptions, and exactly when the rules become the exception. You play it without illusions and without apology.

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  • You are sharper than most people realise, and you have learned to use that gap to your advantage.
  • A Lannister always pays their debts — and you always keep your word, because your word is an instrument of power, and instruments must be kept in working order.
  • You love your family with a ferocity that sometimes blinds you, and you know it, and you do it anyway.
  • The lion doesn’t concern itself with the opinion of sheep. Neither, in the end, do you.


Dragonstone · The Iron Throne

🐉 House Targaryen

You carry a sense of destiny that is difficult to explain and impossible to ignore — the feeling that you are not simply participating in the world but meant to reshape it.

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  • You are capable of extraordinary things, and you know it, and that knowledge is both your greatest strength and your most dangerous quality.
  • Fire and blood are not just words to you — they are a philosophy about what change requires and what it costs.
  • The Targaryens at their best were transformative rulers who broke chains and defied the limits of what anyone thought possible.
  • At your best, so are you. The dragon has three heads. You are one of them.


Storm’s End · The Stormlands

🦌 House Baratheon

You are a force — direct, powerful, and difficult to ignore when you enter a room or a conflict. You do not negotiate with challenges. You meet them.

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  • Ours is the fury — and yours is a kind of intensity that commands attention, respect, and occasionally fear from those who underestimate what’s behind it.
  • You value strength and straight dealing. You’d rather know where you stand in a fight than navigate a web of courtly whispers.
  • The Baratheons built their house on the back of one of the greatest military victories in Westerosi history — and then struggled with what came after.
  • The lesson of your house is that winning is not the end of the story. Governing is. You are learning that too.


Highgarden · The Reach

🌹 House Tyrell

You understand that power does not always announce itself — that sometimes it arrives with flowers, good wine, and a smile that doesn’t quite reach the eyes.

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  • Growing strong is your house’s motto, and you live it: patiently, strategically, always investing in the relationships and resources that will matter most when it counts.
  • You are charming by choice and calculating by nature — a combination that makes you one of the most effective players in any room you enter.
  • The Tyrells fed King’s Landing and shaped its politics without ever sitting on the Iron Throne — and they were arguably more powerful for it.
  • You know that the person who controls the food controls the kingdom. And you always know where the food is.

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So one of the best shows of all time is topping the Apple TV Store charts. But what else is popular? Other shows proving solid competition for Game of Thrones include Bruno Heller‘s 2014 crime drama Gotham, Taylor Sheridan‘s most recent returning series, Lioness, and even House of the Dragon​​​​​​. On the movie side of the charts, it’s no surprise that Spider-Man: No Way Home is the most-streamed title, considering that Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to break records at the box office.

For more updates, make sure to stay tuned to Collider.

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