Overview
- Episode 1 debuts Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max, with new episodes weekly through Feb. 22; UK viewers get it Jan. 19 on Sky/NOW.
- Set roughly a century before Game of Thrones, the series follows Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg on travels across Westeros, per HBO’s logline.
- Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell lead the cast, joined by Bertie Carvel, Sam Spruell, Finn Bennett and Daniel Ings in prominent roles.
- Pre-release reception is broadly positive, with a reported 87% Rotten Tomatoes critic score and praise for the smaller-scale, character-driven tone.
- Production centered in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter with some returning crew, and Radio Times reports season 2 is already filming in Northern Ireland.