‘House of the Dragon’ season 3 episode release schedule: When do new episodes stream on HBO Max?

Outside of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” it’s been a while since we’ve hung out with House Targaryen. In fact, it’s been a long two years since “House of the Dragon” season 2 offered up that polarizing finale, leaving fans eagerly awaiting their grand return to Westeros.

Luckily, that wait is almost over, with “HOTD” season 3 roaring its way onto HBO and HBO Max this month with a “big bloodbath” on the horizon to test Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Daemon (Matt Smith), Alicent (Olivia Cooke), Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and the rest of the realm. Like the previous installments of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series, season 3 will have eight episodes total, though there are some supersized editions in the works. For example, that much-anticipated premiere will clock in at 72 minutes, 14 whole minutes more than the season 2 opener.