Here’s why you couldn’t see anything on House of the Dragon
by Alex Cranz from The Verge - All Posts on (#64BAX)
This still is not from last night's episode, which is one reason you can see what is happening. | Image: HBO Things got dark on House of the Dragon last night as characters stole dragons and other characters made super incestuous life choices. And all of it was done under the cover of darkness, leading many viewers wondering if their TVs were busted.
But your TV is not busted. Your TV is a victim of the episode's director, Miguel Sapochnik. The man can presumably see in the dark because this is the second time he's directed an episode in the Game of Thrones franchise cast in such darkness people questioned their own eyes.
Back in 2019, Sapochnik directed The Long Night," a harrowing hour of TV where the many characters of Game of Thrones gathered to finally end the Night King's invasion of Westeros. Zombies were decapitated. Beloved...