1. Watch House of the Dragon

HBO, August 21.

All the frustration around the Game of Thrones finale probably won’t stop people from watching the show’s much-hyped big-budget prequel, which—and you’re not going to believe this— focuses on a battle to inherit the Iron Throne. But this battle, based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, takes place 200 years earlier than

the Game of Thrones one. So: Totally different.