House of the Dragon
The parent show mapped a continent; this one traces a bloodline. Where Game of Thrones built cities, these titles follow blood running through stone channels and a tapestry recording who killed whom.
House of the Dragon rebuilt its titles: three distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–3, running between 99 and 126 seconds.
At 126 seconds at its longest, it opens well above the 50-second median for drama sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on HBO in 2022, when Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Jinx and My Brilliant Friend were also on the network.
Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; House of the Dragon did so two times.
All 3 opening title sequences
Season 1
99sBlood running through carved stone channels, filling a model of the Targaryen line — the family tree as plumbing.
Season 2
122sThe second season abandons the blood-through-channels model for an embroidered tapestry, stitched forward as the war proceeds.
Season 3
126sThe tapestry continues, extended with the war's newer dead.
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2 sequences
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- Season 1
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1 sequence
Landman
West Texas oil patch, filmed with the same proprietorial eye Yellowstone brings to Montana.
- Season 1
1 sequence
Slow Horses
London surveillance imagery over a theme Mick Jagger wrote for the show — a spy series whose titles are as shabby and unglamorous as its office.
- Season 1
1 sequence
Beef
A different David Choe painting behind the title card of every episode, so the opening is a gallery hung one canvas at a time across the season.
- Season 1
1 sequence
Industry
Twenty-two seconds of type and glass. A trading-floor show whose opening is over before you have settled, which is roughly how the job is depicted.
- Season 1
3 sequences
The White Lotus
Colonial wallpaper that will not behave — painted paradise curdling into something predatory while the resort's guests are nowhere in it. Rebuilt from scratch for each new location, with a new theme every time.
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3