Day 8 of our Cultural Advent Calendar, in which we’re counting down our highlights of 2022 day-by-day all the way to Christmas and beyond. The first seven days were our musical favourites of the year and today, we start the next seven days with our top TV and streaming picks. House of the Dragon (HBO) kicks us off. I started watching ‘House of the Dragon’ with the same energy as a bitter ex, still stewing in my disappointment over its predecessor’s (‘Game of Thrones’) finale and already cynical about its promises to have changed. Haven’t we been through enough, George R. R. Martin? And while w…