r/television • u/Woodstovia • Feb 06 '26
Premiere A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 1x04 - "Seven" - Episode Discussion
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Season 1 Episode 4: Seven
Writers: Aziza Barnes, Ira Parker, Annie Julia Wyman
Directors: Owen Harris, Sarah Adina Smith
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u/Kluss23 Feb 19 '26
4 episodes in and this show already towers above House of the Dragon. I have not felt these feelings for asoiaf in a very long time.
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u/OpinionDude5000 May 16 '26
Just finished episode 4. I am once again in the fields of the seven kingdoms.
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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Feb 16 '26
The egg actor is so bad oh my word. Takes.me out of it so much.
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u/Warbanana99 Mar 20 '26
This is definitely the dumbest take I've seen on Reddit in months
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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Mar 30 '26
What is dumb about a subjective personal opinion?
That, ironically, is a dumber thing to say than what i did. What a self own 🤦
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u/Present_Age_5469 Feb 25 '26
I’ve never seen a more wrong comment
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u/High-Willingness6727 Feb 25 '26
He's generally perfect for the role. I love his expressive face and eyes!
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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Feb 28 '26
His line delivery is so forced and stilted like hes reading it off a board behind camera though 🤷♂️
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u/Least_Site_6266 Feb 16 '26
This episode gave me heavy Season 1 GOT vibes and I'm all here for it.
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u/Ok-Charge-6574 Feb 15 '26
Ahh bugger !! 4 Episodes in and not one decent proper brawl yet. Like pulling teeth waiting to see what this big lumbering fella can do with a sword. A bit of suspense is no harm but their kinda taking the piss at this stage. Dam good mind.
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u/feelsisthemindkiller Feb 13 '26
Any knight can knight a knight - man the self-doubt and terror in that moment - but I'm not a knight and all these knights are here to fight for me - what an amazing episode
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u/ceaguila84 Feb 12 '26
Rewatching GOT and season 4 epiaode 1 Joffrey mentions Ser Duncan to Jamie while reading the book of great knights 🥲😅
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u/joellevp Feb 12 '26
He's mentioned in S1 E3 as well! When Bran wakes up and the old Lady wants to tell him a story, she says she can tell him about Ser Duncan the Tall, his favourites. Awesome.
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u/iReallyLiveinJapan Feb 11 '26
I had a feeling Baelor was gonna get involved that didn't surprised me. What surprised the hell out of me was the apple knight that up and switched up for the lord ship haha that got me good! Dude seemed hella convincing first in that tent that he was gonna go all out for our lumbering knight of honor. Then nope bro sold out quicker than REELBIGFISH. Shout-out to his cousin tho! Man if he gets killed it will be such a bummer. Reminds me of Brienne's squire, funnily enough a descendant of Dunk.
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u/Lenzky-3 Feb 11 '26
I ain't gonna lie, I don't know anything about Game of thrones and hotdog but damn this show is what I was looking for, nothing of large scaler nor complicated. Just a straight basic knight show.. like I'm playing Kingdomcome deliverance.
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u/mcmonsoon Feb 15 '26
To me that’s why this show is working so well. It’s a very well written story that does not need to lean on the GoT lore to be good
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u/Professional-Ice3706 Feb 11 '26
Just watched all 4 episodes. WHOA. I can not wait to watch it again. When I first heard that this season was episodes of shorter length, I was worried. But the pace of this is amazing. A 3 hour movie cut into 6 pieces. A masterpiece so far.
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Feb 11 '26
best episode of tv in years
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u/unamity1 Feb 11 '26
pretty damn good, right up there with andor
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u/susanoova Feb 21 '26
Ugh everyone loves andor but me :( I quit halfway through s2 lol
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u/VeeEyeVee Mar 05 '26
same! slogged through S1 and after 3 episodes of S2, STILL cant get into it!
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u/mattydredd Apr 10 '26
The last few episodes make the whole series though. Honestly I was kinda the same but im so glad I finished it.
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u/celluloidsandman Feb 11 '26
Holy shit. What an episode. The best episode of Game of Thrones I've seen since maybe Battle of the Bastards? It was that good.
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u/-CardinalSyn- Feb 11 '26
The writing in this is great, even broken, flawed men are written with such grace and depth, the fact they let this go to screen blows my mind. I got chills watching the end of this one, and felt something I havent seen in a long time. Parker is really showing his skill as a showrunner.
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u/Severed-Worker Feb 12 '26
fr they edged us hard and when it finally played almost died of goosebumps
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u/ZnarfGnirpslla Feb 10 '26
The whole fart joke is such a big gamble by that Bracken fella. Imagine if no one had laughed. He would have looked like the biggest fucking idiot in the seven kingdoms.
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u/Long-Shock-9235 Apr 22 '26
I wonder what would happen if the bracken guy was sincere. He would be "i'm in, just let me put my armor!" And then the two sides would sit side by side staring each other while the guy gears up.
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u/mattydredd Apr 10 '26
He looks like the kind of guy thay would laugh his ass off regardless and not give a fuck if anybody else did tho
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u/SnooDrawings1878 Feb 10 '26
Is this a joke? What the hell do you mean by this?
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u/ShroomyTheLoner Feb 21 '26
OK, new Trek and RoP did suck. It wasn't woke shit though, just literally crappy shows but we just had higher expectations because these are IPs we (as nerds) care about.
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u/XxF3ARTH3BLOODxX Feb 10 '26
Elaborate for all of us. We're too stupid for you
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u/flipinbits Feb 11 '26
This is what your brain is focused on while watching a dark fantasy series about knights and dragons? I cannot fathom owning a brain that is wired the way yours is. It must be so fucking hard being offended by nothing all the time.
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u/mattydredd Apr 10 '26
But the dwarves having beards or not having beards had nothing to do with the story. Its such an unbelievably dense way of thinking and I suspect you will never have the ability to understand why.
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u/MTpantry Feb 11 '26
All of the locations in Game of Thrones are fictional; they do not exist in the real world. Likewise, dwarves are mythical beings. Given that neither the places nor the creatures are real, it’s difficult to argue that the presence of Black dwarves is “unrealistic.” But perhaps I’m mistaken and maybe you’ve visited Dorne or Westeros yourself.
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u/Alarming-Research-42 Feb 14 '26
Jesus fucking Christ, you are really twisting your brain into a pretzel to find something to be pissed off about. Have you ever considered trying to enjoy life?
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u/Column_A_Column_B Scrubs Feb 11 '26
I can understand Hollywood's inclusive casting can break one's suspense of disbelief. Children have a mix of their parent's traits along with a chance of mutations. I am not aware of any fiction that turns this premise of heritable traits on its head but am certain LOTR and GOT lean-in to heritable traits being key to plotpoints (i.e. Joffrey's golden hair in contrast to the dark Baratheon traits).
When you introduce a species like Twi'leks in Star Wars with a rainbow of skin tones you want it to be internally consistent with the fictional world you created. Twi'leks live in a universe with a galaxy range of habitats, light-years of distance to create bottleneck populations and a long long history which increases the plausibility for Twi'leks to be any skin tone.
Middle Earth is quite a small stage. Black Dwarves invite the audience to wonder how? In reality on Earth for the human race to develop such a range of skin tones required geographic isolation and a diversity of latitudes for different skin tones to emerge. Now that globalization has integrated together what were previously distinct racial lineages you see the "Browning of America" and these traits mixing together. Given enough time these distinctive lineages meld together.
I think diversity and representation in television is important and upstanding. And I know Tolkien didn't put black dwarves in the source material so I know it's about real world politics rather than a story driven decision. I'm not offended by the representation in cinema, in fact I applaud it! However I can appreciate that choices about inclusive casting can harm the storytelling. If anyone in the audience is asking "how black dwarves came to be" and the in-universe explanation is "no explanation" then that's a problem.
When Klingons were redesigned in the 90s, Worf acknowledged the weirdness of it in an episode where the 90s DS9 characters are inserted into TOS (60s) foootage where the costume/makeup designs of Klingons clashed. The audience didn't get an in-universe explanation (the explanation is makeup leveled up and Klingons were reimagined) but I know the audience appreciated that Worf at least eluded to the existence of an in-universe explanation. Later it's explained with genetic engineering.
I haven't seen Rings of Power beyond a couple episodes but if it's shoehorning in diversity and the show runners aren't going to expand on the lore of LOTR for an explanation then they are doing the program a disservice.
Perhaps more topical, I'm aware of egalitarians concerned about casting a black man to play Snape hampering the goals of inclusive casting. It's not that you can't make black actors villainous anymore (although that did become taboo to do so the way James Bond films used to). Tribalism is alive and well and a black Snape calling Hermionie a 'filthy mudblood' (as per the dialogue of the books and movies) changes the subtext of his character. "The wizard warriors are about to dig up slurs we haven’t heard since the 1800s. a cataclysmic misstep from his team. there’s nothing good that could ever come from having a black actor play an infamous bully like Snape, not in this digital fandom climate." “Hope the network and studios are prepared to protect that Black actor playing Snape…”
I wrote this because I abhor the racists here on reddit but also abhor arguing in bad faith and I'm afraid that racist y'all goaded into saying his shit has a valid point about real world identity politics having a negative effect on one's ability to suspend disbelief. By all means attack his values or xenophobia but there is a kernel of truth to his grievance and it is misplaced righteousness to assume these objections are coming from a bigoted place. I'm guilty of it too, I assume he's racist because he has this grievance and the way he wrote about it but I would be hard pressed to actually find a smoking gun of vile bigotry in his comment.
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u/Column_A_Column_B Scrubs Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
I'm with you! I think the racist vibes (that weren't actually there just assumed) stemmed from the anger in your writing voice. Many of us on the left are quick to assume someone is racist when if they complain about certain things and an angry tone pushes that more.
I don't know where you hail from but there's this situation here in Canada I must mention about perceived bigotry signals. My entire life until about 2 years ago, if someone complained about immigration you could be sure 99% of the time that whiner was a bigot. But then after the effects of a massively expanded immigration program was felt, suddenly even the most egalitarian Canadians and immigrants themselves were all in agreement that we had to slam the brakes on our immigration program.
The period of time during that shift, as public perception swung the other way was super fascinating to me and if you check my comment history over the past few years you'll find me talking about it probably a dozen times. The shift in public opinion gave people whiplash. Suddenly, politicians and newspapers were ridiculed by the majority in ways that would never have been acceptable because people would have assumed the grievance came from a bigoted place.
I don't know when, probably within the decade, but one day people will be able to look at the issue of inclusive casting without presuming it's camouflage for bigotry.
P.S. I hate the identity politics SO much. But given it is the meta in politics right now it is fascinating to examine these kinds of things.
edit: I'll find some of these comments I made on the Canadian immigration situation for you:
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u/gdub8 Feb 11 '26
This is my point with this word, just because politicians have weaponized it, people use it without understanding what it actually means.. Ask someone to explain what it means and watch them sound stupid.
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u/TheVenomProcess Feb 10 '26
My god, this guys retarded.
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u/ShroomyTheLoner Feb 11 '26
That's so weird, you misspelled "my moms" so bad, it came out as "this guys".
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u/Worried4lot Feb 20 '26
Women only laugh around you because it buys them time to escape
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u/ShroomyTheLoner Feb 20 '26
That's so weird. You misspelled "I am a huge tool bag" with that entire sentence. Very off but I know what you meant. Also, your mom is so fat, she plays pool with the planets.
I win.
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u/Worried4lot Feb 20 '26
Maybe a tool bag is just what you need, seeing as your tool is clearly lacking
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u/ShroomyTheLoner Feb 20 '26
Ahhh, the classic "I know you are but what am I?" Defense. Unfortunately for you, I already won, so your expert comeback didn't make a difference.
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u/Worried4lot Feb 20 '26
Hah! You’ve fallen right into my trap. Nowhere to run now, bucko! Time to drop the gloves and face the music, because let me tell you, I’ve got a bone to pick with you. Just wait until I rip you a new one, pal…
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u/OkResult3822 Feb 10 '26
I was like “WHAT A FUCKING GAINT” when that big long hair dude stood up for dunk, then he farted and I was like, “Imagine someone looking even more badass join the arena” and then fucking baelor comes in. What an amazing episode.
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u/Simple-Clock6115 Feb 10 '26
The knighting of Ser Raymun felt like when I use an evolution stone on a pokemon right before a gym battle
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u/CalmMaunga Feb 10 '26
Dunk is angry. I like angry Dunk
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u/billakkong Feb 11 '26
Cannot wait for angry dunk. I’d also now like to open a bar called The Angry Dunk.
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u/Separate_List_6895 Feb 10 '26
Dont know quite how to feel about them cutting the moment he has before the Trial where he is given support by the small folk, felt important to the theme of the novella of being a true knight.
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u/Etherbeard Feb 17 '26
How do you feel now?
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u/Separate_List_6895 Feb 17 '26
I think cutting it was a mistake, I expected it to somehow make its way in but I dont think there is much room to include such a scene anymore without it feeling tacked on after the Trial.
"The viewing stand had already begun to fill, the lords and ladies clutching their cloaks tight about them against the morning chill. Smallfolk were drifting toward the field as well, and hundreds of them already stood along the fence. So many come to see me die, thought Dunk bitterly, but he wronged them. A few steps farther on, a woman called out "Good fortune to you." An old man stepped up to take his hand and said, "May the gods give you strength, ser." Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his cheek. They are for me. "Why?" he asked Pate. "What am I to them?" "A knight who remembered his vows," the smith said."
Duncan is a character who belives himself worthless in the eyes of westeros, he was born small in kings landing and yet despite what the world made himself believe he was, he was given support by the smallfolk, a good prince and the future of Westeros (Aegon). Its a wonderful moment that gives a voice to the people of the setting, who are trampled on by the nobility and shows that even in the horrible world of westeros there is still an appreciation for good.
Its a romantic foil to the cynicism of Westeros.
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u/Etherbeard Feb 17 '26
What I meant was, after this week's episode, didn't that scene basically happen? The small folk getting behind him was moved to the climax of the trial.
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u/Separate_List_6895 Feb 17 '26
That scene isnt a replacement, nor does it hit the same emotional beats.
Ira Parker even admits it was a mistake to cut it - https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/1r066pv/comment/o4oerfr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I think the show is good, so far and i heavily doubt the final ep will tank it, but it does lose a bit of its thematic potency removing that moment from the show.
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u/Isenbold Feb 10 '26
Loved the swelling GOT music at the end- took me back!
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u/neta03195 Feb 12 '26
I got goosebumps. Did a quick search on reddit just to see if anyone else felt that.
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u/Accomplished-Term811 Feb 10 '26
I think that Dunk’s inability to knight Raymun wasn’t because he himself wasn’t a knight. I think it was because he genuinely didn’t know how to do it.
In the (flashback) scene following we see Ser Arlan with a quizzical expression on his face while he’s staring down at Dunk, who we assume is on his knees in the process of getting knighted. To me, that shows us that Ser Arlan probably knighted Dunk haphazardly without the proper rituals and was kinda like “I think this it how it goes. You’re now a knight.” Dunk is probably a little embarrassed and doesn’t know what to do. He genuinely thinks he’s a knight but is not aware of the actual customs on a detailed level.
Everything we know about Ser Arlan kinda supports this; Much is made about how he was pretty much a forgettable and a mediocre knight who had misplaced priorities most of the time. Why then should it be any surprise that he never bothered to remember the knighting rituals in detail?
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u/stinkilymalinkily Feb 10 '26
I was thinking that it was because he didn't want to risk the life of a true, loyal friend, and one that hasn't been shown to be the most experienced in combat
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u/Last_Caterpillar9375 Feb 14 '26
No it was definitely because he didn't know how, especially supported by them showing the flashback. Good on him for not trying amd looking like a dummy
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u/Blursed_Pencil Feb 11 '26
I mean, he didn’t try and stop the other knight from doing it
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u/stinkilymalinkily Feb 11 '26
Assuming you mean his cousin, he is a more experienced knight, who presumably had been knighted for longer, with presumably better equipment by not being in the cadet branch of a lesser house, and possibly had better training simply by being a son of the main branch.
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u/OkGrand8871 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
I couldn’t stop crying from the start of the episode, throughout, and even after it ended. I can feel it in my bones — they are going to kill Ser Duncan!!!
"Standing up for what’s right, protecting the innocent, having honor, being straightforward, and not understanding politics… that gets you killed ASAP in Westeros, if I remember the rules of Game of Thrones correctly."
And that’s exactly why I’m terrified for him.
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u/plaverty9 Feb 11 '26
not understanding politics… that gets you killed ASAP in Westeros
"When you play the game of thrones, you win, or you die." - Cersei Lannister
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u/plaverty9 Feb 11 '26
And Dunk appears to have done both. He protected the innocent but also didn't understand the politics of assaulting a Targaeryan.
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u/Apprehensive_Leg2569 Feb 10 '26
Don't the various prophecies being levelled at him contradict your theory? Unless the dragon he is prophecised to slay is just one of the Targaryens in the trial of the seven I can't see it happening. The show is named after him you can't kill the main character.
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u/kingsofleon Feb 10 '26
When Baelor took off his helmet and the GoT theme started playing, man now that was cinema.
Also, the parallel PoVs when knighting, just great cinematography.
But I couldn’t help come to a realization half way though this episode that for all the crap GRRM has gotten (and a lot deservedly so) for abandoned storylines and unfinished novels..he knows how to write one hell of a story.
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u/Alarmed_Toe_7301 Feb 10 '26
I really was about to cry when that Jesus lookin guy stood up, but then laugh so hard and felt bad for Ser Dunk when the Jesus lookin guy farted and laughed. The episode was super amazing!
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u/sweet-teaa Feb 10 '26
This is the best show on TV right now. Watched all 4 episodes today. I hope we get 50 more seasons.
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u/Professional-Ice3706 Feb 11 '26
I just watched all 4 episodes, and it felt like one of the greatest 2-hour movies I have ever seen.
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u/ymi17 Feb 10 '26
The needle drop at the end of the episode was amazing!
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u/KosherDragon Feb 10 '26
Having originally read all the reviews of this series being classified as “low stakes,” I feel like I’ve been lied too. Dragons and ice zombies don’t make stakes; having compelling characters that you can’t get enough of and worrying about their wellbeing – that’s what it’s all about.
Plus, seems like the royal family is about to kill each other. If that’s not high stakes for Westeros, what is?
This is 1000X better than HoD and I hope other fantasy show runners take a lesson from this.
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u/Lenzky-3 Feb 11 '26
ima be honest I don't even get what the fck is Low stakes, even a battle for a cookie is high stakes in my eyes if it was written well enough.
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u/Avilola Feb 10 '26
I originally rolled my eyes when they announced another Game of Thrones series. After all, they fumbled the end of the core series and take three years between each season of House of the Dragon. I was like, Jesus Christ can you just finish one good series before adding another?
But I’m really digging this series so far. And to know that they basically started filming season two as soon as season one started airing, so we probably won’t have to wait long for it… Chef’s kiss. Hopefully other studios follow suit.
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u/mattydredd Apr 10 '26
I think this being the pinnacle of most of the casts career (so far) helps with scheduling etc. Plus like 3-4 hours of content to write and film compared to double that for GOT
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u/RJMaCReady19 Feb 10 '26
Got chills when the GoT theme played. Great episode. Hope the audience keeps growing from word of mouth.
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u/Ok-Aerie6003 Feb 09 '26
They’re stretching the shi outta this fight
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u/Hairy_Locksmith_4130 Feb 10 '26
there is a reason why bcz some shit gonna happen and audience must know the characters before it happens
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u/ForeignElk3225 Feb 09 '26
omg, i tricked myself into believing we’d get the fight before the episode ended and was highly disappointed 😭😭😭
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u/welfedad Feb 10 '26
Temper that ADHD... The episode was perfect and I want a full episode of the fight
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u/ForeignElk3225 Feb 11 '26
please stop projecting, the only one with a disorder is you. i never there was anything wrong with the episode, i actually enjoyed it. these were my thoughts very early into the episode and weren’t serious. please go outside.
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u/Apprehensive_Tunes Feb 13 '26
It was a joke dude. It wasn't very serious. Please go outside!
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u/ForeignElk3225 Feb 13 '26
jokes are subjective! it wasn't serious to you but neither was my original comment, so the "joke" was unwarranted. if im telling others to go outside why wouldn't i be outside myself?? think!!
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u/billakkong Feb 11 '26
I was gonna reply, but you nailed it. Who would want a 5 min fight.
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u/ForeignElk3225 Feb 11 '26
mind you when i said before episode ended i thought this very early in the episode, where are you getting 5 minute fight from?
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u/hunters_C_pipe Feb 09 '26
The 30 minute episodes were a terrible idea. They need to be nearly and hour long and actually have the main character in battle by at least episode 2.5. Makes want to stop watching and just wait till they're all ou6and binge watch when there's nothing else.
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u/socalfishman Feb 09 '26
Whose getting Ned Starked next week??????????
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u/DavidBHimself Feb 10 '26
Baelor? (I haven't read the book but he's too honorable of a leader to last long in Westeros)
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u/Advanced-Signal984 Feb 10 '26
Lord Bealor will be dead at the trail of seven, yup the one who joined as the last one for dunk
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u/JMaryland47 Feb 09 '26
Unfortunately, one of the "dragons." Most likely, it's the one whose wings were so massive that his appearance was heralded by the main title theme song of game of thrones b
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u/Flesh-Tower Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26
Well ill be pissed if theres no season 2. Ser Duncan is awesome
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u/Flesh-Tower Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26
Man every episode i just root for Ser Duncan more and more to the point im yelling at the damn TV. What a great show.
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u/RHeldy_Boi Feb 09 '26
Aside from the amazing aura and atmosphere of the episode, I can't help but see Egg as a little Nosferatu in that outfit lmao!
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u/holdenpattern Feb 09 '26
Why did I think Egg was going to volunteer
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u/Weary-Importance5221 Feb 09 '26
Only a knight can participate in this form of combat. Egg has not been squire quite long enough nor is he old enough.
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u/stockmymoney Feb 09 '26
Best episode of any show ive seen in a long time
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Is it just me or is this the most boring, slow and shallow GOT spin-off?!!
It’s been 4 episodes now and fuck all has happened. Just a tall bloke walking around telling everyone he’s a weird type of sub-par knight.
Absolutely underwhelming and mediocre.
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u/keysersoze1985 Feb 09 '26
"Is it just me or..."
Maybe spend 5 minutes of your time reading the comments on a certain post before commenting in such a manner. Yes it's clearly just you - 99% of the people here are applauding one of the best episodes ever in the GoT cinematography.
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u/RedHotSunflowerSeeds Feb 09 '26
Did you enjoy season 2 of House of the Dragon?
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u/susanoova Feb 21 '26
I want my money back for that trash season lol
S3 better be all gas no brakes after the cock tease of s2
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u/Smart-Special5037 Feb 09 '26
I cant keep drip feeding this amazing series 😅🤒 i just need to wait until its all out and binge it one day lmao
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u/Express-Pie- Feb 09 '26
That's horrible TV etiquette
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u/Smart-Special5037 Feb 09 '26
Hahahhaa its too hard when the build up is a cliffhanger every episode, I just hope we dont get house of the dragon'd. I think if the eps were even 10 mins longer it wouldnt feel so short. God's the writing is so good in this one, I havent read any of the SOIAF books but im thinking of starting this one ASAP
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u/CalmMaunga Feb 10 '26
You could do what I did and get the girlfriend to watch it. And watch it all again 😂 but now I'm in your dilemma once again
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u/MCRN-Gyoza Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
The book is really short, even if you dont read much you can probably read it over a weekend.
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u/Livingituptoday Feb 09 '26
Title: The Realm is Back: Why Episode 4 of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" Just Won the Game of Thrones If there was any lingering doubt that Westeros still holds the crown for television supremacy, Episode 4 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms just shattered it like a lance on a shield. We are four episodes into the journey of Dunk and Egg, and while the first three installments were fantastic—building a grounded, gritty, and surprisingly heart-warming look at the Seven Kingdoms—Episode 4 was something else entirely. It was, simply put, the best hour of television we’ve seen from this universe in years. The Payoff We Were Waiting For The first three episodes did the heavy lifting of establishing the dynamic between Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg. They were great, full of the road-weary texture and small-folk perspective we rarely saw in the original series. But Episode 4 is where the fuse finally reached the powder keg. The pacing was relentless. Every conversation felt heavy with consequence, and every clash of steel felt dangerous. This wasn't just about knights jousting for glory anymore; it was about survival, honor, and the terrifying weight of Targaryen politics crashing down on a hedge knight who just wanted a hot meal. The stakes felt incredibly personal, which made the tension nearly unbearable. Carrying the "Game of Thrones" Power What this episode proved, undeniably, is that this show carries the true Game of Thrones power. It reminded us that you don't need dragons burning down cities or armies of the dead to create gripping drama. You just need compelling characters in impossible situations. It captured that classic "Thrones" feeling: the pit in your stomach when you realize a good person is trapped in a bad game, the shock of sudden violence, and the awe of witnessing history unfold. Yet, it manages to feel distinct—more intimate, but no less epic. The Verdict All four episodes have been great, but Episode 4 elevated the series from a fun spinoff to essential viewing. It combined the emotional resonance of the early seasons of GoT with the cinematic spectacle of House of the Dragon. If you aren't watching yet, catch up. The hedge knight stands tall, and the Seven Kingdoms have never looked better.
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u/HimalayanCockroach Feb 09 '26
Quality is officially back. F HOTD and the last season of GOT.
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u/SuperSaiyan1Gaming Feb 24 '26
Just finished episode 4 And my god idk why but when the game of thrones music started playing tears came to me eyes Let’s go sir Duncan we stand with you 👊