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Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight ordered to HBO series

The third episode has been my favourite so far. At least now I don’t have to keep quiet about Egg’s identity, if it was much of secret at all.

I enjoyed seeing them being given their fortunes and the fact that Egg was so uncomfortable with his.
 
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Miss Chicken said:
The third episode has been my favourite so far. At least know I don’t have to keep quite about Egg’s identity, if it was much of secret at all.

I enjoyed seeing them being given their fortunes and the fact that Egg was so uncomfortable with his.
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Yeah it was pretty obvious that something was up. Unfortunately some dickhead spoiled it directly for me on Youtube in his video title but i was pretty sure already that he was of some importance. I agree that it was good they didn't drag it out too much, hate it when shows do that despite offering some pretty big clues.

The other day i was watching a GoT video on YT where Joffrey and Jaime were talking about famous Kingsguard commanders, while Joffrey was leafing through the big book and he stumbled upon Ser Duncan the Tall's entry, that has 4 pages alone. Had forgotten about that completely since it's just another scene of Joffrey being an ass and it was years since i saw the entire show but nice to know Duncan will make it.

Duncan and Egg make for such a sweet pairing, Egg being a little wiseass and Duncan just a huge lovable goof with his heart at the right place. I figured that Duncan would run afoul of the Targaryen Prince and the show makes no effort to make the Prince likeable so yeah, this will be settled harshly in the tournament i think.

Now i wonder that Egg's secret is out if he'll continue to squire for Duncan. I doubt the Targaryen's will allow one of their Princes to squire for a poor no-name but since it seems not all Targaryen's at the tournament are pricks they might well let him be.
 
Now that the dragon is out of the egg, in the season 5 episode "The Gift" of Game of Thrones Maester Aemon mentions his brother before passing away. He brings up how Gilly's son reminds him of Egg and then, right before his death when he is delirious, he is imagining having a conversation with him.
 
A,reminder about the Adaptive Canon relationship between Egg, Maester Aemon,, Aerys II, Rhaegar, Viserys, Daenerys, and Jon/Aegon:

Egg is Aerys II's father, making him Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys' Grandfather and Jon/Aegon's Great Grandfather.

Aemon is Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys' Great Uncle and Jon/Aegon's Great Great Uncle.
 
Bank holiday here in Ireland so I forgot it was Monday already. Can't wait to go home and watch episode 3 now.

Egg wasn't going to be a spoiler for me anyway. I think even if you didn't know it was obvious there was something about the boy.
 
Well, I didn't expect Egg's secret to come out so quickly, even though it was obvious for the viewer so it's just as well to clear it up sooner than later. I'm curious to see how Egg can continue was Dunk's squire at this point. Especially with Dunk attacking the foul-spirited, wretched prince whose name I won't bother remembering.

Overall, another fun episode and I particularly enjoyed Egg's facial expressions during the jousting. However, I was not fan of the horse violence, no matter how expected it might have been.

It was probably intentional but did Ser Robyn remind anyone else of Ser Beric? One-eyed knight with a knack of madness? Yeah, I look forward to seeing him again.
 
The Nth Doctor said:
Well, I didn't expect Egg's secret to come out so quickly, even though it was obvious for the viewer so it's just as well to clear it up sooner than later. I'm curious to see how Egg can continue was Dunk's squire at this point. Especially with Dunk attacking the foul-spirited, wretched prince whose name I won't bother remembering.

Overall, another fun episode and I particularly enjoyed Egg's facial expressions during the jousting. However, I was not fan of the horse violence, no matter how expected it might have been.

It was probably intentional but did Ser Robyn remind anyone else of Ser Beric? One-eyed knight with a knack of madness? Yeah, I look forward to seeing him again.
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Booji said:
Now that the dragon is out of the egg, in the season 5 episode "The Gift" of Game of Thrones Maester Aemon mentions his brother before passing away. He brings up how Gilly's son reminds him of Egg and then, right before his death when he is delirious, he is imagining having a conversation with him.
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And there was a mention in this episode of one son/brother being sent to the citadel to become a Maester.
 
Yeah, I was surprised about that too on the outset, until I remembered these stories are from short novellas, not the usual tomes that GRRM usually writes from the original GOT. Makes for tight storytelling and excellent pacing, IMO. I'm good with it now. :)
 
HOLY SHIT!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

That was an amazing episode, the best so far.

Duncan can only get out of it by an ancient custom - a Trial of Seven. 7 Knights against 7 Knights, so Duncan, a complete unknown, has to find 6 other Knights to fight beside him.

The twists and turns this episode took, the reveals, Duncan upholding the knightly virtues and being mocked for it by the assembled knights and lords on the stands is both uplifting and heartbreaking at the same time until the final twist that had me actually jump up in excitement :lol::lol:

Next episode will go extra hard when the Trial begins, i can't wait!
 
I absolutely love this show. The ending, especially when the music kicks in, also had me yelling at the screen and getting pumped :lol: Having to wait a week for the next episode is going to suck.
 
I have long thought that Bertie Carvel is one of the most watchable British actors at work today (even if he doesn’t immediately scream Targaryen; yes, Dornish colouring, I know). So an episode that gave him a bit to do is always going to do down well with me and that was even before the final twist. But really this remained Claffey’s episode, though Ansell also was as watchable as ever.

It’s always been fun how GRRM & Westeros have cocked a snoop at the tropes of medieval chivalry etc and we got a bit of that when the northern-looking guy got up and broke wind in reply to Dunc’s speech. But damned if Breakspear acting out a classic trope by riding to the rescue didn’t prompt me to cheer at the tv.

Gonna be a long 10 days to wait for the next one.
 
This show gets better each episode. I honestly wish I had never read the book so I didn’t have any idea what will be happening next episode. Even though I do and am just as eager as my son to see episode 5. I am not sure who I like more Lyonel Baratheon or Raymun Fossoway.

Is Duncan’s hesitation at knighting Raymun because he knows his isn’t a knight so can’t really do it or because he is worried about his friend fighting?
 
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