I have always been a little apprehensive when it comes to accepting rituals, for me, they are often a little too binding and restrict one from enjoying‌ life as it is. However, there are some exceptions to this view of mine, the biggest of which is waiting for Sunday night when a Game of Thrones media is released. There is something so beautiful about the ritualistic awaiting the teleporter machine, which whoops me right into the world of A Song of Ice and Fire; that implies I'm happier than ever with this week’s episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 

It has been only 2 episodes, but I feel like I have seen Dunk and Egg be an absolutely stunning duo for 2 years now, and honestly speaking, I can watch them sew a patch, eat an almost full English breakfast after Egg throws a tantrum about Hard Salt Beef, or just be straight up bullies to each other. Now I have been propagating that this is basically a sitcom set in Westeros, but this episode might just have me choke on my words with the setup it has made for the rest of the season. 

The episode kicks right where we left the duo last week, where else but under the stunning elm tree. Dunk is asleep, and Egg is wide awake, subtly hinting at how this episode will be more important for the little one of the duo, contrary to the first 2 episodes, which were mostly about the humble giant. What follows is a training montage that will remind you of a million sports movies. We see Egg trying to train Thunder, the horse for jousting, while also training himself to be the perfect squire. 

Now, before this training begins, we see Egg practically shouting at Thunder to get him to train. To no one’s surprise, the horse literally drops a deuce. But he eventually does accept communication. So far, we have seen Dunk take a sh-- in episode 1, Ser Arlan of Pennytree whipping out his large hog in episode 2, and now Thunder taking a sh-- in episode 3. I do not even want to know what they will have in episode 4, and you know what? To the showrunners: DO YOUR WORST!  

Following what seems to be a very good session of drills for both, we are treated to a small but what appears to be a very important interaction. We see a man with an eye patch questioning our little squire about his true intentions and mistaking him for a thief. But he relents eventually after Egg recognises the Knight as Ser Robyn Rhysling, “the maddest knight in the Seven Kingdoms.” What purpose does his introduction serve? I know just as much as Thunder, but I am cleaner than her and do not need a brushing. 

Next, we see a very fun interaction between the lead duo, which cements Dunk as the gentler of the two. As this 6’4’’ giant crumbles into a marshmallow after scolding Egg. He teaches him how to sew, is calmer as he talks to him, and, as a mother, cooks him a healthy breakfast, for once. Now, a well-fed Egg is an Egg that sings, and sings he does. He rambles on a melody about the Blackfyre Rebellion, which happened just a few years before the events of this show. In case you are looking for the exact words of the song, I will save you the trouble: 

“Prince Baelor was the first born

Prince Maekar sprang out last

Daemon was the ba-----,

so they kicked his ba-----

Grass is green in summer,

green grass I adore

But grass is red all over

when you ki-- a rebel

Horses die in battle

This battle was the front

Blackfyre’s not a trueborn,

he came from the wrong

Country was in peril,

The Anvil was a rock

The Hammer smashes the ba-----

with his giant veiny

Host of Dornish spearmen”

Just as our duo is having a heart-to-heart conversation about whether or not Egg can continue being Dunk’s squire, Dunk is almost agreeing to it. We have tournament steward Plummer interpret them, and he takes the tall knight to the stream. Now, even the rich struggle with money, and this is proven as Plummer reveals that Lord Ashford has overspent on his daughter’s tourney, and as winter is coming (yes, I am winking at you) hey will need money. Now, Dunk could have guessed a million things based on this, but this dumb fool thinks they want him to give them money. However, what he gets instead is a chance to game the system and win against the crowd-favorite Sir Androw. Thus, paying off an enormous sum to anyone who bets on him. But Dunk is only a fool, not an honourless man. And being the true knight that he is, he of course refuses to be a part of it. 

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We then see the duo go to the stadium, if you can call it that, where Prince Aerion is set to fight Ser Humfrey. We see Egg shouting “ki-- him” as the two charges at each other, while Dunk and many of us believe he is siding with the Targaryen prince, he actually wants him dead. Shocking? Yes. Understandable? Maybe ask your sibling? However, all is cut short as Aerion stabs the horse, instead of the knight, with the lance. And everyone leaves the arena sadly, while I am here mourning the death of a neigh-puppy. 

On their way around the makeshift village, the duo, of course, ends up at a party headed by none other than Lyonel Baratheon, man, do I love this fool! We see him and the bad-memory Dondarrion, Ser Manfred, who are both drunk and singing a song about a girl named Alice who had three fingers. I would have transcribed the song just like I did the one above, but neither do I want to write nor do you want to read a song that is mostly about a girl shoving fingers up a man’s as-. So let us move on. 

However, this scene features one of the deeper conversations Dunk and Egg have. As they talk about whether this girl, Alice, really existed, Dunk replies that she may have existed for real, but was likely not named Alice. Hearing this, Egg gets visibly sad, as he points out that there was a woman so good at what she did, and pleasured countless men, but even then, they could not find a way to honour her by using her real name. With underlying tones for both Dunk and Egg in this conversation, Egg finally breaks the lull with, “Her name is Hope, ser, Belongs to all who invoke it.”

Now, right as they come out of the tent and take a stroll, a fortune teller stops them in their path, offering to tell what the future holds for them. Dunk readily agrees to it, having seen and lived through the real world; he knows nothing worse can be thrown at him, and likely he thinks it is all a hoax. We see Dunk sigh as the lady declares, “You shall know great success and be richer than a Lannister.” And as he dictates her to tell about Egg, “You shall be king… And die in hot fire, and worms shall feed upon your ashes. And all who know you shall rejoice in your dying,” says the fortune teller. 

Egg is shocked and questioning it all, and Dunk is laughing, likely taking it all as a joke. Now I can spoil it all for you here by going deeper into this vision, but for the sake of the show and how good it has been, let us not delve into it all. 

Towards the end of the episode, we see the duo parting ways as Raymon Fossoway takes Dunk into his tent to treat him to a cup of cider, while Egg suggests that he will wait at the puppet show with Dunk’s new painted shield. What follows is a ranting session, a pure hateful ranting session. As Dunk remembers how Aerion killed the horse at the tourney, likely by mistake, the young Fossoway cuts him off in the middle and declares that he did it intentionally. Showing us that even though the rebellion has ended, the people of Westeros have continued to harbor hatred for the rulers. 

Fossoway does suggest that there is a noble thing Targaryens can do for the real, but I will let you hear it yourself and maybe reach out to me so we can laugh at it together. 

The revelry is cut short as a panting, and out of breath Egg enters the tent, shouting that Aerion is hurting Tanselle. Thus, getting Dunk all riled up and ready to kick some bodies, or teeth? 

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At the puppet show, we see Prince Aerion digging a knife into Tanselle’s finger. All because little Mr. Dragon cannot take a puppet for what it is, a means of entertainment. Angry because the show had a fictional dragon, which was defeated by a fictional character, he is about to hurt a real and living woman. But worry not, as our hero is brave (or dumb) enough to even stand to the prince for a woman to whom he can barely talk ‌without mumbling words. And he does not only stand up, but kicks his tooth loose. 

You cannot get away with it, can you? Standing up to a Targaryen, punching their guards, and kicking the prince right in his face. You can almost predict, nay, say with assurance that Dunk is about to have all of his teeth knocked out. But, well, you can get away with it if you have a prince as your squire. And thus the biggest secret of the show is revealed, which is that Egg, the bald squire that cannot even sew a piece of cloth, is a Targaryen prince, and not any Targaryen, he is the son of Maekar, Aegon Targaryen!

What does this mean for the future? I don’t know (I do, but I won't tell). But one thing that we can all agree on happily is that Dunk will get to keep all his teeth! 

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