There are days when I wake up with a certain taste of nostalgia in my mouth. A weird but familiar aftertaste of memories and moments that were spent and made with people of the past. Sure, there is a mix of good and bad ones, just like every other day I spend breathing in the ether, but they are always good; they are always a reminder of the days of the past and the possibility that they might return. And exactly that is my relationship with the Targaryens in the world of George R. R. Martin. And in episode 4 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, it has been revived again. 

I wonder why they even changed the release time to cater to Super Bowl LX. I mean, isn't this exactly what the Super Bowl is? Sports, drama, and a lot of anxious munching of the popcorn because you are scared for your team. But yeah, definitely missed those commercials. 

Right off the bat, I would very much like to appreciate the sheer irony that played out in the first few seconds of the episode. Where we see the starry sky that Dunk and Egg raved about in episode 2, which was a nod to their freedom, but slowly it transitions into the inside of the cell where Dunk is being held, and we see Egg walking in, suggesting that even though we only see Dunk as the prisoner, Egg is a captive to the glory and name of his lineage too.

"Every time a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air, and the world holds its breath to see how it will land," is what Ser Barristan Selmy remembered King Jaehaerys II saying. And hand to my heart, every single Targaryen tries their best to prove that statement right. Because while Prince Aerion Maekar has been a complete pain, we have both Egg and Baelor trying their best to aid our gentle knight. Also, it is so ironic that the one Targaryen who doesn’t have the signature features of the family is the noblest of all. 

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Following the invocation of a trial of seven, which has never happened in over a century, we are left with a tense Dunk. And although I am used to seeing him talking to his horses, Raymun Fossoway feels it's rather weird, and he makes sure he tells him that as he takes the disheartened man to his tent with his neigh-puppies, of course. 

What follows is a return of Steffon Fossoway, who is very readily agreeing to taking arms against the rulers, and he goes out to recruit more knights who can take Ser Dunk’s side in the trial. We also have Egg return, proving that even though he is a prince, he still fulfils his duties, which he took up when he became Dunk’s squire.

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Along with him, we also see Daeron, who brings the dreamer aspect of the Targaryens to life, and once hints at the future Dunk is destined to have, which includes a dead dragon. 

As dawn approaches, we see Dunk walking into the tent where Aerion tortured the puppeteers, including Tanselle. We see him remembering the torment that he witnessed before Steely Pate interrupts him. And isn't it beautiful, seeing two clearly masculine men who are powerful enough to crush a skull with their hand talk about safeguarding innocents instead of torturing them? Because that’s exactly what they do before the smith arms the knight with the shield that Tanselle painted and he bettered. 

Building up to the big fight, we see Dunk take the field, where he meets up with the 4 knights that were recruited to fight on his team. But to his surprise, Lyonel Baratheon reveals that no Fossoway came to him, but the young Egg was the messenger who made all this possible.  

And then comes the shocking betrayal, where Ser Steffon Fossoway walks off the team for a lordship offered by Aerion Targaryen and joins the accuser’s side. So maybe not all apples are good? Yes, some definitely are good, like Raymun, who is willing to fight for Dunk as Lyonel knights him right on the field. But maybe don't eat any random apple; maybe the one you eat without a thought will be playing on the doctor’s side. 

Towards the last moments of the episode, we see Dunk pleading with the lords and knights of Westeros, asking if one of them will fight by his side for justice. And to no one’s surprise, not a single knight climbed up their horse to stand up, because destiny planned it was a dragon who would be doing that. And we have Baelor Targaryen stand up for protecting Ser Duncan, establishing the foundation for an amazing run of the final few episodes of this story. 

If this show has proven anything, it is that maybe I should not run my mouth so much. Because for all the “this show feels like a sitcom in Westeros” statements that I threw around, this episode has given it a turn so dark that it proved why it is, in fact, a Game of Thrones prequel. But I will return for more, hoping there are a few jokes in there somewhere. And also, WELCOME BACK MY BELOVED GAME OF THRONES THEME SONG!

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