F yes!

Loved when he pulled rank during the reveal

Holy crap ep.4 is a great episode. Incredibly intense, and ep.5 promises to be even better.

On 1/27/2026 at 12:58 AM, iladelphxx said:

I think it's actually meant to serve a storytelling purpose.... Basically we're seeing Dunk's version of Ser Arlan. Dunk both seems to exaggerate how good of a knight he was and also Ser Arlan wasn't honest when telling stories to Dunk (7 broken lances when it was actually 4.)

Basically, Ser Arlan was like the quintessential knight to Dunk but nobody else really remembers him.

Also, I think it's alluding to the fact that Dunk's overall story isn't exactly true..... It look like Ser Arlan had a quick death, so there's probably some doubt as to whether Dunk was actually even made a knight by him.

I think it's more than heavily implied by this point that he was never knighted.

He implied that he was being punished by the gods for "not knowing my place" and he was also hesitant to knight Raymun Fossaway.

On 2/6/2026 at 4:46 PM, The_Omega said:

Holy crap ep.4 is a great episode. Incredibly intense, and ep.5 promises to be even better.

Best episode from the franchise in ages.

This series is really, really good. It's so good that even the book nerds are happy. Hallelujah

On 2/6/2026 at 3:46 PM, The_Omega said:

Holy crap ep.4 is a great episode. Incredibly intense, and ep.5 promises to be even better.

I can’t tell if ep 5 is mainly going to be childhood flashbacks making the 7v7 further put off until the following week. With 30min eps it’s not impossible for them to go all Bill and Frank on us… just not sure if it will carry the same weight as that decision.

GRRM told the actor that plays Egg a key and big future AGoT story point and blabbed it in an interview. Be warned out there. Dunc's reaction suggests it is true

It’s been 25 years! This is all we want and the storytelling is finally back.

Heroes, friends, villains, overcoming long odds, plot twists, people making difficult choices, etc.

Supposedly this episode is going to be a flashback type episode that goes into both Dunk's past as well as the history of the Blackfyre Rebellion and Baleor and Maekar's role in it.

Sounds like they're saving the trial for the finale

The Realm needs good showrunners

"Get up you sonuva****…cause Mickey loves you”

Damn. Duncan the Tall shall henceforth be known as Duncan the Holey.

Great episode. It's a shame this season only has 6 episodes. Had a slow start but it picked up quickly

3 hours ago, The_Omega said:

Damn. Duncan the Tall shall henceforth be known as Duncan the Holey.

Yea there were a lot of fatal hits that really should have killed Aerion and Duncan lol

I rarely say this, but I think this would have been better as a 2 part movie

13 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

Yea there were a lot of fatal hits that really should have killed Aerion and Duncan lol

IRL armour nerds suggesting that the fight was accurate, even down to Dunc taking the helmet off as it gets a bit hard to breath in those fights after a time. The chainmail won't stop the blade, but will remove the more extreme impact to the body, basically. Can't verify if that's true, but a whole bunch seemed to geek out about it and will undoubtedly go off to their YouTube channels to prove it 🤷‍♂️.

The episode was really good - Temu Zendaya in the flashback was a little annoying, but overall, the quality is still there. It did its job well.

Come on George, get the 9 other novellas done.

This past episode:

The stabbings and impalement looked bad, but could be survived. The repeated blows to the head by the maces seemed a little more deadly, as Baelon showed. Regardless, still a fantastic episode.

18 hours ago, The_Omega said:

The stabbings and impalement looked bad, but could be survived. The repeated blows to the head by the maces seemed a little more deadly, as Baelon showed. Regardless, still a fantastic episode.

Remember, he wasn't wearing his own armour in that fight. I forgot that until it was pointed out a review I saw and perhaps why that injury happened.

I just realized the show screwed up the timeline...

When Maester Aemon reveals his identity to Jon Snow, he calls the Mad King his brother's son. (who would have been Egg)

I reality, it was his brother's grandson, as Egg's son Jaehaerys II was the Mad King's father

Is it a surprise, the last couple of seasons were not that good and did a lot of damage to the story in general. D&D had other priorities

This is how Google has the breakdown of Aemon's relationships to Egg's descendants:

• Brother: Aegon V ("Egg").

• Nephew: Jaehaerys II (Egg's son).

• Grand-Nephew: Aerys II "The Mad King" (Jaehaerys's son).

• Great-Grand-Nephews/Nieces: Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys Targaryen.

• Great-Great-Grand-Nephew: Jon Snow (son of Rhaegar).

Only GRRM could come up with something that convoluted!