A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Episode 1) Review | Thumb War
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Bleav + Rachel Selig & Jason Doyle
4.9 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I could have done without it, but it was fine because it gave me an idea, like, okay, this is going in a different direction, this series. |
| 0:08.7 | Right. Right. And it was cute. I got a little excited. And then, right, no, this isn't Game of Thrones. |
| 0:15.8 | No, it subverts your expectations immediately in a very good way. |
| 0:25.3 | Hey. your expectations immediately in a very good way. Greetings and salutations and welcome to Thumb War. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm Jason. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm Rachel. |
| 0:30.9 | And today we're talking about a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the new HBO show. |
| 0:37.1 | It takes place in Westeros. |
| 0:40.2 | A little fantasy drama. |
| 0:42.5 | You know, you guys are familiar with it. |
| 0:44.6 | A little George R. Martin. |
| 0:47.0 | Oh, you guys are familiar with, you know, fantasy and drama. |
| 0:50.5 | You know, you love this guy. |
| 0:52.4 | Finally, he's giving you something. He's not going to finish |
| 0:55.6 | those books, but he'll give you a little show. Well, he's trying, man. He's trying. I understand. |
| 1:01.7 | I drop things that I lose excitement about too, George. I get you. Well, hey, I was listening to House of |
| 1:07.2 | Art. Shout out to Joanna and Mallory Rubin there. |
| 1:13.9 | And they're like, don't finish the book. |
| 1:15.5 | Just don't do it. |
| 1:16.7 | Write these instead. |
| 1:19.9 | Extend more tales of Dunkin Ague. Yeah. |
| 1:20.2 | Apparently, George R. Martin has said he's got like 12 stories in his head. |
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