A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - Episode 3 Review - The Squire
Bend the Knee: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast
Game of Thrones
4.3 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
in this episode of Bend the Knee, we dive into Episode 3 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s beloved Dunk & Egg novellas.
We break down our first impressions of the episode, discussing how well the show captures the tone, heart, and themes of knighthood that define these stories. From Dunk’s portrayal and Egg’s introduction to the pacing, performances, and worldbuilding, we explore what worked, what stood out, and where the series might be headed.
Does A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms feel like classic Westeros?
How does it compare to Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon?
And does Episode 3 understand what makes Dunk & Egg so special?
This episode contains full spoilers for Episode 3.
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The United States. |
| 0:09.0 | The Hello and welcome to Ben the A Song of Ice and Fire podcast. |
| 0:30.7 | I am Sir Matt. |
| 0:32.3 | And I'm Sir Jimmy of House Nuts. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome back to our Song of Ice and Fire Book Club. |
| 0:35.5 | Today we are into episode three of the night of the seven kingdoms. |
| 0:40.3 | And egg is egg on. |
| 0:44.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:45.5 | Pretty wild. |
| 0:46.5 | Matt, I know we're probably going to want to talk some spoiler stuff. |
| 0:49.0 | Should we wait to the end? |
| 0:51.5 | Dude, I thought, though I was thinking about this last night. |
| 0:55.1 | I just don't see how we, I don't think, I don't think, I don't think, see how we can go spoiler-free. |
| 1:00.2 | I mean, we definitely can. |
| 1:03.8 | Okay. |
| 1:04.7 | Let's go spoiler free. |
| 1:06.0 | The episode is great. |
| 1:08.2 | Okay, fine. |
| 1:08.9 | Let's just talk. |
| 1:09.6 | I mean, yeah, that's fine. That's fine. If you're a new listener, I'm sorry. I'm so sad. You want to try to do it, but I just, there's too much in it and our, our audience is all. And literally, I've gotten comments with people and just like, bro, just go full spoilers. So. Okay. So you've been warned folks. if you have if this is your first time watching the show or you're just now coming to this leave, because you don't want to get spoiled. I don't. Yeah. There's too, there's too much in this episode. Um, well, that's fine. We can, we can go through. We'll go through our notes. Let's just do do it let's go for it yeah i mean for starters |
| 1:47.0 | i said last night because i did i did our live stream i walked away from that episode |
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