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Bend the Knee: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - Episode 5 Review - In the Name of the Mother

Bend the Knee: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

Game of Thrones

Arts, Tv & Film, Books, Tv Reviews

4.3962 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Bend the Knee, we dive into Episode 5 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 5.

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

The United States.

0:09.0

The Hello and welcome to Ben the Knee, a song of Ice and Fire podcast. I am Sir Matt.

0:34.1

And I'm Sir Jimmy of House Nuts. Welcome to our Song of Ice and Fire Book. Today we're talking about not a book, but the United of the Seven Kingdoms episode five, the penultimate episode.

0:44.4

And my heart's, my heart's pumping, Matt, pumping.

0:49.2

Man, it, talk about an episode.

0:52.4

Great.

0:57.4

You're, you know, you said to me, me just because we literally we talked for like two seconds here before we before we hit live and i just i'm in this weird

1:01.6

feeling about this just because and i'm going to pull i'm going to try to pull up the book here

1:05.8

because i was expecting the baylor thing to be more grotesque because i feel like that's how it

1:10.7

is in the book and the battle was so i'm so it was amazing i Baylor thing to be more grotesque, because I feel like that's how it is in the book, and the battle was. So it was amazing. I don't want to make it seem like, oh, I didn't like anything. You know, like this is a phenomenal. I said, love the flashback. Sir Arlen, and that name. He is out of his mind, dude. Like this guy, you want to talk about a character that got expanded on.

1:30.6

It was, it's like one of the most epic moments in the whole thing.

1:36.1

The battle was freaking fantastic.

1:38.2

You know, I was really hoping we would have got the shot and I have it pulled up here and I'll get it pulled up as well.

1:43.2

You know, they've been so faithful to like the graphic novel. I was really hoping we would get the shot like up top where they're all kind of charging towards each other. And so they definitely, uh, change that a, uh, a little bit. Um, to be I want to, I'm going to pull this up here, Jenny, will you, will you, uh, talk about it just a little bit here? Because I want to, I want to i'm gonna pull this up here jenny will you will you uh talk about it

2:02.2

just a little bit here because i want to i want to see exactly what they say about baylor because

2:05.8

i felt like it was like like it was like they pull his helmet off in the book and it feels

2:10.1

like half his skull falls out um and maybe i'm remembering it maybe i'm remembering it

2:15.1

wrong but i i was like, because like,

2:17.6

Trees is watching and I'm just like, it's good, it's about to be real gross, like real gross.

2:22.4

And then it wasn't. I mean, it definitely is a hole in his head, obviously, but it wasn't nearly as

2:28.1

bad as I thought it was going to be. I thought I guess I was preparing myself for something really

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