The Reel Rejects - A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS 1x4 REVIEW - DUNCAN INSPIRED US! - GAME OF THRONES

Episode Date: February 6, 2026

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More on them in just a bit. If you would like, don't forget to leave a comment down below. We'll see all the other fun things later. Greg, am I forgetting anything? There's nothing to it. You did the best intro that's ever happened on this channel. I think let's do it, buddy. How are we feeling?

What did you think? John, you're crying. Why don't we start with you and your tears? This is... More. The whole episode. No, no, I mean, this is great. I love this episode.

I thought this was really... I mean, yeah, it's been fun to tumble alongside this ever-developing situation. The storytelling is very fun in the way that it moves. And yeah, like, it's an interesting prospect because, you know,

this is a more compact experience than Game of Thrones. So each one is its own little, like, unit of development. And so I was curious as to how, like, how are we going to assemble a team in like 20 minutes and like actually, you know, make that feel like something that's plausible and, you know, get ready for this huge battle that's to take place at dawn, you know, there's so much stuff.

But yeah, I don't know, just like watching as he goes out and has these little exchanges and these little moments as the actual assembly happens off screen is like kind of great in a way. Like I can imagine a viewer who wanted to see that. And it is, I guess, very lucky that that was. able to happen off screen. But I like the idea that they wanted to focus on these these crucial little personal moments

before this thing rolls out as he grapples with the whole situation and his honor as a knight, the chivalry, all that stuff. And then, yeah, so to watch it culminate with such a cool, yeah, such a dread inducing, but also like,

you know, I am Spartacus. I don't know, it's nice. It's good. It's very Yeah, just new flavors. I like new flavors in this world And I think that's part of Why it struck me so It's nice to have a story worthy of the tears

Yeah, it's a good one two punch Because like a little guy Gets to step up And that's not worried for him I don't think he's gonna make it But it's inspiring that he gets to step up And then you get that other Are you saying a little Foss away?

Yes Yeah But you know Then the doubling down Is great That reveals great and I love watching that guy, so it's cool.

We get two of my favorite side characters onto the team. It's awesome. I love it. Gregory, a Faosalba, first of your name. I want to hear you talk, man. I love how this series

is able to remind everybody that the biggest impact that an individual can have in the world and on systems always comes from the most unexpected places. And I feel like this is like a classic sort of capturing of right makes might.

And you just have this like spirit and tenacity of the pomp and the circumstance. When you tear it all away and you get down to like the fundamentals of what makes a person good and righteous and what really counts, I just, there's so many layers and dynamics. And I just, I love, obviously, Game of Thrones just has such wonderful politics and sort of, you know, maneuvering and plotting. And I think I said last episode, it's one of my favorite reasons that we're following a tourney because, yes, it's all fun and festive and, you know, there's the joust and all of that.

But they're playing a much bigger political game and we're watching this dynasty on the verge of, of collapse trying to hold itself together. And you're seeing these two very distinct ideas. And I think it's sort of poetic in a lot of ways that they just got done fighting the Blackfire rebellion amongst the Targaryans and their bastards. And now they're literally fighting amongst themselves again. And all because of the insecurity of their leadership.

And I think that's where, you know, you have the crown prince and the hand of the king. who so clearly understands what's really at stake. And then you have his brother who is living in this utter fantasy world of, we have to embody the dragon and we need to be, no, you need to be just, you need to be kind, you need to meet people where they are,

you need to be worthy of their rule. And to see this just play out in such an epic way where you're seeing all the different seeds being planted. I mean, like, George R. Martin is a freaking genius. Like, even having Lionel Barathean be on Dunk's side and that being, you know, an ancestor of Robert of House Barathean, future king of Westeros, and the one that would ultimately overthrow the Targaryens in the first place,

it's sort of this is that moment when the dragons are, have the opportunity for small folk to prove that they're not dragons, they're just people, they're meat. bone and, you know, obviously the stakes couldn't be higher, but I think the personal time and the pacing of this entire season so far has made this this moment feel so overwhelmingly gratifying and exciting and personal. I mean, Dunks call, like, we're all feeling it in our hearts. Like, Greg and I know it's going to happen, and we still are feeling that just like that call and that that desperate nature and seeing just the way that Dunk is able to,

in the same breath of being so flustered and upset at Egg, loving him and caring for him and making sure that his uncle knows that he's a good lad and a great squire. And, you know, it's just, this has just been such a fun bit of television. And I think such a nice reprieve and a reminder that, like, a story doesn't need to be grand and epic in scale in order to be grand and epic in terms of emotion and impact. And that's all I have to say about that. Real quick and real talk, moving money is something we have to constantly do around here.

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How about you, Greg? It was probably the best episode of the season. I think this is, it's an interesting thing to watch when I've read stuff before and then watch, like, many times. I've read stuff, watch, red stuff watch. A lot of times even comics, watch. And it's kind of rare to see something that does it, like almost 100% the same almost if anything they don't really remove or change too much they might add something into the mix because it's a show and they're making it longer because it's a short story like john

was talking about this happened off screen and it does happen off screen the gathering in the source material so when watching this it's you still because of the additions and the blemishes they add in i'm seeing things and picking up on things i didn't before for that I really like with the fact of how they blame the puppet people for this might be the start of a rebellion it's like if you just didn't have such a fragile ego then there would be no uprising happening right now actually and I feel like for Game of Thrones it's this show is coming at the ideal time in our world for people with certain types of of values and stuff that would like to be represented. What are you talking about? You know, and... Kevin Throne does a political, Greg?

If you're looking at, like, this level of dictatorship or authoritarianism that they do instill, you know, like doing the right thing, doing the good thing, even right down to calling out how Dunk says that what she did wasn't illegal, what you did. And he's like, he's essentially saying, like, but you know how they are. You know how they are. You know how those princes are when they get bitch slapped, right? Yeah, you know how a person in power who has a sensitive ego will then retaliate in the worst possible way just because their feelings got a little bit hurt, you know? And to have it be where it's starting from someone standing up for just doing the right thing, standing up for what's right and having people realize that they are just.

just humans that are wielding this power. We assign the meaning and the power that we're giving them at this point. Bullies who are in charge. And it's up to us to take a stand when it is right. So I love that beautiful. And at the same time, not everyone on the other side

is always a bad person. You know, and like I love the demonstration of egg and Floyd went on his name right now. His brother? No, I mean, Baylor, the one who just joined, right? And them joining on, they're on Dunk's side because of who they are as people internally versus being what the world probably views them as.

And I remember, like, the first time I watched Game of Thrones and the way they paint the Targaryens. And how so the Dragon's done something to do a lot of that. How they paint the Targaryens is like they're all just fucking, like, incest monsters, you know? and this having this side of them showcasing that even if you come from a certain type of bloodline, even if you come from a certain type of upbringing,

you can still choose to go against what you've been instilled. Yeah, exactly. So there's a lot of depth that kind of flew over my head a little bit and that it's like, that's what I mean. They're like, oh, this is exactly how it

played out, but for some reason I'm seeing it because I'm not trying to like a... They give you so many different vantage points, too. I mean, even giving Lionel the amount of time that he had in the show as opposed in the book, I feel like that's helped flesh out and make his

participation feel so much more earned. And that's why it doesn't feel like they're embellishing on the story as much as filling in a lot of the logical blanks that existed. And maybe Martin wanted to include, but was too busy trying to write winds of the winter to think about it.

Well, also the dynamic with egg and dunk. It's cool watching the dynamics. Like, scene like that, when they first meet each other when he's in jail, like, it plays out so different than how I recall. Like, in this moment of time, I'm like, I don't really remember what's supposed to happen next, but I start to remember as we're watching. Like, just because I'm, like, getting through it.

I'm like, oh, I'm sorry to remember now what comes back. But in this moment in time, I honestly, I'm like, what exactly happens to the next section right now? And maybe it'll come to me as I'm watching it. But beyond that, I remembered that moment when it was playing out and the feeling that I had because he was a little bit more like aloof, like, oh my God, I'm such an idiot. Egg, are you going, how could I not put that again?

You know, and here, I love the choice of how egg was, he was a little scared to confront him because he felt terrible about it, and that he betrayed his knight, and he still views himself as a squire, not as a prince with power over him, when technically he's got power over him right now. And how Dunk was also hurt in that moment.

And all that was just coming from them being hurt, you know. But they both grew up this episode. I mean, the whole show felt like it grew up this episode, even tonally, where Dunk has been confronting this idea of his illusion of knighthood. which is genuinely not so dissimilar from eggs, the illusion of knighthood, and then sort of finally faced with the reality of their choices

and their actions, here they are seeing that what it really is is not that fantasy. And at the same time, I can only imagine, I mean, part of me wishes that with a show like this, you could just have a camera on different characters' faces during those moments. But to be able to stay a moment, the way that eggs face lit up when he saw his uncle ride in and realize that there can be truth to this mythology and this fiction that we all sort of gravitate towards of heroes and chivalry.

And I think that was the most sort of beautiful thing of like, yeah, they're growing up, they're in the big game now. But I think the spirit of who they are has only been reaffirmed by this. and you know and frankly i think like they've done you know game of thrones spoiler is based on the war of the roses which is like a real uh conflict in medieval england um boy michael douglas and yeah that's exactly yeah when they go to quantumania um but uh you know this is such a it's touching on so many things that probably feel relevant you know in a lot of ways to to now because this is just a tale as old as time. You know, power,

power's biggest folly is the fear of losing power. And I think they're playing with those themes in such an interesting and exciting way. And honestly, it really makes me one of Robert's Rebellion series. It's just nice to have a hero, you know? We don't get so many heroes anymore. Guys actually just trying to serve and protect.

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