The Reel Rejects - A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS EPISODE 3 REACTION – EGG'S TRUE IDENTITY REVIEW?! - GAME OF THRONES

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Starting point is 00:01:00 Thank you to Hewle for sponsoring this video. More on them in just a bit. Greg, what's your favorite color? My favorite color? Yeah. I would go with pink, blue. Excellent. Greg's favorite color is blue.

Starting point is 00:01:16 Hey. Let's watch the show. Thanks to everyone's been joining our Patreon page for this show. Let's get the full reaction watch along. Thank you so much. Brepper. Thank you for reading down these highlights. And, of course, thanks to all who have been stanging yourself some R.R.

Starting point is 00:01:32 apparel at rejignation shop.com. George R.R. Apparel? are our apparel. I love your jokes. Michael! Yay! Jites! Michael brought these swords. I know I love them. I have so many swords. He's got even more over there than this, believe it or not.

Starting point is 00:01:52 Yeah, this is just my medieval appropriate. This is actually... This is a sword storage facility. It's actually pre-game of Thrones. This is supposed to be Aria's sword. Oh. See the dire wolf on it. Obviously, they won't have a very different design for needle.

Starting point is 00:02:06 It's fun. Cool, man. Yeah, it's really cool. It was the, all the clues they were dropping in this episode, I was like, you know, I'm like, I'm like, I've picked it up even if I didn't read it because like, there's so much that happens. I'm like, I don't even remember this is in the book. I remember the horse thing in the book. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:02:23 Um, of that being a really like, tense moment of, oh, it's kind of interesting to see characters who are so disturbed by the killing of a horse. And I'm glad that they kept that in there. And it's like, you were talking about how like Stark that felt. And I think it's because of the show. is not usually the Game of Thrones Role. This show actually took like a much darker turn this entire episode.

Starting point is 00:02:44 Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead, John, sir. I was just going to say that like, that's like, I'm sure we've had horse carnage in Game of Thrones before, but there's something about something about every war movie and to a degree like everything that involves, you know, battle and armies is a war thing.

Starting point is 00:03:00 You know, like you're off being shown a new type of violence and this kind of had that quality for me. I was like, oh, I'm not used to this version. of this in this world yet. Yeah, it's somehow. Outside of like the crude humor and stuff and some of the language, the violence for the most part has been rather PG-13-ish.

Starting point is 00:03:18 And this one, they went much more R-rated than for it. And of course, like an animal is just an animal. And they're using it. To use that first chunk of the episode to reaffirm the special relationship of the horse. And then to see sort of like knowing, like, man, that horse has a story too. Yeah. But I think even beyond that, sort of the brilliance of the world stakes feeling so much lower, everything feels so much more personal. Definitely.

Starting point is 00:03:47 Like, even those fingers getting broken, like every single little piece of violence feels so much more personal, I think, because the story is so intimate and personal. And honestly, it makes me absolutely terrified for everything else to come. Yeah. Well, and they've been really good at up. until now making, like you pointed out, like the violence, the action has felt very thrilling because it's in the spirit of the games of the tourney, and this is the turning point where like shit gets real,

Starting point is 00:04:17 and they manage that tone really well. Yeah, because it's been more lighthearted, but you really feel like the way the shadow of this episode, like the Targaryens felt really striking, you know, whenever they cut to them and their black outfits, like how, like you said, as I said medieval and you, what, you said, Hades? No, literally, the flaming head.

Starting point is 00:04:40 Yeah. Oh, the costume design on that, first off, is great. Gorgeous. I've seen, like, concept art of that for it. And it's in the comic, too, because I was like, damn, this is really, like, cool to actually see it brought to life right now. And, I mean, I'll ask you, though, how do you, did you predict, did you ever say that? I don't know, I'll call you in a review.

Starting point is 00:04:56 Did you predict it? Do you have a hunch? I mean, I was sitting there rattling off questions in episode one, and I think I said, is this kid a secret Targaryen or something like that? Just because, again, anytime, I know Alope. Pesha exists, but we're in a world where a character being largely hairless is going to raise questions. And the ultimate confirmation is that he had some black hair growing somewhere that it clearly does not have alabisha. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:05:22 That should have been it, John. Well, and it would make sense. It's a cool justification because it's the trope of like, oh, the kid who's wise beyond his ears. But now you understand, like, oh, I get how you're in a position to be this wise. and in this episode, actually, this was giving me more reasons to suspect this, especially when they started talking about, like,

Starting point is 00:05:41 oh, who's, it's the king, or the other guy is gone, and he's looking for his kids. Two sons, and there are these two sons, but then there's the other one, and the younger, and they keep cutting them off when they say the young, and they're, like, this. But what he said, the youngest.

Starting point is 00:05:54 And then egg walks, yeah, I was starting to go like, are they trying to tell me something? But, you know, I wasn't like, it's definitely that, you know, and so, it's, still satisfying as like a oh shit reveal and too for that to be the mystery i wouldn't have expected a clarification on it yet personally so you know i was still caught by that but there were

Starting point is 00:06:14 like moments in the performance when it's like eyes were turned away when there was like certain people around he was like intentionally not making eye contact and stuff take him off his shoulders yeah and then you know some specific scene that i genuinely don't recall as if it's source material or not but when they encounter egg that clairvoyant scene i was like oh this is a lot of information yeah that's something i don't want to talk about with john but i want to really talk about um that was striking yeah and i don't remember that in the source material no well see that's the thing is like even when i watch house of the dragon there were people being like how do you not know what happens didn't you watch game of thrones i'm like yeah i don't remember like every freaking thing i learned

Starting point is 00:06:58 from Cambridge. I'm sorry to pick up every little bit of Westeroz's history and the course of. I've watched every episode one time. I mean, they've done a phenomenal job at not even saying what the end of House of the Dragon is

Starting point is 00:07:09 so far in this series, you know. And we're living after the fact, immediately after, not immediately, but, you know, not too long after the fact. Not too long after. But this episode was a lot darker because they really, like, built on the friendship,

Starting point is 00:07:22 the kinship that's forming between Duncan and Egg and then to have that moment at the very end of him because it's like he's such an ultimate support egg when it comes to Duncan and at the very any even saves his life at the right down the very like sacrifices his secrecy well because he sees that Duncan is truly chivalrous in a way like his whole family just is not yeah and that whole conversation dunk is having with this the not Padrick kind of alludes to that you know it's kind of a lesson in that like you know a lot of these people who lord around like there's something great are actually miscreans and you, just the point shines of like, you are sort of a pure figure here. Yeah, he's the ideation,

Starting point is 00:08:08 he's an iteration, rather, of what a knight should be without all of the pomp and circumstance and all of the, you know, even when he points out like, oh, you know, but he's a crabber, and he's like, no, actually he owns the entire crab through Westrose. Like, that's who Egg has been accustomed to knowing his entire life.

Starting point is 00:08:28 And so to see a night who spends his evenings under the stars and the little bit that he has, he gives back, I think probably speaks to the tales that Egg probably grew up reading and the adventures. And, you know, I think this is his fulfillment of being able to step into that reality. I also imagine, especially seeing the contrast between his father and his uncle, there is a lot of, differing opinions on the relationship between royalty and the small folk. And I think one of the brilliant things about just this particular book series

Starting point is 00:09:10 but also just I think they've done a wonderful job catching right during the show is that a tourney feels like this fun, festive, sporty type thing. You know, people come together, it's a fun community, blah, blah, blah. They fight. This is all about politics and control. Like, the Targaryans wouldn't

Starting point is 00:09:28 ever show up to something like this unless they were concerned about the small folk. And in a way, it's, if done correctly, you can wipe a couple potential rivals off the board without actually going to war. Like if done the right way, you're able to placate the small folks so that they're not thinking about the fact that they're starving because for these brief moments, they're able to celebrate. And I think that's the brilliance of this is that we're getting the full microcosm of Westeros and the current political situation. And I was surprised at how on the nose they were about, you know, best thing a Targaryen can do is, you know, swallow.

Starting point is 00:10:10 Well, you pointed out when it happened with the killing of the horse and the people rebelled. And you're like, oh, yeah, it was not that long ago when that wouldn't be the case where the people would riot back. And then you cut, I'm forgetting the Targaryans name, the bad Targaryen guy who we don't. Targary and Tony Hinge 80s Targary Like even to your point about their concern About the small folk And the reputation

Starting point is 00:10:37 And everything about them Like they're just going They're just doing the thing That they've been doing this whole time They've been putting on the show They're not lying about the narrative Yeah But it's there to like make a point right now

Starting point is 00:10:49 Stepping in and forcing something And punishment For something that doesn't be punished It sort of reminds me With that great Tywin quote You know When he's talking to Joffrey trying to impart some wisdom

Starting point is 00:11:02 upon the young bastard king and he says any man who says he is king is no true king and I think the moment when you see if your prestige and power is threatened by a puppet dragon getting defeated by a woman

Starting point is 00:11:21 pretending to be a knight in a stage show at a tourney you're probably no true Targaryen you're not really a dragon And I think that's sort of a fun theme that, you know, Dineris in the original series plays with her brother in the beginning where she kind of comes to a similar realization that, like, there is being a Targaryen,

Starting point is 00:11:41 and then there is pretending to be a Targaryen. And a lot of people think blood alone is enough to sort of embody that. And I thought the use of the word alien is a great way to describe them, because they really, they are a foreign, magical entity that plague themselves. upon Westeros, and now that they're missing that

Starting point is 00:12:02 iron grip through the actual dragons themselves, this is a period where they have to be really good rulers to justify their continuing seats on the throne. And obviously, we know that at some point, that stops. Reject, gang, I have been thinking an awful lot lately about what does health truly mean for me. I don't just mean aesthetically, last year I made this whole big ordeal about like dropping 50 pounds because I just wanted to try to get those photos for the first time ever in my life. I did it. Then afterwards I was like, well, I kind of want to go back to eating whatever the heck I want, which has led to a lot of ups and downs in my journey. And now I'm at this point where, well, I'm realizing I kind of need sustainable energy. I am older now. So what is like ways to maintain being healthy without going all crazy about it? And so I've gotten back onto some healthy foods that I love to.

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Starting point is 00:14:18 However, it is something I decided to go back to before the ever partner back up with us. So thank you, Hewell, for being a part of my life in more ways than one. Can I take a quickie detour? Do it? Do it? Where we going? I've been really endeared to both Dunk and Egg this whole time, but this episode is where their chemistry, like, really felt like it had clicked in and was alive and was, like, reaching the heights of something very special,

Starting point is 00:14:44 just the way they play off. It was when they're doing their little voices, right? Yes. I feel like that for me was such a, like, oh, Dunk is allowing himself to be so deeply unsurious. And there was that beautiful moment, too, where, you know, when he's teaching him how to sew and fill in the patches, where he was going to make him do all the ritual punishments

Starting point is 00:15:03 and all the things that he would have had to do when he was the squire. And I think that was the first time Dunk took this sort of step into not just trying to be in his master's shadow, but creating his own identity and realizing that, like, maybe because I was treated this way, doesn't mean I have to treat him this way. I can be better than my father figure. Well, I think this because the relationship this time had a lot of, variety in their interactions.

Starting point is 00:15:30 Sometimes it was tender and sweet and caring. And I think the real click of the moment is when he, because they bicker a lot. But then he, man, my memory today, he taught him something of what to do that he's like, you don't even know how to do this. And then Duncan teaches him how to do it. And then when he,

Starting point is 00:15:50 egg figures it out, he's like so proud of him and happy for him. And then they go back to like a little bit of bickering. And then they go back to having like a tender conversation. So you see like that's a that's a relationship. So they have a relationship that forms. I would love to watch Greg's relationship advice series. This I talk to.

Starting point is 00:16:08 There were moments in here where I felt like I was watching like, what if Game of Thrones but Richard Linklater? And I was like, that's a sick vibe. Yeah. I do love that I felt George R. R. R. Martin's presence, particularly in this episode, as we spent a solid four and a half minutes looking at them making bacon and eggs.

Starting point is 00:16:28 You know, like, that, that to me is the most genuine to a song of ice and fire, 30 pages on what a piece of mutton tastes like. Yeah. They really capture that spirit. Egg is such a compelling character in this fashion. And, like, especially when they're breaking down, that tail, that Aene's tail. And, but finding the hope out of that. And in a lot of ways, though, that is this, that is the character, though, because he comes

Starting point is 00:16:56 from royalty. he's he's probably surrounded by stories of you know being a good person and all that shit what it's like but then he's surrounded by reality things that are so opposite towards what the public probably really wants or gravitates towards so then he blends in with the small folk and he actually connects more with these people and he's finding these things so of course he's going to like find this like kinship with duncan the whole time because he he he knows the opposite better than anybody else in a lot of ways totally one and two i love that we got moments alone with him because like watching egg at the top of the episode just being out and around having

Starting point is 00:17:37 fun but also learning with the horse and all that stuff was like was great was like so well acted but also like a really lovely thing to bother to depict in a place like this yeah the boyish imagination and being able to see that but also just like this kid is so freaking good he's great i think especially it's one thing when you're playing against an amazing actor, and he has no shortage of those in the series. But those moments alone, I think, really demonstrated, like, no, this kid's got some serious, serious talent. Well, it's to your point about the range of moments

Starting point is 00:18:09 that I think was part of the key for me this episode, because, like, again, I've seen characters who are like, oh, yeah, I've a kid wise beyond their years who's, you know, perhaps smarter than their adult companion of some sort. But, yeah, this added a spectrum of other emotions on top of that. that then humanized that element beyond the trope that much more for me. Well, you see him as a boy

Starting point is 00:18:32 and just being a real boy. Like Pinocchio, I knew. I was like, I'm so sorry. That's the twist. Chepetto Targaryen carved him of the sacred tree. Chippetto, first of his name. Stringer of puppets. Those things come out of my mouth and ads are leaving.

Starting point is 00:18:52 I'm like, Michael's about to come. I was so sad. Waiting for that, my entire life. Damn it, I stepped in it now. Hey, most wonderful thing about this episode, Master Amon, Maester, rather, Maester Amin shout out. That made me so happy that we even heard of his existence in this episode. John, have you connected that dot yet?

Starting point is 00:19:15 Maestor Amon. I know this name. From the wall? Yeah. Old man? Other Targaryen? Yes. Was friends with John Snow?

Starting point is 00:19:24 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, blind? old? Yeah. Yeah. So he was mentioned in this episode. Okay, okay, okay.

Starting point is 00:19:31 Because Egg, who played him? An old man. I can see his face in my mind's eye. Yeah, yeah, what the heck was his name? He was like kindly, right? So kindly. It was like a kindly old, frail man. And he actually mentions Egg in the original series.

Starting point is 00:19:45 Oh, hey. Two shoutouts, and the Joffrey one. Let's go. Well, before the Pinocchio joke. Yeah, shit. Back on track. I take Zura responsibility for this side quest

Starting point is 00:19:58 What I was trying to say was that that moment of showing like his in it I actually forgot my whole point now I'm not gonna lie I was like wait a real boy You get to see him be a real boy

Starting point is 00:20:12 He'd be a real boy We were talking about That the prolog of the episode This happens I don't even blame Michael That was my fault What happened real children are real it was about egg in the beginning of episode

Starting point is 00:20:27 getting to be a real child no I appreciate you guys this time of crisis experiencing this time of great suffering inside of the red keep if you remember what Greg was going to say donate today call our pledge drive I don't know I feel like I was like I'm about to ramble

Starting point is 00:20:46 because I'm going to try to find my thought that I had and now I'm like nope I lost the thought If he's a real, like, Egg is finding himself as a real boy. We're seeing that he's not just an actor in this film. But we're seeing that he is, in this scene where he is by himself, we are witnessing all the magic and whimsy that comes with adolescents. There was something more about like, I'm a real boy.

Starting point is 00:21:16 Innocence and corruption was the words that were in my head that I'm sort of a juxtaposition of being surrounded by all of this sort of maybe corruption of Targaryen soul but he is like born with an innocence in him and he like watching the horse die is not something that would bother his family but it bothers him and maybe it bothers him because he's aware it wouldn't bother his family because he's grown up with that it didn't even say my my father says that you shouldn't talk to horses because they're dumb yeah And then here he is talking to a horse and literally getting these amazing emotional responses is out of it. I feel like that's someone where there.

Starting point is 00:21:58 But we've landed on a good point. We've evolved. Yeah, we've done it. It's even better now. It's even better than whatever it was before. Yeah. Power friendship. That's how it works.

Starting point is 00:22:08 The real pinocchio joke was the friends we made along the way. Yeah. I relate Chippetto first of his name. You should get the Aragorn's Aseildur sword. Yeah. You have that one? Do you have sting? The one where Boromir cuts his finger on?

Starting point is 00:22:22 Do I have sting? What am I supposed to do? Yeah. Or you're talking about the reforged sort? Yeah, the one that's like broken and then like Boromir picks it up and he's like, Stil Sharma. Yeah. That cut the finger off of.

Starting point is 00:22:33 Yeah. Sarron. Sauron. No, Sarumon is the white guy and Sauron is the other white guy who becomes a big thing. I'm pretty sure Sauron is also a white guy. It's just a while again. Sauron's a hot white guy, as we all know. Greg, would it be?

Starting point is 00:22:48 room for a second. I'll be our, I'll be, I'll be, I'm going to go polish, sorry. Welcome to the world of filming with Michael.

Starting point is 00:22:57 Yeah, there's things we got to say. All right. Lord. I mean, I don't really have much to say, but I know what it's about. I can listen. I'll be here with you in this three person.

Starting point is 00:23:08 All right. Hello, everybody. For those that don't know at the end of episodes where somebody that doesn't know the source material is about to be spoiled, we hold in

Starting point is 00:23:16 all of those emotions and feelings. and wait until afterwards that we can talk about the crazy things that have happened. And in this episode, we had this witch-hag fortune teller, whatever you want to call her. That was probably two very rude words to call this. She's probably like a real clairvoyant. She seemed to hit the nail on the head, man. Nail on the head. So obviously, Dunk is going to be, you know, wealthier than a Lannister, which, you know, that might be a little bit of a stretch.

Starting point is 00:23:46 Like, it's pretty well for himself, right? Um, but the crazy thing is what she said to egg, which, um, that's the big one. That's summer hall, which is one of like the most devastating moments, I think, in the history of Westrose. Also one of the most mysterious. Yeah. Um, so just a refresh. Go ahead. And I, I mean, uh, that part as I was like actually starting to regain my thought process, I was like, oh, the tragedy and the innocence.

Starting point is 00:24:16 And I was like, oh, but I can't say that right now. No, that was the hardest thing is it makes all of this so freaking brutal to know that like, oh, yeah, one day he's going to be king and he is not going to die a very pleasant death. And there's still so many question marks around like, who started the fire, what started the fire? And it's also just a crazy moment in Game of Thrones history. It's the day Ragar is born. And John Snow's existence even becomes a potential. like, who's the person who's like the Three-Eard Raven again? The Three-Ead Raven?

Starting point is 00:24:50 Yeah, aren't they in this? Brand Stark? Oh, the OG Threat Raven. I thought they're like mentioned in this. Am I wrong about that? Or like one of the characters isn't it? I forget. It's been a while.

Starting point is 00:25:01 My, my, my, I don't, I don't, I haven't re-read or re-watched any of Game of Roads or anything. Well, you're talking about the original, not the original Three-Ead Raven that that Brann interfaces with. I think we see his, his human form in this. Yeah. It's been a while. But anyway, do you think they're going to, like, do you guys think that we're going to see Summerhall? Like, is that how the series ends? I don't think they would do that.

Starting point is 00:25:30 I mean, knowing the way how they've been handling these shows, they'll probably just get a spin-off or eventually. There's nothing else going on really at that time. I was just surprised they threw this in here because it made the intimate story of 9 of the 7 Kingdom suddenly feel a lot bigger. to the universe. I think that's sort of the beauty and... Because they don't like

Starting point is 00:25:48 mention this shit in the 7th... In Hedge Knight. Yeah, I don't remember this being in Hedge Night. But I think there is a... I think that's the brilliance

Starting point is 00:25:57 of this series is that this sets into motion everything. Yeah. And it is that connective tissue. Yeah, I'm so... I really kind of hope that that's... I know it's like a really dark place

Starting point is 00:26:10 to end the series, but I would love to know like was dunk responsible for saving the last Targaryen. I thought they're just adapting the three books. Yeah, but, you know, this is doing pretty well. And money is tight there at HBO.

Starting point is 00:26:26 Yeah, they always plan spin-offs and shit, don't. Yeah. So long as Ryan Condal's not doing it, George R. Martin's happy. Yeah. So what do you guys think? Should we shout John back in? Why?

Starting point is 00:26:36 So that way he can only say bye. I do that for Fallout. John! John! You can come back in, John. John, come back. We missed you. Let me add them.

Starting point is 00:26:52 We just brought you in here, say bye. You can say bye. Say the YouTube things. You know, like, what do you guys think? Guys, hey, listen, what did you think of the show? How many eggs are you going to eat after we're done here? Leave a like, subscribe, notification bell. Watch songs on Patreon.

Starting point is 00:27:08 We'll see you next week. Love you. Mwa.

The Reel Rejects - A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS EPISODE 3 REACTION – EGG'S TRUE IDENTITY REVIEW?! - GAME OF THRONES

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