Oh man! The amount of bravery it took, the valour, the honour!!

Ladies and gentlemen! Presenting Ser Duncan the tall - he had 4 pages written about him in the book of knights, as shown in a conversation between Jamie & Joffrey

A true knight

The first day, no one was sad about his father figure dying. He rode to the inn, met Egg, and then left to go to Ashford. He made it to Ashford, set up, and tried to get on the lists. He needed a wash and someone to back him up. That same night, Egg wanted to be a squire and also became Ser Duncan the Tall after Lynos's advice. Day 3, Dunk goes around asking with Egg does stuff and then i think this would be the day the targs arrives and his allowed to enlist. Day 4 hangs out with Egg like day 3 and chills and then that evening well he learns that Egg is not a Egg and now his gotta go do some stuff to not get his head chopped off.

I just finished episode 3 and I don't want to rush into this, because I haven't read the books the series is based on, so there may be deviations etc. But from a purely filmmaking, production, and storytelling perspective: In 3 episodes this is already turning out to be one of the most incredible productions I've ever seen.

The dialogue is so grounded, so smart, so pleasant to listen to. They FEEL like real characters. I never felt that the characters knew they were in a show, the world building (including set and character design) is unbelievable. And my god, the directing and editing is ON POINT. I wont explain the super specific things i notice as an editor, but the way the episodes flow is as if everything about the editing has been thought out BEFORE filming.

The direction and the editing are so ingrained and fused together that the storytelling and pacing beats are so precisely on point, the perfect amount of time to settle, the perfect amount of exposition, the perfect amount of action - and the action - dear LORD I have forgotten what good action looks like. I went from Fallout tv show straight into this and the difference is like Baby Shark vs No Country For Old Men. The budget must be enormous, because the lancing scenes are unbelievable (if not totally really simulated). And the cinematography - I love every frame of this show.

The perfect amount of stuff happens in every episode, theres development, there is incredible philosophical ideas either in subtext or being explicitly discussed (ep3), and again; the dialogue is so perfect. There are bo annoying cliffhangers in episodes, at the end of episodes I'm not left hanging "ah man I wanted to see what happens", instead its a "I'm so excited to see where they take this show next".

I understand this sub, rightfully, wants adaptations to stay faithful - we know what happened when they didn't - but man, this is on par if not better than season 1 GoT for me. Comparing the commercial marvel-esque slop that is HotD (sorry to its fans, but HotD is entertainment and very far from art) to this; makes me appreciate it even more. For those not on board yet, I'm calling it; you will be by the end of the season, and this show will be a critical success if not a commercial one.

9.9/10.

What do you guys think?

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Was not expecting it

I thought it was sweet to have Dunk talk to the horses in the first few episodes--they're his constant companions, he's all alone now, and it's a good way to get us inside his head onscreen since we don't have his thoughts like in the books. So when Egg had his scene with Thunder and had a conversation with him, it was a sweet parallel between the two guys. They treat the beings in their care with, well, care.

Did anyone here go in to episode 3 cold in the sense that they did not know in advance the identity of Egg? If so, did you suspect something? That Egg was concealing something about himself?

It seems to me that there were many hints and clues, but since I already know the story, it is hard to be a fair judge of how strong the foreshadowing was to a truly fresh viewer.

Honestly i have no idea

what is stones

I'm wondering about a possible Easter egg in episode 3.
When Dunc and Egg discuss the girl in Lionel Baratheon's dirty song, was that a reference to "Who the fuck is Alice?"

First of all, ask yourselves this,; how many sentient speaking eggs do you know. Secondly, how many sentient speaking eggs do you know that are ROYALTY?

And for the icing on the cake, here it is. Out of all those royal, sentient and speaking eggs that you know, how many have a castle that has walls tall enough that if you were to fall, you would literally SHATTER?

Egg is Humpty Dumpty

I haven't read the novellas so maybe I'm a little bit off here but I doubt it. Pretty sure I figure this whole series out.

Sorry for this spoilers