"Don't look now, but Game of Thrones is suddenly a comedy. Not just because A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms stars the franchise's best protagonist since Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), but because we're no longer treating the world of medieval knights and royal family squabbles as anything but a wild and dirty place to live. It's also exactly the tone that Game of Thrones needed right now."
"Not to mention: I already love Dunk (Peter Claffey). He's like a big, sulking toddler who falls in love with the first woman he sees and thinks that the first knight to ever show him kindness is also one of the most honorable men in all of Westeros. Forget the fact that no one remembers Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb), or that he has more in common with a member of Jack Sparrow's drunken pirate crew than a legendary knight."
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms transforms the series' tone into comedy by embracing the grimy, irreverent side of medieval life and mocking royal pageantry. The episode centers on Dunk, an endearing, naive hedge knight who idealizes generous figures like Ser Arlan despite others' forgetfulness and Arlan's roguish traits. The episode relishes small, bawdy jokes and deflates forced seriousness that other spin-offs aim for, aligning tone with a disaffected fanbase. Dunk seeks a patron to vouch for him at the Ashford jousting tournament and forms fast friendships, including with the boisterous Ser Lyonel Baratheon.
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