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gonna get right into it. So Taylor Fields Episode four.
I don't remember the subtitle for this one, or is
it just called something of the seven?
Speaker 2: I don't remember, I.
Speaker 1: Remember, but regardless, what did you think of this this
week's episode? Are you still love with it?
Speaker 2: I'm I'm just so in love with it? Yeah, Like
it's it's it's keeping up and again it's like we're
past the halfway point now with this show, and I
feel like, okay, like we've really kind of jumped into
it and it kind of it's it's cemented itself with
where we're kind of going for this. This this kind
of finale, this be all and all things, and I'm
digging it. I'm really really enjoying it. And even though
it's such a small event, it's funny how it just
incorporates such large houses and large characters with so far
what we're going with this with this narrative. So I'm
really digging that vibe. But as for the episode, it
was good. I don't feel like it was a letdown
at all. We got to see like the fallout with
Egg in his relationship with Dunk from the big reveal
for him last from last week's episode, so that was good.
But yeah, everything that happened kind of happened here. It's
just you feel bad for Dunk at times too. But
I feel like it it ended on a nice just
like you know, you had some Game of Thrones in there,
that theme and you just got up and comments for
for his character that that I really really am happy with.
But no, I think all in all it was it
was good because Baylor Targary and he's I like how
he got to just kind of display a little bit more,
even though like, oh, you know, you you hit you
hit a king or you hit a prince of the realm.
You know, even if I wanted to do that. You know,
you're just a hedge knight. You know, hedge Night's just
kind of just an insult kind of thrown around in here.
But we'll talk all about that after. I like the episode.
Speaker 1: Hell yeah, yeah, no, I really really love this episode.
I think it's by far my favorite so far of
the series. And uh, they've all been good, but this
this one just felt like, Okay, we're we're picking it up,
picking it up a notch on just the intensity level.
I think pig piggybacking off of last week's of course,
just the intensity of that. I was very satisfied this episode.
This episode felt longer too. I just felt like there
was multiple points where I thought it was gonna end,
just because this is such a rapid show, like we're
going through the first season so quickly, and each episode
goes by so fast. They're only like thirty minute episodes.
But yeah, no, I thought it was gonna end a
lot sooner than it did in this episode. But still
by the end, of course, I was like, ah, of
course I have to wait till next week for like
the actual duel and the trial of seven. But no,
I thought it was really really good. Yeah, just great
moments with all the characters. I like the connivingness that
the one Targarian dude, what the hell is his name?
Prince Arian.
Speaker 2: The dragon shithead?
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, the shithead. Every series needs a shithead and
we found ours here. But yeah, no, I liked all
that stuff that was going on there. I loved how
his his that is his dad, right, the other guy.
Speaker 2: His because that's not not Baylor. Yeah, yeah, Egg is
his brother and his dad is I got it here
is it?
Speaker 1: No, Darien's the brother the others right, Yeah, you're right. Yeah, yeah.
I like that scene when he's just like, it's like,
you're so scared you don't even take on this like
fucking hedge night, like.
Speaker 2: His own dad's gonna hide behind seven of the men.
Speaker 1: And he's gonna be one of his dad's on on
one of his his seven rosters. So yeah, I just
liked all that played out, and uh, just the just
like the actual like colisseum type setting of where they're
going to be doing the duels, just like all the
citizens like on the side. Just watching it definitely felt
feels like just a calm before the storm this week's episode.
But no, I really really like to. I like the
scenes between Egg and Duncan, the they're they're continuing to
just have really good on screen chemistry, like Eggs badass
targeting outfit. I know that he's he's bad.
Speaker 2: It looks it's like it's like Danari's style, you know, yeah, totally,
but like it reminds me of just like the Sith
or something, just the black and red.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's why I like the Targarian colors so much.
Speaker 2: Palpatine's Rise Skywalker get Out.
Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. Palpatine would would raise Egg to be a
Sith Master for sure if he got his claws on him.
But yeah, I know, it was really really good, and
I'm I'm sad that we're getting so close to the
end of the season because it's I feel like we're
just really getting going. I'm really really loving our league too.
I feel like every week, Sir Duncan continues Peter Claffey
like it's his name. He continues to just be a
really really good lead in this role for someone that
I had never heard of before.
Speaker 2: M hmm, yeah for sure. Yeah, he he didn't feel
like he was really silly this time around. I feel like, Okay,
have all the episodes, felt like he was really kind
of just embodying that nightly roll a little bit to
here and just I mean, and it makes sense. He's
defending himself. He's he's up to bat, and I like
how Baylor is kind of really Baylor was giving him
the down low. Okay, well, here are your options. You
know they're all shitty, but like, here's one option that
you could do. And I like that that option was, yeah,
just trial by combat because he knew that his nephew
is just gonna like fuck that he's gonna bow out.
But this trial by seven kind of idea. I don't
think we've heard of it before in Game of Thrones.
I mean, of course, if you read the books, you
know all this. You're immersed in the world and all that,
but you know, coming from God. Like me, I've not
read the books. I don't know a lot of this stuff.
Then this terminology, but I like how this was just
kind of pulled out because we've seen trial of combat
by combat before when it's like Tyrriyan Lenister or whatever
in the veil, different things like that, But here, I
like how Baylor just kind of put this out there,
and yeah, Arion just kind of pulling that mumbo jumbo
out of nowhere, just goes kind of a little bit humor.
I guess, not jumbo, it is an actual fact. But
it was funny to me because may Cours, like, what
the fuck is a trial by seven? You know, doesn't
know what it is.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's very uh just old. It's I mean,
got on im for even remembering that that was the thing. Yeah,
he had his little, yeah, his little get out of
jail free card. Well, I guess he not necessarily he
has to actually be the ones fighting. At first, I
thought it was just gonna be like seven people that
he can pick to just fight for him, because we
had seen that, not the Trial of Seven. But just
like you said, like mun Tyrian has his his champion,
defend his honor and stuff like that, so yeah, what
we've seen in the past. But yeah, I know another
just one scene that I wanted to highlight that was
probably my favorite scene of the entire episode was when
Sir Duncan was getting his shield from like the blacksmith guy,
and just like, I feel like, just because in that
moment he realizes just how fucked he is and it
just seems like nothing's gonna go well, uh, you know
he was. He was kind of flirting with his one
girl who's getting her finger chopped off. He defended her
on her. Now she's just gone and he just feels
like so alone. And then uh, he's just looking at
like his shield on the whatever you would call it.
It's not like a sigil, I guess it kind of
is a sigil like his his his, yeah, whatever it
is that that that lady painted for him, and he's
just feeling really down and the guy uh yeah, just
having a little heart to heart with him is a
nice wholesome scene and just charged him a single copper
piece for his work, so that was nice and uh yeah, no,
it was just really cool. And then the next scene
after that was him like standing like at that place
with his shield ready to ready to kick some ass hopefully.
But you know, I really really liked it.
Speaker 2: I feel like, yeah, I like that scene too. That
was a nice grounding, a grounding scene that was really
really nice. Just kind of reminded me with with the
Brothers a Corps and they bay Lore going to town
here like we're we just we're not even done. A
Game of Thrones show about uh Targarian civil war and
now like are we getting to another one here? And
like what do you do if like you know, you're
in the you're in King's landing and you're like you
get this fucking ravens, Like yeah, these two target brothers
just murked each other this little jousting competition. It's all
out war like fuck.
Speaker 1: It, and like it doesn't even seem like it's a
jousting competition, right, like they mentioned like yeah, this could
be flails battle axes, like like this is just a
battle royality type setup, and that is kind of crazy.
I didn't really think about that, Like the hand of
the King, like the then that basically the current heir
to the to the Iron throne is just baallying his
his siblings and like the King's guard, like as the
King's guard even allowed to like touch this guy. I
don't know, maybe maybe that'll be something that kind of
plays into the battle next week, because yeah, I have
a hard time believing like any of the main players
are really gonna die in this, you know, like they're
discussed uh darn or whatever. The other brothers that was
hiding at the end with Egg, he's like, yeah, just
tap me on the helmet and I'll be I'll just
I'll just play dead. And so yeah, I think it's
gonna be pretty minimal for casualties, probably some like unnamed
Kings Guard guys, so you're gonna get bopped by. I
don't think there's gonna be like mass casualties in this
in this warfare.
Speaker 2: No, No, I mean like uh in the Checker bath
Time and I and the Brathian. You know, I'm I'm
liking this Lionel Brathian character a lot. You know. He
came off a little like, you know, on edge in
that first episode, but the more I see him, like
he's just he kind of cracks me up because he's
just he's having fun.
Speaker 1: No, I love this. I think every episode he's been
in has been so fun. I mentioned when they're doing
like the Tug of War and he was just like,
it's like, what, I'm thirsty. He just like goes and
steal somebody's drink. Like I just like his attitude. And yeah,
I was kind of surprised that he was just joining
the battle like I seem like it felt like he
was someone that was kind of distant from the actual warfare.
But he's just he's ready to kick some ass and
uh respect respect to him there, but definitely someone I
don't respect is sort of Stephen foss Away is his name.
I think I thought he was like some sort of
lanbister guy, like when we first saw him, this is
like the asshole cousin who at certain point in this episode,
he it seemed like a complete one to eighty switch
of his character. I'm like, oh, he's actually a nice guy.
He's like, yeah, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you,
don't worry about it. And it seemed too good to
be true, And of course it was too good to
be true, because probably less than ten minutes later, he's like, yeah,
not only do you do you just have six? You
actually have five because I'm gonna go fight for those guys.
Fuck you. Quite quite a funny moment, and it was
just like, oh, why why did I not see this coming?
Like this total asshole character just just fucking with our
protagonists here. But what did you think of sur fossoys?
Uh you traded in his honor for a lordship?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's uh yeah, too good to be true.
I mean that's that classic kind of game of Thrones
kind of vibe coming in here, and I think this
is like, aside from your violence, this is the first
kind of instance where it's like, Okay, yeah, there's there's
that classic betrayal shit going down and and I eat
it up. I mean it's great, but I feel like
you get those odd, small, not small, those odd and
not often characters like Sir Dunk that are you know,
you root for the underdog, and they just there's just
kind of this I don't know, this energy or aesthetic
to them. I'm not saying he's like a John Snow,
but you kind of got that they have that similar
kind of aesthetic to them where you just kind of
you connect with them and you're kind of rooting for them.
And I feel like they can't rooting for Sir Dunk.
So when you know someone Gould does them in disservice,
it's like it hurts even more.
Speaker 1: As it takes back to like season one Game of Thrones,
right with like the Starks, because like they're just set
up to be like your protagonists of the original Throne
show because you're following them, you're meeting all of like
the members they're uh, they get these like cool wolf companions,
so you just feel attached to them, and then of
course the next couple seasons is just fuck the Starks
in the worst possible ways, first with Ned and then
the Red Wedding and all that stuff. But yeah, no,
it's totally a Game of Thrones thing to happen, whether
it was like little Finger betraying someone like just just
just something we're like, oh, this is actually gonna go
well for our characters. And it's funny in the earlier episodes,
like when we're doing these reviews, because the show has
just been so like lighthearted and like not real big
consequence thing. No, not that that it doesn't mean anything,
but just like it doesn't feel like it's major stakes
in the same way that like other seasons of the
Game of Throne show has felt and then something like
this happens, or even just last week. Last week is
pretty intense also. But yeah, no, I'm obviously rooting for
Sir Dunk and hopefully he pops off here and showcases
just what type of Nike he truly is. But uh, yeah,
that is pretty crazy that Prince Baylor joins his side,
So that means they have like crazy number advantage, don't
they because Sir Darron is just gonna take like a
dummy hit and then go out. So that's like instantly
one minus on the Prince Arian's side. And yeah, I'm
sure Baylor and may Car are gonna be uh just
one be wanting to have like a big epic match.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's been that's been bruned for a while.
Baylor has just been looking for a reason to legally
just kill his bread.
Speaker 1: It is kind of crazy though, that, like this is
like a battle to death and you just have that
many like main characters just clashing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when you think about in Game of Thrones, how
many problems would have been solved if you just had
like Ned stark U, Taiwan Leanister and Jamie Leinster. Yeah,
like Sirus all these head haunches just do a bottle
of seven. I wouldn't have had eight seasons.
Speaker 1: No, No, you wouldn't have two seasons max.
Speaker 2: At the least. Yeah, I'm trying to think what else
do I got here?
Speaker 1: Yeah? We got fuck. I feel like there's another character
that was kind of highlighted here. Not really, there's like
the fake story that Prince darn like told everyone that
Dunk what like stole egg stole to just cover his
own ass, which obviously Sir Dunk was rightfully pretty pissed
off about, but.
Speaker 2: They believed him right because Dunk was like, he was
gone for four nights and he didn't Ye, Prince.
Speaker 1: Baylor isn't an idiot, and I think there's like that's
that's that's why he's he's kind of been on Sir
Dunk's side for most of the season, right, like he's
he's like the one person that remembered Sir Arlen a
penny Tree and just just all the other things that
he's done for him. And yeah, no, I'm definitely liking
that character. But I'm curious what type of role Prince
Daron is going to have, Like if he's just gonna
be an absolutely nothing character going forward, or because he's
I don't know, like just more scenes with Egg like
I don't know, I'm I'm I'm I'm I was interested
in kind of what was going on between him and.
Speaker 2: Just all that, or I feel like, what if he
just gets merged like they're fighting, he's like, yeah, okay,
just bump me on the head and the guy just
just slices his head clean off or something like that.
I can see them like subverting expectations.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would, Uh, I would definitely laugh at that moment.
I feel like the show has had some really good
moments like that that are just humorous, Like when Sir
Dunk does his like little Aragorn rally speech and uh,
it's like, is there any knights out there? And then
the one guy stands up and I'm like, holy fuck,
this is gonna be it. Everyone's gonna be just joining
him and he just rips ass and uh just laughs
in his face. It's like, man, nothing's going right for
Sir Duncan. He's crying his heart out there and he's
just having the worst day of his life.
Speaker 2: Are you helping Sir Dunk or are you ripping a
fart out in the bleachers?
Speaker 1: I probably aren't doing any of those things, but I
don't know. It's it's tough to say. I don't know
what my role in society would be in the West
Ross era. I don't know if that would be a night.
Speaker 2: Or it's not many good roles. It's not gonna lie.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's really not. I feel like you want to
be like a blacksmith or something, you know. I feel
like they're always useful. Nobody really just murders them out
right because they're because because they're useful. But who knows,
who knows? I'm sure they're they're getting their daughter stolen
or something. It's a bad place to be to be living.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, bad time in the chat here? Do
you know the full story of Duncan Egg? And if
you don't, was revealed that much of a surprise? And
what do you make to the dreams that have been mentioned?
I mean we we kind of knew the setup between them,
and I think the shaved head situation kind of made
me feel more implied, like, okay, hats he's a he's
probably a darkarian. I did not know the story in
advance going in, but it didn't recalling the whole Night's
Watch Master Amen, uh conversation with John Snow about brother
Egg that kind of connected the dots for me too.
But yeah, yeah, what did you think of it?
Speaker 1: Yeah? It felt like it was like the worst kept secret,
Like if they're really trying to keep a secret going
into it, right, it's like you have this bald kid
who's like sketchy every time to talk about his history
or there's like multiple times that he would like stare
at Aria from Afar. It's like it's like, oh, you know, okay,
they probably know each other. And it didn't really feel
like the show was trying to hide hide it that much,
which I think is a good way to go about it,
Like don't don't try and hide that for multiple seasons, right, Like, yeah, okay,
let's just get to it. And like even going from
last week's episode, this week's episode, I wasn't sure how
quickly would get back to it, but yet, no, he's
wearing his full garbs again, like full yeah, prince ling
uh in his targeting and outfits. So yeah, I think
it was an okay reveal, Especially to have that scene
last week's episode. I thought that was a pretty good
moment when you think Dunk's gonna lose lose his teeth,
get Curve stomped on the on the table. Oh man,
when they're setting them up. I knew it was gonna happen.
But still it's like, oh, this is again just a
horrible place to be to be living.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, not good at all? Uh? And what
do you make of the dreams that haven't meant mentioned
so far?
Speaker 1: About like a king dream? Right? Like last week's episode
when they talked to the fortune teller.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well I took it like you're gonna you're gonna
like burn in fire or whatever that that person said.
And then Egg was like, wow you say that. Maybe
was there something else that I missed? Another dream? Uh?
Speaker 1: I think that's like about Egg right, specifically.
Speaker 2: That was about well yeah, yeah, I guess, I guess so.
Speaker 1: Just yeah, okay, yeah, you're saying there were two.
Speaker 2: There were two? Yeah, that's why I'm getting confused.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I don't really know anything about that,
So that's uh, yeah, okay, there you go. What's what's
the dream?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: I don't really have too many too many ideas of
what that could be. I imagine there is there's something cooking
with those two, but yeah, I don't really thought too
much about it.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know if it's anything that we're really well,
if it gets paid off in this show, I don't no,
because I'm pretty sure this there's no season two for
Night of the Seven Kingdoms. Correct. I don't think they can. Well,
maybe they confirmed a second season, but it's not gonna
be anything that's going to be dealt with in this
uh in here if it's like a foreshadow or anything
like that. Like the fortune Teller was, yeah, the one
you'll burn in fire. The dream was you'll be crushing
on the wings of a massive dragon. So I mean
the dragon could be context for uh, a statue of
a dragon, because there's no dragons at this period of time,
so least seasons confirmed.
Speaker 1: Maybe when they were when they were talking about the
dragon from the dream, I also thought it could be
talking about Arion because that's kind of like their antagonist
right now for the show, right and he kind of
sees himself as the dragon. But I don't know, maybe
there's going to be an actual dragon. Not sure.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm sweet cool. Uh.
Speaker 1: What do you think of a speech overall?
Speaker 2: Though?
Speaker 1: I guess I didn't ask you. What would you be
joining him?
Speaker 2: I mean, do I have sword capabilities or am I
just ship out of lock?
Speaker 1: That's up to you. That's up to you.
Speaker 2: If I can if I did fight, Yeah, if I
could fight it, if I was you know, I was
a capable fighter. I feel like that would move me.
I feel like i'd be I'd be moved by that speech,
and I'd i'd stand up. I would wait, though I
would time it well, you know, like I would have
to time it because I'd want to be the seventh
member to join the team. So yeah, and I want
you know, I wanted to give score a kick in
for me. I don't want to be the eighth.
Speaker 1: I'd be like, oh, okay, you already got seven.
Speaker 2: You got seven.
Speaker 1: I was totally gonna be there. Yeah, I'll just grab
my sword.
Speaker 2: Guys.
Speaker 1: Sorry, that's what I'm like, Oh you got you got seven? Okay,
I'll cheer you on.
Speaker 2: That awkward like standing up, but I'll slip back down.
You know.
Speaker 1: It's like, oh no, he's actually backing out. We could
use you now. Oh no, I already put my sword away.
Speaker 2: I'm not knighted, but if you night me, i'll do it. Yeah.
Speaker 1: That guy's not gonna fight. You just wanted to become
a knight. He was pulling a quick one on them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, uh cool, cool cool.
Speaker 1: Well, I guess we'll be back, Yeah, exactly, we'll be
back next week to talk about episode five.
Speaker 2: What is it?
Speaker 1: Just two more episodes? Episode six episodes total? Mm hmmm,
that's crazy.
Speaker 2: Mm hmmm. All right, and they're not they're back to normal, right,
because I mean, this is just a super Bowl scenario.
Speaker 1: Super Bowl thing. Yes, it'll be next Sunday. But thanks
for bad time, thanks for stopping. Bye and we'll see
you next week. Okay, bye bye bye