Steve Ahlman

I'm not even that mad.

We all went crazy, man.

What was, like, the small talk?

It's fascinating, and it's especially due to the physicality of Dunk and how he imposes on no one yet, kind of asks everything of the world around him in the most earnest way.

That is the complete antithesis of Dunk.

the Game of Thrones show as we know it, the IP as we know it, that makes me fall in love with this.

To me, the best scene in this entire episode was when he was beseeching the Targaryen heir to more or less let him into the lists, only because he has yet to tell another story about how

His master served under him and had bested one of the Lannisters in another tournament that he could barely remember his name, let alone who this other Lannister was.

He has to recite all of these stories to all of these people.

He's seemingly been going around this entire camp telling everybody who his master served because he served hundreds of people.

And none of these people knew his name.

None of these people could even recall what he did.

And this is the most important thing that he could possibly muster just to get into this one place.

And seeing these Targaryens, one regard him like absolutely like disregard and like kind of be an asshole to him.

As you see what would be a scene in any other House of the Dragon or Game of Thrones scene play out, you're like, oh man, my sons are missing.

This is surely going to topple an empire.

I'd burn down seven kingdoms just to get my kids back.

And that little girl that's in the back is like, oh my God, the biggest thing ever is happening.

The princes are missing.

And he's just standing there.