"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms sets itself apart from other Game of Thrones shows in the first few minutes with the inclusion of cutaway gags: abrupt cuts to scenes past that add a punchline to a line of dialogue. When eulogizing the recently passed Ser Arlan of Pennytree, Dunk mentions how he never beat him when he didn't deserve it, only for the scene to cut to a quick-fire montage of all the times when, presumedly, he did deserve it."
"HBO While we see plenty of Ser Arlan Pennytree in this series premiere, we never actually see him dub his squire a knight. When Dunk speaks to the Games Master in Ashford, the action cuts away not to the knighting but instead to a young Dunk asking Arlan if he thinks he'll ever become a knight, and Ser Arlan just spitting his food out on the side of the road as a response."
"When the Games Master asks if there were any witnesses to the knighting, Dunk just says a bird was nearby. So there weren't any witnesses, Ser Arlan never indicated a desire to knight Dunk, and a show full of cutaways and flashbacks never cuts away to this moment. This begs the question, was Ser Dunk knighted at all? We know he takes matters of honor and ceremony very seriously, but could he be lying to everyone?"
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms uses abrupt cutaway gags that transform lines into visual punchlines, quickly shifting to past scenes. A montage reveals contradictions in Dunk's claim that he never beat Ser Arlan when undeserving. The premiere shows Arlan frequently but omits any explicit dubbing of Dunk as a knight. During questioning at Ashford, the scene cuts to young Dunk asking about knighthood and Arlan spitting food, and Dunk later claims only a bird witnessed the knighting. The lack of witnesses and explicit ritual creates ambiguity about Dunk's formal knighthood, raising questions about honor versus ceremony.
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