'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' S1E02 - Hard Salt Beef

About this episode

David Chen and Kim Renfro discuss the second episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, focusing on tournament details and character relationships.

In this episode of A Cast of Kings, David Chen and Kim Renfro dive into the second episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms . How well did this episode capture the details of Westerosi tournaments? How do we feel about Dunk and Egg’s evolving relationship? And are these guys gonna be able to survive this thing? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more! Links: Email us at acastofkings(AT)gmail(DOT)com Subscribe to Decoding TV on YouTube Follow us on Tiktok Buy Kim Renfro’s book about Game of Thrones Follow this podcast on Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free newsletter, Decoding Everything

People in this episode

Hosts: David Chen, Kim Renfro

Topics covered

• Westerosi tournaments
• Dunk and Egg
• relationship dynamics
• survival
• episode analysis

Keywords

• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
• Westerosi tournaments
• Dunk and Egg
• relationship
• episode discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Game of Thrones

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