“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” was a marked improvement over the season eight premiere and the kind of episode that Game of Thrones needed to have before it descends into the chaos of the impending war with the Night King. It was how the show’s collection of characters felt just a little like real people living through massive, life-changing events. It wasn’t even the crazy twists or the political intrigue.
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” reminded me that what got viewers hooked on Game of Thrones wasn’t the spectacle or the battles. The whole thing takes place in and around Winterfell, over what amounts to a 12-hour period, and you can almost feel writer Bryan Cogman and director David Nutter thrilling to the prospect of only having to service this one specific window of time in these characters’ lives, before they get stuck in yet another giant battle. But the core of the episode is a bunch of beloved characters spending one last, long night together, before the White Walkers arrive to possibly turn them into ice zombies. It contains plenty of clunky scenes, and it’s remarkable how little we know about how the Jon and Dany alliance plans to fight the Night King. “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is the sort of episode that first made me fall in love with Game of Thrones.
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