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Positive:
28
Mixed:
8
Negative:
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Critic Reviews
RogerEbert.comJan 13, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Claffey and Ansell are the show’s beating heart, allowing Dunk and Egg to become one of the most fascinating and tender friendships this universe has put to screen. .... Throughout its six-episode run, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” makes it clear that fantasy television can still surprise you, and when it comes to the genre, bigger isn’t always better.
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Screen RantJan 13, 2026
What's Alan Watching?Feb 19, 2026
Season 1 Review:
But Knight's ambitions are modest, its charms are huge. It's a reminder that while Game of Thrones is best remembered for its spectacle, many of the series' most effective moments — especially early on, when it was building an audience big enough to justify the cost of dragons and zombie hordes — were similarly modest, and mostly involved two or three characters having conversations inside castles.
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Jan 20, 2026
Season 1 Review:
So far, the most notable thing about A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, HBO’s latest adaptation of the works of George R.R. Martin, is its patience. .... It’s a dramatic enough start—we’re seeing a squire ascend to his ser’s station, even if his knighthood leaves room for doubt.
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The PlaylistJan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” takes the bad of life in Westeros with the good, as bad as “the bad” ends up being, and Claffey’s performance brims with such sincere charm that it’s nearly impossible not to believe, as he and Egg both do, in the myth of chivalry; under harsh light the myth is disproven, but remains worth living up to anyways.
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Jan 28, 2026
Season 1 Review:
“Knight”’s episodes are shorter and fewer than “Game of Thrones” episodes, and its scope, which allows for reasonable pacing, succeeds in all ways but one: the show, which was created and written largely by men, can feel like it. .... But if you love and miss this seven-kingdomed world, Dunk and Egg make excellent companions for the return.
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Jan 20, 2026
Season 1 Review:
He's [Egg's] a pint-sized smart aleck who cares deeply for Dunk. Ansell’s also flawlessly cast in this part, and he and Claffey have a jubilant chemistry. .... “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” transforms from an origin story into a heartfelt critique of inherited power’s worth against the oaken will of a simple man fueled by duty and honor.
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The TelegraphJan 13, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Once it gets these childish instincts – those “Edgelord of the Rings” vibes – out of its system, the series settles into a sweet depiction of an unlikely friendship. A feel-good Game of Thrones prequel? Scratch that one off your “didn’t see it coming” list for 2026.
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SlashfilmJan 13, 2026
Season 1 Review:
"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" is likely to scratch many a fantasy fan right where they itch. What's more, it's a near certainty that some (present company included) may come away declaring this as the best and most rewatchable of the trio of shows to this point — even if much of that argument mostly relies on potential, for the time being.
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The GuardianJan 20, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Although it gestures towards larger questions, like the corruption of innocence and the pros and cons of the feudal mentality, it doesn’t delve into them deeply or carry enough weight on its own to attract a great audience of non-diehard GRRM fans. But perhaps the fact that it is not going to set the world on fire, either literally within the show or metaphorically without it, is the point.
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Jan 20, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Granted, nothing will ever be as grandiose, addictive and surprising as the fantasy universe that brought us White Walkers, the Red Woman and the Faceless Man, but to pull out the magical realism, then fill the gaps with Dunk’s sincerity and honor-above-skill ethos is not a winning strategy.
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The IndependentJan 13, 2026
Season 1 Review:
It makes very little effort to justify its own existence – refreshing, perhaps, for a franchise that has too often treated its subject matter with stodgy self-importance, but ultimately frustrating. It is a character piece without a sufficiently interesting character at its core.
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