Warning: SPOILERS forward for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1, episode 1!George R.R. Martin has provided his candid response to the surprising poop scene close to the beginning of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The opening episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms sees Ser Dunk bury his useless mentor, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, beneath a tree. Not lengthy after, the present cuts to an in depth scene of him pooping, meant to be a comedic gag.
Talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Martin defined how he was shocked by the detailed cutaway of Dunk pooping subsequent to a tree in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ opening scene. He expressed how, upon seeing the primary lower, he did not suppose the scene was vital, stating showrunner Ira Parker wished to maintain it in regardless:
Yeah, that was a little bit of a shock. To not say that my characters don’t take s***s, however I usually don’t write about them at any size. Once I noticed the tough lower, I wrote, ‘What is that this? The place did this come from? I don’t know if we actually want the s**t.’ However [showrunner Ira Parker] appreciated it for no matter purpose.
The sudden bathroom humor firstly of the episode does not carry over into the remainder of the premiere. Episode 1 focuses on establishing A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ core characters, as Dunk arrives in Ashford city to take part in a tourney. He additionally correctly meets Egg, who he takes beneath his wing as a brief squire.
Based mostly on Martin’s novella collection Tales of Dunk and Egg, season 1 pulls from the primary ebook, together with loads of particulars from the supply materials that floor it throughout the world of Westeros. Nonetheless, the present’s comedic tone, very like the collection, goes in some completely different instructions, such because the poop scene’s inclusion firstly.
Nonetheless, the scene was used to determine how completely different the tone of the present can be in distinction to the dramatic components of the earlier two collection. Whereas Sport of Thrones and Home of the Dragon are dramas, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a comedy. Martin being offput by the poop scene is comprehensible, although, given how sudden it’s.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is certainly one of many Sport of Thrones spinoffs coming to HBO within the subsequent few years. Home of the Dragon seasons 3 and 4 have been confirmed already, alongside reveals about Aegon’s Conquest and Corlys Velaryon. However, to this point, it is the one comedy out of all those in improvement.
The poop scene was a shock, which means there may very well be extra stunning humor prefer it in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ upcoming episodes. Martin being shocked at its inclusion reveals how completely different it was contrasted to different approaches to humor within the episode and supply materials, making it stand out as a humorous but odd scene firstly.
New episodes of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.
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January 18, 2026
- Community
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HBO
- Showrunner
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Ira Parker
- Administrators
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Owen Harris
- Writers
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George R. R. Martin, Ira Parker
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Peter Claffey
Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall
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