How Many Episodes In A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: Finale 'The Morrow' Resolves Dunk and Egg Mysteries
The question of how many episodes in a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms crystallizes with the season one finale, "The Morrow, " the sixth episode that closed a highly praised opening run. The hour settles several plotlines — from a fatal blow at Ashford Meadow to a flashback that deepens doubt about Ser Duncan's knighthood — and reshapes the pair's prospects going forward.
"The Morrow" and the six-episode first season
The series concluded season one with episode six, "The Morrow, " a finale critics and viewers praised as sticking the landing. That final hour both adapted material from George R. R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg and introduced new scenes that have immediate consequences for the characters' futures.
Prince Maekar and the fatal wound at Ashford Meadow
Prince Maekar Targaryen, played by Sam Spruell, presides over a chain of events at the jousting tournament in Ashford Meadow that culminates in the unexpected death of his brother, Prince Baelor (Bertie Carvel). Maekar is established as a widowed single father who has struggled to raise three sons — Daeron, Aerion (Finn Bennett) and Aegon, nicknamed "Egg" (Dexter Sol Ansell) — and who has long lived in Baelor's shadow. While Maekar and Aerion discover that Aegon and Daeron did not arrive at the tourney as scheduled, a separate confrontation between Ser Duncan "Dunk" the Tall (Peter Claffey) and Aerion over the assault of a puppeteer escalates when Aegon intervenes on behalf of the hedge knight he has been secretly squiring under the alias Egg.
Daeron, found drunk nearby, falsely accuses Dunk of kidnapping his youngest brother to cover his own neglect. Aerion answers with a challenge to a "trial of seven, " in which each side must recruit six champions. Baelor joins Dunk's side; after a hard-fought battle Dunk compels Aerion to withdraw the accusation. Moments later, Baelor bends the knee to Dunk and then collapses from a fatal head wound inflicted by Maekar. Maekar insists the Gods know it was an accident, but Spruell says the prince is "susceptible to self-delusion" and is telling himself what he needs to hear — a dynamic Spruell calls a depiction of corrupt power.
Ser Duncan's trial, Raymun Fossoway and consequences
The trial of seven sequence is a clear cause-and-effect arc: Aerion's assault leads to Aegon's intervention, which exposes Daeron's drunkenness and false accusation, which in turn forces a trial that draws Baelor into the fray. The aftermath — Baelor's death and Maekar's insistence on an accidental explanation — produces immediate fallout for Dunk, Egg and House Targaryen.
Dunk's knighthood and Ser Arlan of Pennytree
The finale adds a key flashback: Dunk's recent past as a squire to Ser Arlan of Pennytree. In the scene Arlan is propped against a tree, pale and babbling and apparently dying; Dunk asks, "Why did you never knight me? Did you think I'd leave you? I wouldn't have. Or was it something else?" and receives no answer. The scene was filmed on the same hillside where Dunk later buries Arlan's body.
Readers of the original novellas have long suspected Dunk is lying about being knighted. Dunk has told people that Arlan knighted him just before dying, with "only a robin, up in a thorn tree" to bear witness. When Dunk tries to enter the joust at Ashford Meadow he is told to find a lord or another knight to vouch for him; no one can verify his claim and few remember Arlan. Across the season the show drops subtle hints that Dunk was only ever a squire: in the premiere the boy he meets tells him "You don't look to be a knight, " and in episode four Dunk hesitates when Raymun Fossoway asks to be knighted to fight in Dunk's Trial of Seven. Lyonel Baratheon urges, "Go on, Ser Duncan, " but Dunk does not draw his sword. The show presents several plausible reasons — Dunk may not want a friend to die, he may not know the ceremonial words such as "In the name of the warrior, I charge you to be brave, " or he may fear risking Raymun's honor — and leaves room for interpretation.
Sam Spruell, showrunner Ira Parker and other notes
Sam Spruell's Maekar is framed as a complex figure who makes an offer meant to secure Aegon's future: he offers Dunk a home at Summerhall so Dunk can train Egg as his squire and complete his own training under the castle's master-at-arms. Dunk, citing royal exhaustion, rejects the offer and later asks if he can take Egg on the road; Maekar refuses to let his royal blood live like a "peasant. " The script contains an incomplete line about Aegon being Maekar's last chance for a worthy heir — unclear in the provided context.
Showrunner Ira Parker has said he designed the series to leave certain moments, including Dunk's knighthood question, open to interpretation, noting that much of that exposition lives in Dunk's internal thoughts and comes close to being spoken but is not spelled out in black and white. What makes this notable is how the show balances fidelity to Martin's material with new scenes that alter character trajectories.
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The season's six-episode arc has now reset the stakes for Dunk and Egg: Baelor's death, Maekar's denial, Dunk's unresolved knighthood and the failed Summerhall offer all combine to shape where the pair may travel next.
