Overview
- The series debuts Jan. 18 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max, with new episodes rolling out weekly on Sundays.
- Season 1 runs six short episodes, most under 45 minutes, and the show has already been renewed for a second season.
- Adapted from George R.R. Martin’s novella The Hedge Knight, the story follows hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg about a century before Game of Thrones during Targaryen rule.
- Early reviews praise Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell’s performances and the production design, while noting frequent crude bodily humor and a sometimes muddled tone.
- Co-created by Martin and showrun by Ira Parker with episodes directed by Owen Harris and Sarah Adina Smith, the series adopts a single-point-of-view, smaller-scale format, and Martin has said there are more Dunk and Egg stories to tell.