A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms Explains Episode 5's Sudde...

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So basically The showrunners made a bold choice by inserting a flashback right as the trial kicked off.

A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms Lead Explains Why He Added The Sudden Flashback In The Middle Of The Trial Of The Seven via HBO By Vaspaan Dastoor Published Feb 17, 2026, 12:51 AM EST Vaspaan Dastoor is a News Editor for TheGamer. He has been in the industry since 2017, before working as the senior editor at IGN India and in the advertising world before that. (wild, right?)

While international games news is his forte, he loves telling the world about India’s growth in the industry.

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He loves scouring the depths of the the internet for niche or community-focused news, and always attempts to make you laugh along the way. With a weird affinity for top-down perspectives, the likes of Diablo, Baldur’s Gate 3, and The Ascent all make Vaspaan’s list.

But, he’s also an avid fan of the Mortal Kombat series, to the extent that he even liked the 3D games. Sign in to your TheGamer account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms may not have been what most Game of Thrones the fandom wanted, but has managed to grip the community after five episodes.

Why This Matters

Unfortunately, HBO has decided to make each episode 30-minutes, which feels rather short, especially given what’s been going on with Ser Duncan and Egg. Spoilers for episode five of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode five, In the Name of the Mother, finally brought us to the Trial of the Seven, where Dunc and six others faced off against Aerion Targaryen’s six. The trial we’ve all been looking forward to finally kicks off, with Dunc ASAP getting stabbed by Aerion’ lance, and then falls face-first into the mud after getting smacked in the head .

The gaming community has been watching developments like this closely.

The Bottom Line

The trial we’ve all been looking forward to finally kicks off, with Dunc ASAP getting stabbed by Aerion’ lance, and then falls face-first into the mud after getting smacked in the head . Just as the tension peaks, the episode suddenly goes into a flashback.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.