Spoilers A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

[Morrus]

Dang. It's over already! I really enjoyed that series. Fingers crossed for more next year!

 

[Micah Sweet]

Dang. It's over already! I really enjoyed that series. Fingers crossed for more next year!

Agreed. Too few episodes IMO. I really prefer the 9-12 episode season, especially if you're going to have long gaps.

 

[Morrus]

Agreed. Too few episodes IMO. I really prefer the 9-12 episode season, especially if you're going to have long gaps.

Well, the story was pretty concise. If they'd doubled the length, it would just be full of filler.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Well, the story was pretty concise. If they'd doubled the length, it would just be full of filler.

Or they could tell more of it at a time. They are doing a second season after all.

 

[Morrus]

Or they could tell more of it at a time. They are doing a second season after all.

I guess. Then we’d have fewer seasons.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I guess. Then we’d have fewer seasons.

But more episodes at a stretch before having to wait a year or more. To each their own.

 

[chuckdee]

But more episodes at a stretch before having to wait a year or more. To each their own.

I think the other thing that's missed in this weighing the pros and cons - this was really good- and the fact that they had a short and concise story to focus their attention on might have contributed to that. Extra episodes is a lot more effort and if they had a story for 6 eps, let them cook is what I say. I think the Acolyte was made less than it could have been by this need to be a specific number of episodes.

 

[Older Beholder]

The length of the show felt like it perfectly captured the feeling of a novella. At least for me. I’m looking forward to rewatching the series again from the start, probably this weekend.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I took this as a way to emphasize the 'what's in a name' motif of the show.
Some King declaring that these people are or aren't a Kingdom isn't reality, in the same way that someone being officially a knight doesn't make them so if they're not upholding what it means to be a knight.

I'm not sure that it undermines Egg's character, I thought the point was that he's was not like other Targaryen princes?

He's also a smart kid surrounded by dummies. Him feeling the need to correct people is probably deep in his bones.