This episode is really a love letter to the characters, Cogman says.
This is an entire episode of that so that episode 3 can hit the ground running.
It was a chance to revisit Jaimes arc and the different perspectives that they have about him.
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Briennes perspective mirrors the audience.
One thing I have to remind myself is that not everyone onGame of Thronesis watchingGame of Thrones.
Jaime asking to serve under Brienne and Brienne being knighted.
Jaime does something here you would never expect the Jaime of season 2 to do.
For Jaime, to humble himself to serve underanyoneis a huge thing.
He would never do that for anybody other than her.
And later, Jaime knighting Brienne in the Great Hall: We wanted to take the audience by surprise.
Its not a ceremonial scene on a cliff at sunset with billowing capes.
Its a monumental thing.
The episodes title, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, refers to both Jaime and Brienne.
I thought about it so much and what it means to me conceptually.
Its so emotional for the character to get something she wants and to be acknowledged.)
But that scene in season 4 when he fights for Arya he was protecting her in his mind.
He believed Brienne was there to do her harm.
Arya and Gendry: We asked ourselves what a lot of these characters would do on their final night.
She executes that encounter and Gendry is more than happy to go along.
We were very careful to make sureMaisie [Williams] was comfortableand everything was on her terms.
One thing I wrote specifically when crafting that scene is Gendry notes her scars.
Theyre from all of Aryas encounters but most specifically when The Waif tried to kill her.
There are so many things Gendry doesnt understand about Arya.
Theres an attraction for him, but shes also a bit scary too.
The name Shireen is not said in the scene.
But Shireen taught both Davos and Gilly how to read.
This is an example of how brilliant [showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss] are.
It was the right inspiration but it felt contrived.
Pod once again surprises us when we find out he has a lovely singing voice.
It was fun to find a reason to get Jenny of Oldstones [a.k.a.
Jennys Song] in there in a way that feels organic and appropriate.
Its not something we normally do, but I think it works.
The song is alsocovered by Florence + the Machinein the closing credits.
Jon tells Dany about his parentage.
She senses a strange tension and cant understand why.
What really upsets Jon is that hes a blood relative to the woman hes in love with.
And Jons immediate concern is the fact that thats her immediate concern.
[Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke] play it beautifully.
Its a very difficult scene to pull off; so much has to go on behind the eyes.
But then the horn blasts and the Army of the Dead are at the gates.
Cogman praised showrunners Benioff and Weiss for helping shape and edit the final script.
This was the most difficult script of the 11 Ive written forGame of Thrones, he says.
The big challenge was not writing a Wikipedia page.
In fact, my first draftwasa Wikipedia page.
They returned my first script with a sea of red.
I think it will make episode 3 whichisspectacular all the richer.
The moment that episode 3 starts were in full 100 percent battle mode.
