The Hedge Knight

Three horses stand drenched in rain. Cut to a wide shot. The horses are tied up under a tree while Dunk digs a grave nearby. He finished digging and pauses for a long moment before picking up Ser Arlan's corpse. He places Arlan in the grave and kneels.

There's a quick montagе of several times Arlan slapped Dunk. Cut back to the grave.

Flashback to the inn.

Arlan fakes a young Dunk out with a fake slap before giving him a real one, hitting his head against a support beam.

He begins to bury Ser Arlan. Cut to later when it's stopped raining. Dunk lays under the tree.

One of the horses neighs.

He glances at Arlan's grave.

He glances at Arlan's sword. Cut to him unsheathing it.

He holds the sword out.

He swings the sword around.

Music begins to play as Dunk stares off into the distance. As it swells, it abruptly stops and cuts to Dunk pooping under the tree. He looks up and sees a bird in the branches. Cut to him mounting up on one of the horses. He takes a last glance at Arlan's grave before riding off. A title card comes up.

Dunk arrives at a roadside inn late in the evening. A young boy emerges from the stable as he rides up.

The boy doesn't answer. Dunk dismounts.

He hands the lead to the boy. Cut to him entering the Inn. Dunk almost turns to leave after a moment, but the innkeeper enters.

He puts his shield down. As he removes his sword, he sees a man passed out drunk at another table.

Dunk takes off his cloak. The innkeeper pours him a drink.

Dunk spies a young girl on a nearby staircase.

Before Dunk can answer, the drunk man interjects.

The man pulls out a knife.

The drunk man puts his knife away and stands, slamming a coin down on his table. He staggers up the stairs. The innkeeper pockets the coin.

Cut to Dunk returning to the stable. The stableboy can be heard in the distance.

Dunk enters and looks agape at the stableboy atop one of the horses, wearing some of Dunk's gear.

Dunk grabs the boy and takes him off the horse.

The boy begins filling a sack of oats as Dunk prepares his things.

He mounts up on one of the horses. He flicks a coin in the boy's direction.

The boy looks up from it without picking it up.

Dunk rides off.

Cut to a wide shot of Dunk riding on the road in the early morning. Cut to a medium shot as he rides down into the main grounds. Dozens of tents and some wooden structures are set up. A castle looms in the distance. He rides through the main grounds as people bustle around. Through a stone archway, he sees workers setting up a jousting arena. Cut to him walking through the Ashford keep. He approaches a group of soldiers.

The soldiers laugh.

The soldiers turn to look at Dunk.

Cut into the main castle as Dunk is led up some stairs by a soldier. Two young children play with toy swords while the master of games, Plummer, writes at a desk. Dunk hits his head on the doorframe as he enters.

The wooden swords of the children clash.

The children leave.

Cut to a flashback. Ser Arlan and a young Dunk ride down a road.

Arlan spits some food off to the side of the road without answering. Cut back to the present.

Plummer hawks some spit into a cut.

He wheezes.

Dunk turns to leave.

Dunk turns back.

Dunk begins to leave again.

He turns back and hits his head on the doorframe again.

Cut back outside. Dunk leads his horses through the busy tourney grounds. He spies the Dondarrion tent. He ties the horses to a hitching post. He pets Sweetfoot's mane.

A group of women sits outside the tent. Daisy grabs a drumstick as Dunk approaches. Two men stumble out of the tent, laughing.

One of them pats Dunk on the shoulder. Both walk on without responding. As Dunk watches them, Beony leaves the tent.

She goes to sit with the other women, next to Red.

They laugh.

He looks around awkwardly for a moment.

He goes the wrong way for a moment.

He turns the right way. The women laugh. Cut to Dunk leading the horses through the tourney grounds. The shot follows him as he talks to himself, addressing Sweetfoot.

In a fenced-off area nearby, several men train in melee. Steffon and Raymun Fossaway spar, with Steffon dominating the match. Dunk stops to watch. Sweetfoot whinnies.

Steffon kicks Raymun through a fence post.

Steffon holds his sword to Raymun's back as the latter struggles to rise. Raymun makes a counter-attack but Steffon quickly throws it off and slaps Raymun to the ground. As Raymun struggles to get up again, Steffon sees Dunk watching.

Dunk doesn't respond.

Dunk says nothing. Raymun leans against the fence and spits.

Steffon and some of the other men in the arena laugh.

He walks off for another knight. Raymun smiles apologetically and follows him.

Dunk leads the horses along a stream in the woods. He comes across a lone tree near a crumbling stone wall. He bathes in the water nearby, then begins slapping his wet clothes against the stone wall. The horses are shown tied up nearby, with his belongings piled beneath the tree. He sniffs his clothes.

Some time later, he mounts Sweetfoot, leaving the other horses at the tree.

A man stands in front of Red without any pants on. She looks past the man to see Dunk.

Red hands the man his pants back. He leaves and she grabs her things.

She gets up and begins walking away. Dunk follows.

Dunk follows Red into a tent. He trails off as he sees Daisy lying motionless on a table, stones over her eyes. Beony pulls a shroud over her.

Daisy gets up. Dunk jumps.

Daisy lies back down.

The women laugh.

REDL Sorry, lad.

Cut to another, much larger tent. Dunk gets to the front of a line for some ale. He overhears Tanselle's narration of a puppet show nearby.

Dunk approaches the puppet show. Tanselle stands beside a huge dragon puppet. An actor dressed as a knight walks around the puppet.

The puppeteers use pyrotechnics to make the dragon puppet appear to spray fire. The crowd gasps and then applauds. Dunk looks at Tanselle, smitten. She bows to the crowd and seems to make eye contact with him. He leaves after taking another glance at her. As he finishes his drink, Raymun spots and approaches him.

Ryamun leads Dunk to a huge tent. Some men inside play with swords.

The men and some on-lookers laugh as the two spar. A band plays. Raymun pours Dunk a drink. Dunk spots a man with a crown of antlers at the head table.

Raymun walks off.

The attendees quiet down.

Dunk quietly pours himself another drink.

He shrugs and smiles.

He throws a bag of coins onto one of the tables.

The feast resumes. Dunk takes a huge drumstick. Cut to some time later. Tables in the middle of the tent have been cleared for people to dance. Dunk continues to eat from the banquet as the dancing begins. Dunk walks around the crowd. A man next to Lyonel waves him over. Dunk hesitates for a moment before going. Dunk stands awkwardly in front of the table for a moment while no one says anything.

Lyonel laughs.

After a beat, Lyonel laughs. The others at his head table laugh with him after a moment.

Lyonel smiles. Cut to Dunk awkwardly dancing. A woman in the crowd locks arms with him, bringing him into the center of the dancing circle. Lyonel dances erratically among the other dancers. Eventually he and Dunk come face-to-face. Lyonel steps on Dunk's foot. Dunk dodges as Lyonel tries several times to step on his foot again. Eventually, Dunk steps on Lyonel's foot. Lyonel cries out. Dunk looks terrified until Lyonel starts to laugh. The pair resume dancing in the center of the group. The music crescendos as the pair dance around, with Lyonel spinning Dunk several times. The music stops abruptly as it cuts some time later to Lyonel and Dunk sitting at the head table. Dunk wears Lyonel's antler crown and both look tired out.

Lyonel pats Dunk and struggles to get up. He takes his crown back from Dunk and walks into the crowd.

He bumps into a chandelier as he leaves.

Dunk sits for a moment and sighs. He spots Red dancing with Manfred Dondarrion. They leave with another woman, Lia. Dunk gets up. Cut outside. The two women stroke Manfred's hair as Dunk approaches.

Manfred kisses her.

He kisses her.

He waves Dunk off and makes to leave.

A brief flashback shows someone pulling an arrow out of Arlan's belly.

He and Lia walk off. Red takes one last look at Dunk before she goes with them. Dunk looks around dejectedly.

Cut to Dunk arriving back at the elm tree. He spots a fire and approaches cautiously, finding the stable boy from earlier cooking a fish over it.

The boy gets up.

Dunk walks over and puts his shield down.

Dunk puts his sword down and sees his things have been organized.

He nods to the tree.

Some time later, the pair lays on the ground as they prepare to sleep and look at the stars. A shooting star crosses the sky.

Egg turns over and closes his eyes. Dunk says nothing for a moment.

Egg opens his eyes for a moment and smiles. Dunk stares at the sky for a beat before closing his eyes.