After an extended wait, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the third live-action series set in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire universe, is finally out. For the reason that show is following a weekly release schedule, only the primary episode is out there to this point. The series premiere, titled The Hedge Knight, has already received strong critical acclaim, scoring a formidable 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Nevertheless, the larger query is: what do viewers think? More specifically, how does the show’s IMDb user rating compare with the premieres of its predecessors – Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon? Let’s discover.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms vs. Game of Thrones & House of the Dragon Pilots – IMDb Rating Comparison
On the time of writing, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms holds a solid IMDb user rating of 8.4/10, suggesting that audiences have responded very positively to its premiere. Now, let’s see how its pilot episode compares with the opening chapters of its predecessors:
- Game of Thrones E1 (Winter is Coming): 8.9/10
- House of the Dragon E1 (The Heirs of the Dragon): 8.7/10
Based on these numbers, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms currently trails Game of Thrones by 0.5 points and sits 0.3 points behind House of the Dragon. Since more viewers are still prone to rate the episode in the approaching days, the rating may fluctuate barely, although a significant shift appears unlikely.
How It Compares With Some Of The Highly Rated Pilots
To place things into perspective, listed here are some popular and highly rated pilot episodes in American television, together with their IMDb user rankings:
- Fargo (The Crocodile’s Dilemma): 9.3/10
- The Walking Dead (Days Gone Bye): 9.2/10
- Breaking Bad (Pilot): 9.1/10
- Lost (Pilot: Part 1): 9.1/10
- True Detective (The Long Vivid Dark): 8.9/10
Because the numbers show, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will not be on the very top of this pilot list with its 8.4/10, but that doesn’t take away from how strongly it has opened. In actual fact, an 8+ rating for a debut episode remains to be a significant win, especially for a brand new spinoff entering a franchise with massive expectations. Now, it’ll be interesting to see whether the rating holds regular or climbs further, as more episodes arrive in the approaching weeks.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Solid, Plot & Storyline
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg, the fantasy drama follows the perilous journey of an unlikely duo – the wandering hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his sharp young squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell). Set nearly 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series explores a Westeros that remains to be under Targaryen rule.
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