{"id":980710,"date":"2025-10-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=980710"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:53:51","slug":"knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-perfect-episodic-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/tv\/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-perfect-episodic-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Will Have the Perfect Episodic Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We already know that HBO\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/game-of-thrones\/\"><em>Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>prequel, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms\/\">A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/a>, <\/em>will break from its predecessors in several important ways. The series, which is based on author George R. R. 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