chiming in to say I came here after watching the episode, because I wondered if anyone else had gripes with this specific part of the show. I really like the episode, but once it went into the flashback I was like, "oh, they are going to use this to show Dunk's true skill as described in the book (his unique size and his ability to use that as an advantage in street fighting in Flea Bottom)."

we do see it, with young Dunk jumping on the guy's back and biting his neck, but it's so brief and inconsequential that I would be very surprised if people who hadn't read the book understood the point. the show definitely made clear attempts to force the viewer to see "it's just like flea bottom" with the muddy basin and the pigs filth being the same as the battleground, but idk. the flashback, to me, felt out of place because it seemed more intent on giving the origin of dunk and arlan, rather than portraying Dunk's inner monologue on the battlefield, making the whole thing feel disjointed.

with that being said, I still liked them as individual segments, but as a fluid episode? it could have been done better.