Ser Duncan is tall, but his story is small. And Ira Parker, showrunner of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdom," HBO's latest entry to the "Game of Thrones" universe that has charmed and disarmed viewers with its humble story of big, raw, aspiring knight Dunk and his tiny, cue ball-bald squire Egg, says it's going to stay that way. "If anything, I'd say Season 2 might feel even smaller," Parker said. "It's not at all busy and everything. There's almost some loneliness creeping into this." Parker spoke from the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, where he's making the second season of the show based on George R.R. Martin's series of novellas about the journeys and adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and his sidekick whose nickname obscures his true identity. After eight sprawling seasons of "Game of Thrones" and two seasons of the almost-as-epic "House of the Dragon," some worried about Westeros fatigue when "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" arrived in January. Instead, it was enthusiastically embraced by fans and plenty of newcomers. People seemed to want a world with no dragons or clashing kings, just an overgrown orphan without a last name trying to become somebody. Everything about the show is scaled down. Season 1 had just six episodes averaging about 35 minutes, all of them centered entirely on Dunk and Egg. "It is 100% a function of the underlying material," Parker said. "We don't want to have to stretch the story. We like building out the world and hanging out with our characters and having some fun in Westeros. But we don't want to have odd little side quests." Smaller stories may be having a moment in elite TV. "The Pitt," last year's best-drama Emmy winner and a favorite to repeat the win, is set almost entirely in one part of one hospital.... Read More