Last week, HBO appeared to have successfully shut down a Spanish YouTuber who was describing the plots of each Season 6 episode before they aired. It looked as if the network had won the piracy war once and for all…until last night, when HBO Nordic apparently uploaded and made this Sunday’s episode, “The Door,” available hours early. According to a Reddit user, who found it early on, “It’s online right now, if you want to go and watch it, but they might remove it soon. Someone probably messed up by putting it there.” It’s since spread to piracy sites.
Naturally, spoilers are also out there, so don’t click that link unless you can’t wait until tonight.
According to TorrentFreak‘s sources, this was not a deliberate act of piracy, but a total accident—and they confirm, for those who want to believe this a hoax, that the episode out there is legit.
TorrentFreak notes the irony of the leak coming from an HBO site, especially after the network went to such lengths this season to keep spoilers on lock. “Perhaps the company should take a good look at its internal policies as well.” One gets the feeling they very well might.
A quick scan of the usual suspects actually suggests that HBO has been already around with the takedown notices, and some places have removed them. Others have not. No, don’t ask us which. If you have to ask, it’s probably better for the health of your computer that you don’t know.
A note on discussion: In the interest of containing spoilers in one place, feel free to discuss the episode here. Please do not post links to piracy sites.