DirecTV drops the first episode of Game of Thrones season 8 early—Talk about it here
By Dan Selcke
Oh, HBO. You came so close.
It seems that the Game of Thrones season 8 premiere — which still doesn’t officially have a title — has leaked. But before you wonder who did it, according to Insider, it was just a mistake: if you happen to subscribe to AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming service, you were able to watch the episode four hours early; it’s not supposed to premiere until 8:00 p.m. CST tonight.
Whoops.
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This kind of thing has happened to HBO before; whether it’s a hacker disseminating an episode ahead of time or some affiliate jumping the gun, the network just can’t seem to avoid problems like this. People are posting images of them watching the episode to show that this is for real. Beware potential SPOILERS ahead:
So this is season 8. I think @directvnow screwed up. But I get to watch @GameOfThrones 3 hours early. pic.twitter.com/j13hJL1its
— Coach Carle (@Coach_Carle) April 14, 2019
Honestly, I feel bad for HBO. They worked so hard to prevent this kind of thing…
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But hey, now that the episode is out there, if you’ve seen it, feel free to discuss it below! And if you’d rather wait, you can chat about it in our episode preview post, which is a spoiler-free zone. And if you just wanna wait until after the rest of the world has seen the episode, we’ll be back later with all manner of takes. Enjoy!
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