Winter is finally here for Indian Game of Thrones fans as the final season finally aired on April 15 morning on Hotstar.
Bengaluru: The final season of Game of Thrones kicked off with a bang on Monday morning in India at 6.30am on Hotstar. Winter came around four hours early for some lucky Game of Thrones fans, who caught the highly-anticipated final season premiere of the epic HBO show on DirecTV Now.
Quiet in the realm.
The final season of is here. pic.twitter.com/k5HxqgNmrO
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first episode of season eight landed on the AT&T-owned service around 5 pm ET, instead of its 9 pm ET premiere time on Sunday.
The episode was live for some users for hours on DirecTV Now, before it was taken down.
THIS IS THE FUCKING JON AND ARYA REUNION I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THANK YOU pic.twitter.com/gW8qI8cGGl
— GOT SPOILERS 🐉 (@emiliacIarked)Besides reports of the first chapter of the last season being live, some users reported that they received a push notification that the episode was ready to be viewed.
"Apparently our system was as excited as we are for Game of Thrones tonight and gave a few DirecTV Now customers early access to the episode by mistake.
A few hours later whole world! 🥳 pic.twitter.com/h67zLvtfjY
— The Lady Of Winterfell (@itslestrange1)"When we became aware of the error, we immediately fixed it and we look forward to tuning in this evening," a representative for AT&T said.
Whether it is hackers getting their hands on future episodes or castings, script summaries and marketing materials of the hit fantasy series, the show has also had a fair share of leaks in the past.
AT&T also now owns HBO.
brb CRYING 😭❤ pic.twitter.com/7SJxxRiXM8
— Binge Mode (@binge_mode)Directed by David Nutter and written by Dave Hill, the episode has a runtime of 54 minutes.
Here are a few reactions from the fans of GOT after watching the first episode.
literally bran this entire episode pic.twitter.com/f9QEacpoti
— 🌸 ✨ (@ljymtbc)
I’ve been waiting for this reunion FOR SO LONG pic.twitter.com/pOsbXjG6tf
— meag (@MeagJensenn)This is exactly what that Ser Jaime and Bran scene felt like 😂 pic.twitter.com/prSQ71C175
— Gru (@Ayodeeta)When you tryin to smash but her dragon won't stop giving you the stank eye pic.twitter.com/FrXvyUi9YX
— alyssanichole (@alyssanichole)S8E1 recap pic.twitter.com/bSwPBFnKAF
— Jae (@JaeYBak)Nobody:
Cersai: I really wanted those elephants. pic.twitter.com/Yi437qs0RU
What do dragons eat anyway?
ANYTHING they want!
Jaime realizing that man in the wheelchair is the kid he pushed out a window:
pic.twitter.com/PToKtj1975
Everybody's giving this point to BUT THE SOUND EDITOR had the real punch line pic.twitter.com/B0I68aOaMW
— virgotex (@BucknerFam)(With Inputs from PTI)
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