Final episode leak frustrates "House of the Dragon" fans

The second season of "House of the Dragon" had several controversial, intense moments. Recently, many viewers were upset by a scene of two characters kissing, and earlier, there was a lot of emotion in the sex scenes, which was certainly not lacking in the show. We wrote about the one from the third episode, regarding the passions between series characters Alicent and Ser Criston Cole. Actress Olivia Cooke even admitted in an interview with the media that a "wild sex scene" was cut because it would have been too much. All this translates into a huge interest in the production. The first episode of this series attracted 7.8 million viewers. According to the latest data presented by "Variety," among others, "House of the Dragon" now has a viewership level of 25 million viewers. Will the leak change everything?

It happened. The last, the eighth episode of "House of the Dragon," surfaced online several good days before the premiere. From Tuesday to Wednesday, several long clips surfaced that should not have seen the light of day until Sunday evening when the episode was premiered to North Americans on HBO. It is unknown how the episode made its way to social media. On the web, specifically starting on TikTok, videos appeared likely recorded by phone.

As reported by ComicBook.com, the account where the videos from the premiere episode appeared is followed by 100,000 users. The materials were deleted, but nothing disappeared from the web, and a superficial scroll through TikTok was enough to find spoilers for the final episode. "I'm really fed up with this. Why is this happening?" - one of the TikTok users asks, pointing out that some viewers cannot withstand the tension of waiting for the next episode, being used to many productions being released in full.

Remember that this is not the first time an HBO production has hit the web prematurely and illegally. The same thing happened in 2022 before the finale of the first season. At the time, HBO stated that it "aggressively monitors and removes copies from the Internet." Even earlier, in 2017, one of the episodes of the 7th season of "Game of Thrones" hit the net, impacting the series' viewership.