The season finale of “House of the Dragon” leaked to torrent sites early Friday, two days before it airs on HBO and HBO Max.
“We are aware that the tenth episode of House of the Dragon has been posted to illegal torrent sites,” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement to TheWrap. “It appears to have originated from a distribution partner in the EMEA region. HBO is aggressively monitoring and pulling these copies off the Internet. We are disappointed that this illegal action has made the show difficult to watch for loyal fans.” who will get to see a pristine version of the episode when it premieres Sunday on HBO and HBO Max, where it will stream exclusively in 4K.”
The franchise is no stranger to leaks as past episodes of “Game of Thrones” have been leaked online prior to their airing. The 8th and final season of ‘Game of Thrones’ alone had about 4 leaks.
The current season one finale of “House of the Dragon” is titled “The Black Queen”.
The central conflict of the “House of the Dragon” is that of who would seize the Iron Throne after King Viserys I, which in George R.R. Martin’s books of history resulted in a great civil war that tore the Targaryen family apart.
On the one hand there were those who supported Viserys’ daughter Rainera Targaryen (Emma d’Arcy), and on the other were those who thought that Viserys’ eldest son was being killed by his second wife, Queen Alicente (played on the show by Olivia Cooke). Should take Throne.