If you’ve been curious to learn more about The Dance of Dragons aka the Targaryen Civil War, which the books and the show have referenced but never described in full.
The numbers for Sunday are in, and after the record increase last week, viewership of the initial airing is again highest since the premiere of the season: 7.14 million, just a tad over the previous 7 million.
More and more, it seems like Benioff and Weiss are trolling fans and baiting critics with fodder for hot takes — especially in instances when the events of the show wildly diverge from what happens in the books.