Los Angeles: The season two finale of ‘House of the Dragon’ found its way on the internet, just five days ahead of its premiere. Following broadcaster HBO said then that it was aggressively monitoring and removing clips online so that fans could watch the episode in its entirety on Sunday.
According to ‘Variety’, HBO said that an international third-party distributor shared the clips from the fantasy drama ‘unintentionally’.
“We are aware that clips from the ‘House of the Dragon’ season finale have surfaced across social media platforms. The clips were posted after an unintentional release from an international third-party distributor. HBO is aggressively monitoring and removing clips from the internet and fans can watch the episode in its entirety this Sunday night on HBO and streamer ‘Max’,” the network said in a statement.
Several scenes from the second season leaked onto ‘TikTok’ on Tuesday night. One ‘TikTok’ account posted 14 videos and roughly 30 minutes of footage from the unaired finale. The videos had garnered approximately 50,000 to 100,000 views at the time ‘Variety’ published its report. Roughly three hours after the clips were posted, the ‘TikTok’ account was banned, but videos had already made their way to other social media platforms like ‘X’ and ‘Reddit’ by then.
HBO had tried nipping piracy in the bud by not sending screeners of the ‘House of the Dragon’ season two finale to journalists but to no avail.