Why It Matters That HBO Go Crashed Again During 'Game of Thrones'

Dany with all 3 dragons It was nice of Game of Thrones to start the episode with a 2-minute sizzle reel of all our favorite characters dying. Then–I believe for the first time–there was a scene before the credits. It was a nice 

All hail HBO's Game of Thrones. The fourth-season premiere of the fantasy delivered the show's biggest audience yet: 6.6 million viewers. That makes Sunday's Thrones HBO's most-watched program since The Sopranos' 

To find out what helped the series become such a phenomenon, we have to go back to Season 2's climatic “Blackwater” episode. “Blackwater” not only brought Thrones to the masses; it was also one of the most costly episodes ever produced for television.

There aren't a lot of surprises in the season four opener. In large part, the episode is more concerned with planting us firmly back in Westeros and showing us where things stand after all the horrible events that crowded the 

HBO's sprawling, epic fantasy drama hit Game of Thrones returns for its fourth season on April 6, and the one thing fans will realize – as they do every year – is just how many plates are spinning in this series. It's incredibly