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.