Game Of Thrones fans sure are excited for the upcoming eighth and final season – so excited, in fact, that they watched the trailer 81 million times in just 24 hours.
The trailer launched on Tuesday, and was the first real glimpse at what fans can expect when the show returns in late April.
And according to HBO, the anticipation is real because it was viewed an incredible 81 million times across all platforms (including YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter).
HBO says this is a record – the previous record holder was the season seven trailer for Game Of Thrones and that racked up 61 million views in 24 hours.
After the epic two-minute long minefield of jaw-dropping scenes from season eight dropped, immediately fans were freaking out for poor Arya Stark (played by Maisie Williams) who opened the promo by legging it for her life.
But what was she running from?
The young warrior appeared to be alone in House Stark while the rest of Westeros went to war with The Night King (Vladimir Furdik) and his army of the dead.
However, there’s been speculation from fans since the beginning of Game Of Thrones over what is actually hiding in the Winterfell crypt, which Arya, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) explored in a recent teaser – minus Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), which caused all sorts of panic.
The trailer comes just over a month before the release date and after two symbolic teasers – one of fire and ice battling over Westeros and another in the Winterfell crypt – neither of which actually contain any new footage.
But that’s all changed with this footage, and poor Arya seems to be going through hell.
‘I know death. It’s got many faces. I look forward to seeing this one,’ she ominously says, while elsewhere Daenerys and Jon ride into battle side by side, and Sansa Stark gets a good look at the dragons.
And it looks like Jaime’s made the transition into full on good guy as he declares: ‘I promised to fight for the living, I intend to keep that promise’.
Game Of Thrones returns to Sky Atlantic and NOW TV on 15 April.
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