'Game of Thrones' makes an epic return

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former redhead Sansa remains a brunette. Tyrion grows a beard. East and West shall meet. And, once again, more will die gruesome deaths.

Welcome to season five of the cult TV series "Game of Thrones," which premieres Sunday worldwide to a rapturous global following.

So popular is the medieval-flavored saga of blood, sex and treason that HBO is airing the new season simultaneously in 170 countries.

New York fans who tune in Sunday at 9:00 p.m. will thus see the same action as counterparts in London who stay up into the wee hours of Monday.

The globe-girdling simulcast is HBO’s response to "Game of Thrones" being the world’s most pirated TV program.

The season four finale was illegally downloaded eight million times, according to file-sharing news site TorrentFreak, a nightmare for HBO’s marketers but a tribute to the show’s appeal.

Adapted from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy saga by George R.R. Martin, "Game of Thrones" revolves around a ruthless power struggle between noble families who covet the Iron Throne in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

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-- The Nation 2015-04-10

I can't wait......love the series.

One of the best ever

I don't watch much TV but I watch this.

Can't wait

Anywhere to watch this online?

whatch online I don't know but to download is really easy.

Love the series.!

Here are two sites I use:

Just close all the pop-ups and you will be okay!

I hope this helps!

PS; any San Diego Charger fan in Thailand?

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I watch series online, not only Game of thrones but a lot more like sons of Anarchy, the walking dead, homeland on Popcorn time. A freeware program that has the latest movies and series.

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Links to sites have been removed. This is the rule:

3) You will not post about activities or links to websites containing such material that are illegal in Thailand. This includes but is not limited to: gambling, betting, pornography, illegal drugs, fake goods/clothing, file sharing of pirated material, pyramid schemes, etc. Discussion of the above is permitted only as news items, but never as a "how to" topic.

Ahhhh....Danearis Targarian (the dragon lady)...what a BABE!

I've recently read that the main cast has signed contracts to do a seventh series!!!! Yay.

Its one of the only tv series that follows the books. However the books as usual have so much more content. My Gf asked what I was thinking about getting her for her Birthday and I told her I would be buying her all the books in Thai.....Crestfallen.

How does a "cult TV series" have a rapturous global following and have a single episode illegally downloaded 8 million times?

I suppose all the TV viewers on Mars, Neptune and around other stars in the Milky Way aren't watching, thus the global following is merely a cult:

"A film, book, musical artist, television series or video game, among other things, will be said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fanbase."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_following

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I can't wait......love the series.

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I don't watch much TV but I watch this.
Can't wait

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whatch online I don't know but to download is really easy.

Love the series.!

The first four episodes are available to those who do choose to download. Rumors are that the entire season has already been leaked.