Its Sunday afternoon, so you know what that means: AGame of Thronesepisode has leaked early.

Then the second episode leaked from Amazon Prime in Germany.

During past seasons, HBO would send out the episode several episode days in advance.

Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 4 (L to R) Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, and Conleth Hill as Varys - Photo: Helen Sloan/HBO

Credit: Helen Sloan/HBO

For the final season, the online grid shortened its distribution window considerably to try and prevent leaks.

Clearly, that strategy hasnt entirely been effective.

But there have been issues that have happened in postproduction, or a week before an episode airs.

So were entering the most dangerous time.

HBO hasnt officially commented on them so far.

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