With only 13 episodes left until Game of Thrones leaves our screens forever (or at least until the spinoffs arrive), you can’t blame us for wanting to savor every bloody minute in Westeros we have left.
Which is why everyone is currently freaking out over the Telegraph‘s eagle-eyed observation that the Season 7 premiere will be 59 minutes in length, at least according to a listing on HBO’s online schedule.
Because this is 2017 on the internet, the headline is unabashedly hyperbolic — while 59 minutes is on the longer end of the scale for a season opener, it’s not the show’s longest premiere everThrones‘ very first episode is still its lengthiest season premiere — clocking in at 62 minutes, according to HBO’s listings — while the Season 4 premiere, “Two Swords,” is also listed at 59 minutes. Read more…
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