It’s been 19 long, painfully drawn-out months since Game of Thrones last terrorised our screens, and finally last night, winter arrived. “Winterfell,” the season 8 premiere of the HBO hit show, reportedly drew in a staggering 17.4 million viewers – and that’s just on the Sunday night.
We all know that half of the fun of a viral television phenomenon (think Love Island and the World Cup), is the community feel of trawling through social media for the hilarious responses before/after/during an episode – and last night’s debut didn’t disappoint, racking up a surrounding buzz of about 5 million tweets.
From Bran’s beef with Jamie, Cersei’s weird obsession with elephants, and predictions for episode two, here are the best reaction tweets…