The sixth season of the most highly anticipated HBO series, Game of Thrones, is premiering its first episode of its latest installment on April 24. In preparation for this special event, HBO has decided to release each of the current 50 episodes in order up to the release of season six. 

This great idea started when the Game of Thrones Twitter account tweeted, “50 days. 50 episodes. Count down to Season 6. #GoT50.” Each season of GoT consists of 10 hour-long episodes, and there have been five seasons total, hence 50 episodes.

“I think it was a big mistake on the creators and writer George R. R. Martin’s part to decide to kill off [Jon] Snow. I feel like part of the show will be missing without him. It just won’t be the same watching the show, but I am still super excited for season six,” junior Brandon Ho said, who is an avid viewer of GoT.

Thousands of Twitter users worldwide who are fans of GoT took part in the support of this event and tweeted #GoT50, which ended up trending worldwide on Twitter. Game of Thrones is a fantasy drama series that is based off George R. R. Martin’s series of novels that started with A Song of Ice and Fire.

The show itself is for older audiences because of the very graphic material and sexual content. GoT is notoriously known for killing off main characters that the viewer base have grown attached to.

SPOILER ALERT: A perfect example of this was in the ending of season five when one of the main characters, Jon Snow, was betrayed and murdered.

This caused an uproar all over social media; from grief to anger, GoT fans from all over the world took to Twitter and Facebook and shared their opinion on the matter.

There has been a large amount of speculation on whether Jon Snow will come back, or if he is dead for good.

Viewers know that at the end of season five Snow is actually dead, but there are opinions and theories on multiple ways in which he could come back to life, which is possible in this fantasy world. The actor of Snow, Kit Harington, said in interviews that he wouldn’t be present in season six except in the appearance of his corpse. This left thousands of viewers disheveled and without hope for the return of their favorite character.

If you have not watched the show and wants to take part in the 50 day countdown, they can watch the first few episodes they missed and jump right in. Although, warning, the show is highly addictive and can result in binge watching.