The HBO series sees an increase of 48 percent in comparison to last season’s second episode.

HBO’s Game of Thrones attracted 6.3 million total viewers with the second episode of the fourth season. This means that there was an increase of 48% for the fourth season’s second episode as compared to the third season’s.

The series, which revealed a major death on Sunday, added 1.7 million total viewers with the replay of the episode later on Sunday, bringing the ratings to a number of 8 million viewers, as noted by Deadline.

The last episode of Game of Thrones gained a record-breaking number of 6.6 million viewers and it was the most watched event since The Sopranos series finale in 2007 (which drew 11.9 million viewers).