Game of Thrones understandably kept Season 6 episodes under lock and key, so as to avoid any remote leak of Jon Snow’s fate.
Entertainment Weekly confirmed what recappers and readers have dreaded all year, that Game of Thrones will make no Season 7 episodes available in advance of their official premieres.
Season 7 has nowhere near the immediate cliffhanger to address, but nonetheless won’t take the chance of early screeners, likely ever again.
And hey, maybe one day we’ll find out if Season 7 actually spoils anything in George R.R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter.