Apartment Building Turns Into 'House of the Dragon' Premiere in Viral Video

One eagle-eyed House of the Dragon fan noticed something quaint when walking past an apartment building in New York.

The much anticipated spinoff series to HBO's Game of Thrones premiered Sunday with nearly 10 million people tuning in — a record for a debut show on the cable channel.

House of the Dragon is the first offering from the world of Westeros since Game of Thrones ended in 2019, as author George R.R. Martin has still left fans waiting as he writes the next book book in the series on which the TV shows are based.

So, it makes sense plenty of people were keen to watch the new show about the story of civil war in the House of Targaryen, whose events will eventually lead to the Song of Ice and Fire, the events in the Game of Thrones.

One man walking through New York City noticed the lights from TV screens in one apartment building seemed to be synchronized and then realized the different living rooms must have all been tuning in to the show's premiere episode.

TikTok user Brett Hanfling shared the incredible footage showing the screens flickering in harmony as he played the original Game of Thrones theme tune under the video.

"This is incredible! All of these apartments watching Thrones at the same time," Hanfling wrote over the video.

He also captioned the post: "Follow the lights ? also this new show is awesome!"

The video was then shared to Twitter where the official House of the Dragon account shared it.

"All the dragons roared as one," it tweeted.

House of the Dragon debuted Sunday, and fan reaction to the expected dragons, violence and, of course, sex, was immediate.

The show explores the beginnings of the bloody civil war that broke out between the Targaryen family, known as the Dance of the Dragons, which almost destroyed the dragon-wielding house.

One of the main players in the war is Daemon Targaryen, played by Matt Smith, who is best known as BBC's Doctor Who and as Prince Philip in the first two series of Netflix's The Crown.

The British star shocked fans during the premiere when he bared more of himself than ever before.

During a steamy moment in a brothel with a sex worker named Mystaria, who seems to be the younger Targaryen's love interest away from his wife, Daemon revealed a lot of skin but couldn't quite see the job through.

As he got up in frustration, viewers got almost an eyeful of the sadistic prince's crown jewels, but he covered himself up quickly to sulk on the windowsill as his lover attempted to comfort him.

Some fans were distracted by seeing the actor they know as "Doctor Who" in such an intimate light.

"The House of Dragon [sic] pilot was hella good but I'm not going to lie it was weird watching Doctor Who having intense sex. Like I legit could have went my whole life without seeing that," said one.

Opinions ranged the gamut, from people commenting on the attractiveness of Smith as Daemon Targaryen to fans saying they didn't need to see any more such scenes.

"We don't need anymore sex scenes with Daemon please and thank you," said one person.

"House of the Dragon" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.