For Game of Thrones fans, there is basically no off-season. When the show isn’t airing, or the theorizing subreddits aren’t churning, there are still casting rumors to chase, filming details to parse, and massive plot leaks to debunk or debate. It’s an all-year sport, and the team at Watchers on the Wall plays it better than anybody.

They seem to know everything — where cast members are eating dinner and who they’re talking to; what set-design details might indicate about a storyline; nearly every single beat of a climactic episode months before it airs — all with a team of about 15 people, most of whom have other full-time jobs.

To get a better idea of a day in the life of a Game of Thrones news guru, we spoke to the site’s…

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