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Any fear that creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy might have had about Westworld’s ratings performance has been quashed with news that the new HBO drama has received record-breaking numbers, besting even Game of Thrones.

The show’s October premiere, “The Original,” scored 3.3 million viewers after two airings and early streaming availability, reports Uproxx. But with a hefty price tag on production, the series needed to be a steady ratings hit for not only a second season renewal, but a total of five seasons that Nolan and Joy have said they’ve already mapped out for the rest of the show.

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Good thing then that Westworld’s finale, “The Bicameral Mind,” aired Sunday to a series high with 2.2 million viewers, up 7 per cent from the penultimate “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” reports Deadline.

If you include numbers from HBO Go, HBO Now, personal DVRs and replays, the finale’s final total comes in at a whopping 3.6 million.