• Update, May 7: Less than 48 hours after the episode aired, HBO removed the coffee cup from the scene.

“Game of Thrones” is one of the most expensive and elaborately produced television shows ever. And yet.

During Sunday night’s episode, a disposable coffee cup could briefly be seen sitting on a table at Winterfell. The modern-day item was jarringly out of place amid candlelit chandeliers and goblets of Dornish wine.

The cup, which appeared in front of Daenerys Targaryen for only a few seconds, may have gone unnoticed by the show’s vast production team — but not by its millions of fans. Like most things in the final season of “Game of Thrones,” the item was quickly spotted, and its cameo was dissected, overanalyzed and made into memes.