Viral Video: Here's to Awkward Family Viewing of "Girls"

HBO just released a series of truly painful (and hysterical) ads to encourage millennials to use HBO Go, which allows a subscriber to watch shows on the premium cable network on mobile devices.

You know, instead of having to watch that umpteenth sex scene from “Girls” with your mom sitting next to you.

Or worse, having to explain who is up and who is down in Westeros in “Game of Thrones.”

Enjoy — there are seven in all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_wuFgbymME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9_wAcOxWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52GiLGp7qA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6xGnuT3vvg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n788zHr0U8o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKnwouBWKg8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPISkbzY-bk

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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