If you are willing to wait, there is a legal option - your local library. torrenting is for people who cannot delay gratification.
The legal option is often non-existent. Most people are content delaying gratification for a reasonable time not years. TV series and box sets are hardly ever bought with ever decreasing public funding. Just checked Game of Thrones box set at Cambridge Central library, the biggest library in the county. They don't have a single season in their catalogue. When there are popular items there is often a long waiting list as libraries don't want to by multiple copies which will take up space after the popularity drops off.
Therefore, torrenting is also for people who have not been given a sensible option.
Wow, sorry to hear that. Here in San Francisco, I can watch GoT via the public library alone.
