User blog comment:GFobsesser123/The Hiatus/@comment-4784313-20130518144534/@comment-5643286-20130518145034

Dami, but if we keep watching leaks, then there will be MORE hiatuses. We know this one is short, but there will be even longer ones thanks to leaks. When people watch leaks, they go "I've seen this episode already" and the show gets watched in less households and they'll think it's lost fans.

That's the point of hiatuses. "If no one is going to watch them, why continue airing them on a weekly basis?" they say.