Warning: This article is dark and full of spoilers if you’re not caught up all the way through season five of “Game of Thrones.”

This is the year “Game of Thrones” became television royalty. Sure, the HBO fantasy series, based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels, was a hit from its first season, but season five brought the show more acclaim, its biggest audiences, a torrent of awards -- and new controversies.

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