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"Game of Thrones" (HBO)

“Game of Thrones” politics: “What great thing has ever been accomplished without killing or cruelty?”

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(HBO/Helen Sloan)

“Game of Thrones” politics: When alliances aren’t about friendship — they’re about survival

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Dean-Charles Chapman and Lena Headey in "Game of Thrones" (HBO)

“Game of Thrones” politics: “All rulers are butchers — or meat”

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DeObia Oparei in "Game of Thrones" (HBO)

“Game of Thrones” politics: Secret missions, desperate lies and the dangerous art of the double-cross

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Finn Jones in "Game of Thrones" (HBO)

How “Game of Thrones” ruined Loras Tyrell: HBO’s “gay cartoon” is so much more in the books

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Kit Harrington as Jon Snow in HBO's "Game of Thrones." (Helen Sloan/courtesy HBO)

“Game of Thrones” politics: The perils of cultural assimilation during war

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Carice van Houten; Jonathan Pryce in "Game of Thrones" (HBO)

“Game of Thrones” politics: When the faithful become militant, the crown can lose control

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Sophie Turner and Aidan Gillen in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Helen Sloan)

“Game of Thrones” politics: War makes for strange bedfellows, indeed

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Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington and Lena Headey in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Helen Sloan)

“Game of Thrones” politics: Is a fair and just ruler possible for Westeros?

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