Leave Kit Harington (and his glorious hair) alone: The case for knowing nothing about Jon Snow

Over-eager Game of Thrones fans are stalking Harington to find out whether his character is really dead. Why not just let the show run its course?

Kit Harrington as Jon Snow
(Image credit: Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO)

Game of Thrones' fifth season finale on HBO ended, customarily, with a shocking cliffhanger: the apparent death of Jon Snow. It was yet another buzzy moment in a show that's been full of buzzy moments. But for fans who had read the books upon which the show is based, the cliffhanger was a major benchmark for an entirely different reason: It was the last truly massive twist in A Dance With Dragons, the last published book in George R.R. Martin's series of novels.

Jon Snow's death should basically have marked the end of Game of Thrones spoilers. Now that the TV show had caught up with the books, what was left to be spoiled?

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.