http://www.npr.org/2015/06/11/413681681/do-critics-of-violence-and-sex-in-hbos-game-of-thrones-miss-the-point

There is a fine line," says Eric Deggans, "between criticizing a show because it is gratuitously violent – especially regarding rape and sexual violence – and rejecting a show because it presents something you don't want to see. Sometimes, I fear, a show dedicated to the explicit exploration of brutality in a ruthless world absolutely must show you things you'd rather not see." PLUS: The problem this season is that female characters became impotent (http://time.com/3917236/game-of-thrones-woman-problem-feminism/), the book debate (http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/game-of-thrones-adaptation-debate.html) is distracting from the TV show, has GoT made Arya incompetent (http://www.vox.com/2015/6/12/8771053/game-of-thrones-arya-assassin) this season?, this has been GoT's most-watched season (http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/game-of-thrones-is-huger-than-ever#.byE26yjry) despite all the controversy, why giving up on Game of Thrones (http://decider.com/2015/06/10/in-praise-of-being-out-of-the-loop) is so freeing, an open letter to the White Walker army (http://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/an-open-letter-to-the-white-walker-army?mbid=social_twitter), how GoT's sound editor (http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/interviews/a35533/game-of-thrones-sound-editor) brought the White Walkers to life, inside the music of Season 5, and inside the creation of the dragon attack (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/emmys-how-game-thrones-created-801690).