--- ---  # Kit Harington Gave Away a Major _Game of Thrones_ Spoiler Back in January ## Video: Is 'Games of Thrones' Treatment Of Women Too Much? [Watch (HLS stream): Is 'Games of Thrones' Treatment Of Women Too Much?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vn6UV5cw.m3u8) (2:05)  _Published 2015-06-12. This season of 'Game of Thrones' has been brutal towards women. But is it too much?_  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 15, 2015 2:36 PM UTC  Mike Marsland — Getty Images/HBO  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 15, 2015 2:36 PM UTC _Game of Thrones_ fans shouldn’t have been [so shocked](http://time.com/3921104/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-olly/) to see [Jon Snow](http://time.com/3921103/game-of-thrones-jon-snow/) killed off last night’s [season five finale](http://time.com/3921477/game-of-thrones-actor-reactions/). There were plenty of signs: Sam assuring Olly that Jon Snow always comes back, Olly’s glares, the fact that heroic characters on _Game of Thrones_ always meet untimely ends. But the biggest spoiler at all came from actor Kit Harington himself when he cut his hair. Harington [chopped off Jon Snow’s signature locks](http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/01/08/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-hair-spoilers/) last winter, immediately prompting fans to question the character’s fate. Harington had [often complained](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/game-of-thrones-star-kit-harington-regrets-having-to-keep-his-hair-long-for-hbo-show-9948539.html) that he wasn’t allowed to cut his hair while he was on the show, so the new look seemed a sure sign that he would not be returning for season six. Turns out, the fans were right. As Harington [told](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14/game-thrones-jon-dies-interview) Entertainment Weekly, Jon really is dead, all warging theories aside. This isn’t the first time an actor has accidentally spoiled a plot line on the show. Last year, Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) posted a photo with Pedro Pascal that hinted at Prince Oberyn’s fate two months before the head-crushing episode actually aired. _Read next:_ [_In Game of Thrones, Even the Consequences Have Consequences_](http://time.com/3921173/game-of-thrones-season-five-finale-review/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ### See The Real-Life People Who Inspired Game of Thrones Characters  From left: Cersei and Margaret of Anjou HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Khaleesi and Queen Elizabeth I. HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Melisandre and Bloody Mary Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Talisa Stark and Anne Boleyn. Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Brienne of Tarth and Joan of Arc. HBO; DeAgostini—Getty Images  From left: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon. HBO; Getty Images  From left: Joffrey and Caligula. 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