Here's how to quickly catch up on 'Game of Thrones' if you've never seen it

For five seasons, "Game of Thrones" has shocked, excited, and appalled millions of viewers. 

And on Sunday, it returns for its sixth season. 

Fans have cheered when favorite characters have won and screamed when they've died, and this next season is sure to bring more of the same. 

For those wondering what this show is about or fans wanting a recap of everything that has transpired in the past five seasons, here's a very brief episode-by-episode breakdown of seasons one through five:

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S1 E1: The Introductions

• Eddard (Ned) Stark honorably kills a Night's Watch deserter but not before receiving the first warning about the White Walkers.
• Direwolf puppies are found and given to the Stark children.
• Ned accepts the offer to become the King's Hand. 
• Daenerys is given to Khal Drogo for marriage and receives three stone dragon eggs as a wedding gift. 
• Jaime pushes Bran out of a tower after the child stumbled upon Jaime engaged in a sexual act with his sister, Cersei. 

S1 E2: The Stark family separates

• Jon Snow leaves Winterfell to join the Night's Watch.
• Ned, Arya, and Sansa depart to King's Landing with the rest of the royal party.
• While he's unconscious, Bran is attacked by an assassin, but is protected by his mother and his direwolf. Catelyn suspects the Lannisters have something to do with Bran's accident, so she leaves to tell Ned. 
• Joffrey shows how awful he is by taunting Arya's friend Mycah and cutting him with a sword. Arya retaliates, and as Joffrey threatens her, her direwolf, Nymeria, jumps to her rescue. 
• Ned kills Sansa's direwolf at Cersei's demand after Nymeria cannot be found. 
• Bran wakes up from a brief coma. 

S1 E3: Ned's investigation begins

• The royal party and Stark family reach King's Landing. 
• Bran doesn't remember that he was pushed. He also learns that he is paralyzed. 
• Catelyn arrives in King's Landing and learns that the assassin's knife belonged to Tyrion Lannister. She tells Ned and he decides to investigate. 
• Daenerys learns that she is pregnant.