There's not much in this show to begin with. The only real characters to have any development are the Lannister children. The Starks have been flat in their noble quest for justice.
I think his current mission is to find the 3-eyed raven which will ultimately go into defeating the White Walkers.
I saw on Reddit that Game of Thrones got reconfirmed for four (I think) more seasons and a movie!! Idk if the movie is going to wrap up the series or what, but there were also rumors that the movie would be about Robert's Rebellion before the events of Game of Thrones took place.
By the end of its initial run, they should try the Star Trek route. Game of Thrones universe and fanbase are growing fast and George Martin being on Conan help boost even more viewership. Can you imagine that epic bad ass opening theme expanded onto the big screen?
Interesting rundown about the future of the series. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/06/09/game-of-thrones-future/
Going by the amount of remaining material---the last two books will probably be 1500 pages apiece (I still say he should split them up)---there's a lot of TV there. But you can't go until the kids are all 23 years old. I wonder if HBO will greenlight 12-episode seasons. (I wish.) Although then you'd still have the problem of catching up to the books.
The episode was meh. My favorite parts were Arya going aggravated on the Frey dude, Davos and Gendry, and the one true King Stannis, AKA the most hardcore dude in Westeros. What the hell was up with the ending? That was pretty damn lame. Now, the long wait until season 4.
Arya, Jon Snow, Sansa have no character development? If you remember, Bran before he lost his legs wanted to be a Knight I believe. So it is likely more of him just wanting to be a hero and do good for the world.
I've been wondering this too. true blood - 12 episodes/season boardwalk empire - 12 episodes/season treme - 10-11 episodes/season entourage - 8-12 episodes/season, 14 episodes one season the sopranos - 13 episodes most seasons the wire - 12-13 episodes/season i don't think 12 would be too many, there's certainly enough content in the books.
Charles Dance has range Spoiler <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TbwroS0YP54" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
People will take White Walkers seriously, especially when the Commander of the Night's Watch has been murdered North of the wall due to discord amongst themselves.
I'm spoilering this just in case, but this is stuff from the books that was changed. We're already past that point in the show. Spoiler Ramsay Snow first appeared in the books as a character named "Reek". At one point, Ramsay had another servant named Reek. Ramsay had committed many atrocities and Ser Rodrik (Winterfell's old Master at Arms who died in Season 2) tried to put a stop to it. But Ramsay evaded death by switching places with Reek who (thought to be Ramsay) is put to death. None of this is known until later. Ramsay/Reek is brought to Winterfell as a prisoner. Theon later captures Winterfell and frees Reek in exchange Reek's allegiance. Reek helps Theon in his hunt for the escaped Bran and Rickon and helps orchestrate the cover up, where they killed and tarred farmer boys in their place. Many northmen, led by Ser Rodrik revolt and Theon is facing losing Winterfell. Reek offers to go to the Dreadfort (home of House Bolton) to buy reinforcements and Theon agrees. Ramsay returns and slices through the northmen (who thought he was an ally, being from House Bolton who was allied with Robb). Using Ser Rodrik's corpse as proof of loyalty, Theon allows the Dreadfort host to pass into Winterfell where Ramsay reveals his true identity. Ramsay then ransacks Winterfell and takes Theon captive, taking him back to the Dreadfort where he is tortured.. By the time we see Theon again (which is awhile), he's a shell of his former self, having gone through all the torture we saw him go through this season (and more). And by that point, Ramsay had already turned Theon into the new "Reek".
