Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20170711185610/@comment-995426-20170714102057

It's simple: Don't speculate. Avoid unconfirmed future details. You can't always rely on a show to follow through on something previous episodes built. There are all sorts of reasons for this&mdash;showrunners change their minds, writers change things, actors have scheduling conflicts, etc. You have to remember that this is a work of fiction being managed by production staff, and an episode's apparent plot coupon does not necessarily mean it's actually going to happen. This show in particular has a history of abandoning plot elements and never addressing them again, or even drastically retooling them or retconning new details that directly contradict older episodes. No detail can be referenced unless it has been officially announced in advance, and even then, this can change if the final result is different from what they said it would be.