This Collider feature by Tyler B. Searle revisits HBO's *Game of Thrones*, the hugely popular fantasy series based on George R. R. Martin's *A Song of Ice and Fire*, and highlights eight plot threads the show left dangling. The piece frames these loose ends against the widely held view that the series declined sharply in quality once the writers outran Martin's published books, culminating in a finale regarded as one of the most disliked in television history. It argues that these questions are likely to remain unresolved, given HBO's focus on spin-offs and the continued absence of Martin's next novel, *The Winds of Winter*.

The article works through specific mysteries, several tied to Daenerys Targaryen's storyline. It questions the identity of the new Prince of Dorne (played by Toby Osmond), who appears only to endorse Bran Stark as king after the Sand Snakes' Dornish plot fizzled out; the fate of Quaithe, the masked clairvoyant who warns Jorah Mormont before vanishing as the show downplayed magic; and where Drogon flew after melting the Iron Throne and carrying off Daenerys's body, last seen heading east towards Volantis. It also raises the unexplained disappearance of Illyrio Mopatis, the Pentoshi magister who sheltered Daenerys and Viserys and who was hinted to be part of a wider conspiracy with Varys before being dropped from the narrative. The text provided cuts off partway through, listing four of the promised eight questions.