At this point I don't trust TV shows to be anything but sprinboards for subsequent creativity: you know the show's going to go rotten sooner or later, mostly ea

At this point I don't trust TV shows to be anything but sprinboards for subsequent creativity: you know the show's going to go rotten sooner or later, mostly each new season is a step down in quality and consistency. So the best thing to do is to take the story into your own hands for further what-if discussions. An example: Jon Snow gets stabbed and somehow next season comes back from the dead... Well no sir, he is actually being replaced by the faceless man, Arya won't be fooled but all others will. Just take the story from there and have fun discussing what happens next. Same for Stranger Things after season one...