>After the next episode, we'll be losing Oberyn, which is sure
>to piss off a lot of people. After that:

Oberyn is a great character mainly because the actor is so charismatic his lost will be surely missed but...

>* The Hound & Arya will be separated

But we well probably get to see her being a lone bad ass in Bravos killing and shit.

>* Tywin dead

Depending on how you feel about Cerscei her story gets more interesting after the death of Tywin.

>* Tyrion will be in Essos with a bunch of uninteresting
>people

We will get another Tyrion road show, possibly the return of another Targaryn and the the Jorah Mormont storyline. Which may be interesting to play those characters off each other.

>* Daenerys will be in Meereen for a LONG time
>

The return of the Dothraki...

>I can see the show losing a lot of viewers. Hopefully they'll
>figure out a way to make it more interesting than what's
>depicted in books 4 & 5.

Plus Lady Stoneheart I hope they do a lot more with her and the brotherhood.