User blog comment:LexiLexi/Game of Thrones Season 2 Pictures/@comment-5014364-20120604031742

Did people *honestly* think that Joffrey would die and the Lannisters would be defeated...at the end of Season 2?

This book series currently contains 5 novels and is expected to run for 7 books. They stated they're splitting book 3 into two seasons because its too long.

Even so, they've got enough material to make six seasons, out of a *projected* eight seasons.

How long did people think the story was going to last? This isn't some British "TV series" that lasts all of 10 episodes then ends completely (Community made fun of this recently, how Abed is shocked that the British version of "TV shows" he likes such as "the Office" barely ran for 6 episodes then ended with finality. That isn't a "TV series".  That is a "miniseries".

Did people just not know how many novels were in the book series? Did people who thought the Lannisters would be utterly defeated at the end of this season, realize its based on a longrunning book series?