If we had our way, Game of Thrones would go on forever. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, and according to a Variety interview with executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones is approaching that end more quickly than any of us would like. Benioff said, “We could go another four years. But the one thing that really got us excited when we pitched this to HBO was that this isn’t just a regular series. It’s a real story with a beginning, a middle, and an end.” It also doesn’t help that if the show continues much longer, Weiss and Benioff will no longer be able to use the framework from the books as the show is on-pace to catch up sooner rather than later.