TV Quote: The Game Continues

"Dead is dead is dead...Yes, everything I've seen, heard and read...Jon Snow is indeed dead."

--Statement by HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said at the Television Critics Association press tour last Thursday discussing the fate of Jon Snow. He also noted Game of Thrones may go on for eight seasons.

I like what KiaEclipse100 stated on the TV.com website in response to this quote:

I reallywish they would stop it with the Jon Snow thing. Come on. If he was really gone they would say "Jon Snow is dead and not coming back." Instead, they just keep saying, "Jon Snow is dead." No one is questioning if he's dead. He's obviously dead. We all think (KNOW) he's going to be brought back. It's getting a little frustrating actually. Just say nothing at all! And why can't the HBO President just say that he's not privvy to all the major storylines and wants to be surprised just like the rest of us instead of putting in his own two cents? 

Very true. We know HBO has no problem playing with the plot, but I would hope George R.R. Martin determines the fate of Jon Snow and not HBO.