The Glade 4.0

And they can't have the actor sit on his hands for two seasons.

I disagree. That is what made his transformation later in the series all the more shocking. We don't need to see it. We shouldn't see it. No one knew where he was. Most thought him to be dead. Yet what happened to him was so much worse. Showing what they are doing to him only lessens the impact of Reek later. Granted, the actor that plays Theon is pretty **** retched looking already, don't know how much worse he will get.

I think they should end his storyline this season with him being broken. Perhaps Ramsay getting Theon to say his name is Reek, or something like that. I don't know exactly, but something that clearly indicates he's broken.

Then next season...nothing. I think that will have a similar effect. Maybe pull the beginning of his ADwD storyline into the end of season 4. That kind of break will allow the same shock at the transformation. And there are several ways that they can emphasize that (whiten his hair, CGI out his teeth, makeup to make him look aged.

A year or two without seeing him in the show will also lend itself well to seeing him so aged and broken in, hopefully, late S5 / early S6.

So the continuation of Theon's storyline will definitely occur no later than early S5.

I'm thinking episode 9 will be the RW and episode 10 will be a combination of Joffrey's wedding/death and Jon's fights at the wall with him afterwards realizing that he needs to lead the Watch. I was thinking they might save Joffrey's wedding until next season, but there's been soooo much talk about it this season through all the King's Landing characters that I can't see them not finishing that arc. Not sure how much they're going to show of Dany's storyline, but I'm fairly sure she's going to sack Yunkai'i in episode 7.

The RW will definitely be occurring in episode 9. Jeffrey's wedding probably won't happen until next season (summary doesn't mention KL at all) . Episode 10 will likely cover the Yunkai resolution (name of the episode is Mhysa) and Jon returning to the NW, small battle, and Ygritte resolution.

Kind of interesting that they are going to stretch out Yunkai through episode 10. The episode 7 preview shows her talking to one of the Wise Masters and she pretty much steamrolls the whole city in a single chapter before she moves on to Mireen.

Not really. She talked to the wise masters, then the mercenary captains, meet Dahrio, probably be a Quaithe scene at some point, she'll destroy the Yunkai armies, they will capitulate and release the slaves, they come out calling her Mhysa, and that covers it. Keep in mind that Dany probably won't appear in episode 9. I think that is plenty of material for the next 4 episodes.

That *all* takes place in one chapter (ch. 42), and they're kicking it off next episode. Seems stupid to stretch it through four episodes.

They need something for her to do.

You can really go off of how many chapters it takes. You have to evaluate how many scenes there are.

1) Dany reaches Yunkai. Her, Jorah (probably Selmy and Grey Worm too) discuss the forces arrayed against them and what their chances are against them. Discuss that the slavers would like to talk and a meeting should be setup. This scene is the setup for the rest of her S3 story line.
2) Meeting with the Stormcrows. Intense scene with Prendahl insulting her (which will likely take place this Sunday). Scene ends with Daario glancing back and him and Dany exchanging a meaningful look.
3) Dany meets with the Second Sons (name of episode 8). This is the meeting with the Titan's Bastard.
4) Meeting with the Yunkai Wise Masters.
5) Decision to attack and Daario's return with Prendahl's head. This is the scene where we finally meet Daario properly. Follow on scene of Jorah showing his jealousy and distrust of Daario.
6) Scene with Selmy where he talks of Rhaegar and of winning the tourney of Harrenhal and naming Lyanna Stark the queen of love and beauty. I hope this scene is in.
7) Battle? The battle is happening offscreen during #6. No idea how they are going to handle this.
8) Mhysa.

That is a lot of content in one chapter. I think 1 and 2 will happen in episode 7, 3-5 in episode 8, 6-8 in episode 10. There may be some added scenes to make this flow better.