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Hopefully it will also include Arya dispatching the Hound (somehow, he didn't get wounded at the Twins the way he did in the books) and getting on the boat for Braavos.
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I think there's still more to show regarding the Hound and Arya based on the preview for next weeks episode, but he doesn't get injured in the books until after the Red Wedding when he fights Polivar and the Tickler at an inn--in fact, that fight isn't supposed to happen until after Joffrey's wedding.
I wonder if they'll skip that part entirely and just have him hurt through some other means in order to save time, so escaping the Red Wedding massacre with some injuries would be a convenient way to write that in. Still, I think it'll be early next season before he finally dies, unless they really rush the whole scene. They need something for Arya to do next season without leaping into book 4, so having her and the hound slowly move through villages until the end, the hound dies, then she leaves for the boat. It would be like the Bran storyline in season 3 where nothing much happens until the last minute.
I want to see how definitive they make the hounds death, as there's still the
Gravedigger theory to work with.