Kelly Lawler

USA TODAY

Spoiler alert! The following contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 6 up to the most recent episode.

OK, guys, this is it.

Game of Thrones season 6 is rounding out it's run on Sunday, and while we got plenty of action and violence in the penultimate episode, "Battle of the Bastards," the finale needs to do something far more important: Answer our questions. Because while this season has solved a lot of mysteries (What happened to Benjen Stark? Where did the White Walkers come from? Does Kit Harington look good with a ponytail?), it has a lot of threads left dangling. And it's time to tie them up.

Of course, the show can't answer everything (it has to create more episodes, after all) but show-watchers and book readers alike are hoping the finale clears a few things up. For instance...

Where is Arya going?

In episode 8, the young Stark declared she was going "home." Did she mean Winterfell, which just happens to finally be back under the control of her family, now that Jon and Sansa have taken it from Ramsay? Or is she just heading back to Westeros in general and running into a few of those people on her revenge list? After killing the Waif and confronting Jaqen, she said "A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell and I am going home," so my money is on a reunion with her siblings in the near future.

Is Dany really leaving for Westeros or nah?

Speaking of our friends across the sea, let's talk about the Mother of Dragons. Six seasons in she now has her largest army ever, an armada, the support of a Westerosi house, trusted advisors and control of her dragons. IS SHE READY TO COME HOME YET OR WHAT? No more waffling, Dany. It's time to make a choice. One thing to note are the hints the show has dropped this season that Dany is becoming a colder, more ruthless leader. She gave that speech on the back of Drogon to the Dothraki, which had some tyrannical echoes. Then in the last episode, Tyrion noted that her plan to take down the Wise Masters was a little too much like her father, Mad King Aerys. If Dany is really going home, is it going to be a good thing? Is she the ruler Westeros really needs? Or just the one it deserves?

What is Margaery’s real plan?

Our beloved queen seems to be a full convert to the High Sparrow's version of the new gods -- except for a sketch of a rose (aka the House Tyrell sigil) she passed to her grandmother. Olenna took that as a sign to leave King's Landing, but what does it mean to the rest of us? Is Margaery going to keep up her act (it has to be an act) or is she somehow plotting to get rid of the High Sparrow once and for all? Considering her history of plotting and manipulation, she must have something up her sleeve.

Will Cersei be found guilty?

No more trial by combat, no more possibility of the #Cleganebowl. What's an ally-less queen to do? Honestly, if I had to pick a main character to die in the finale, Cersei and Tommen are the most in danger. Also worth considering: Who takes the Iron Throne if Tommen dies? Is it Faith Militant cousin Lancel? Missing Baratheon bastard Gendry? The possibilities are, well, not great.

What is Littlefinger’s deal?

He showed up to the Battle of the Bastards with some clutch Knights of the Vale and a smirk on his face. What does he expect in return from Sansa (and Jon)? I refuse, refuse to see her married off to anyone else. Littlefinger needs to know his place is being manipulated by Sansa, not the other way around.

Is the Blackfish really dead?

Don't buy into that off-camera death for a second. What's the point of paying the actor to return if there isn't a larger purpose?

Do we still care about Dorne?

Oh wait this one is easy. No.

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(Questions below contain some book information.)

Who are Jon Snow’s parents?

Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven took us so close to the Tower of Joy, aka the castle where Lyanna Stark was during Robert's Rebellion. You've probably heard the R+L=J theory by now, which posits that Jon is actually the offspring of Lyanna and Rhaegar Targaryen. The world thinks Rhaegar kidnapped and raped Lyanna, but we learned in the flashback/time travel earlier in the season that part of the "known" story is false (that Ned handily defeated legendary swordsman Ser Arthur Dayne, when in fact he only won after his comrade stabbed Dayne in the back). If that was false, maybe the kidnapping and rape are, too. If Lyanna and Rhaegar were a consensual couple, perhaps Lyanna died giving birth to Jon, who Ned then claimed as his bastard son to keep him safe (there is a lot of evidence for this in the books). If Bran can just follow his father into the Tower, we might know the truth.

Is Lady Stoneheart coming, seriously?

This might be more wishful thinking, but since returns and resurrections are such a big theme this season, and we just got a glimpse at Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr again, maybe it can happen. In the books Catelyn Stark (you remember her) is resurrected by Thoros after the Red Wedding as a deranged and vengeful version of her former self (her throat is still slit, for one thing) known as Lady Stoneheart. Based on the timeline in the books she was supposed to show up at the end of season 4, and she definitively did not. The producers have said she's not coming ever, but they also said Jon Snow was dead. So.