User blog comment:Ltearth/Scott Buck on Season 7/@comment-1447397-20120114234207/@comment-1405841-20120115034055

Actually...the Showtime head keeps throwing these things out in various interviews that Season 9 is a possibility, actually more like Season 9 "and beyond". His wording is that "Season 8 being the end is the likely scenario but there's chance for further than that". So...even if they write based on an End game for Season 8, they may extend into Season 9 and beyond. Depends on ratings I guess, if Season 7 does really good we may see a Season 9.