I keep wanting to imagine what I would do with the episode if I was writing it,

Conversely, I do this too. I play both scenes that I would want to happen as well as worst case scenarios -_-' Usually I end up dismissing my hopes, but I can't stop thinking about them.

I'm actually a bit more optimistic than I normally would be in a situation like this though, I've heard reports from the advanced screening of the episodes were positive.