Awesome episode!
So is house Tyrell now in power?
Awesome episode!
So is house Tyrell now in power?
No...
Rickon wasn't in this episode...I assume you're referring to Jojen Reed, who was introduced with his sister last season. Rickon and Osha left Bran last season.
Spoiler:I believe Joffrey's younger brother, Tommen, becomes king, with Tywin acting in his stead until he's older. Throne therefore stays with the Lannisters.
Spoiler:I believe Joffrey's younger brother, Tommen, becomes king, with Tywin acting in his stead until he's older. Throne therefore stays with the Lannisters.
Spoiler:that's how it is in the books
Interesting. Now I'll have to watch it a third time. Maybe a fourth.If you rematch the wedding scene from the beginning very closely, you can see exactly who did it. Watch everyone. Watch their movements, who they talk to, what's being said, etc. You may have to pause shots to see what's happening. The creators did a great job ensuring we as an audience have multiple suspects.
That was fantastic. As a book reader, I knew certain things were coming, but this still somehow took me by surprise. Perhaps shock is a better word.
I was wondering that as well.
Are you saying this because of things to come or are you saying it because even though she married him and became queen, their house still doesn't get the throne?
Spoiler:Tyrion didn’t kill Joffrey — it was a setup. The real killer is Olenna Tyrell, or, more accurately, Littlefinger, by way of Olenna Tyrell. You didn’t forget about Littlefinger, did you?
Joffrey’s murder was an elaborate plan that began in the Season 4 premiere, when Ser Dontos reappears to give Sansa a necklace. Unbeknownst to Sansa, one of the jewels on the necklace is actually a vial of poison. No one knows this... except for Olenna Tyrell (and maybe Margaery, since she does not take a sip after Joffrey hands her the goblet).
During the wedding, Olenna approaches Sansa to apologize for the death of her family at the Red Wedding. During the scene, Olenna fondles Sansa’s necklace and discreetly palms one of the jewels, and in the next scene the jewel is missing from Sansa’s necklac. It’s subtle, but it’s definitely there (or, rather, not there). Olenna even foreshadows what she’s about to do, saying, “Killing a man at a wedding... horrid. What kind of monster would do something like that?” She’s a sly old bird.
Then, while Joffrey is choking, Ser Dontos approaches Sansa and tells her to come with him if she wants to live, knowing that her necklace could implicate her. In the books, Dontos takes Sansa to a boat, where Littlefinger is waiting for her. He explains to her that he hired Dontos to give her the necklace with the poison, which was then taken by Olenna to poison Joffrey. Littlefinger then kills Dontos in order to tie up loose ends before heading off to the Vale with Sansa.
So why did Olenna murder Joffrey? Because he’s awful, and would have abused her granddaughter. But why did Littlefinger set it up? Well, because he’s Littlefinger, and who knows why Littlefinger does anything?
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