A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Dinner]

Spoiler:

indeed, and at the 1st sign the king was choking he's taking the Stark girl away

Spoiler:

I wonder why that was? OK, not really.

[Dinner]

Dontos is actually Paladine.

We can definitively say that is not true.

[Dinner]

How is it that Dantos, the King's fool seemed to know what was happening before anyone else did?

Spoiler:

An interesting question. It's almost like he knew the king would die and how the poison was smuggled in, wasn't it?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I'm curious about that actually. We the readers have more information than the viewers, so we knew what to look for. But was it so obvious to the casual viewer?

No. And it's only "obvious" to the readers because they've had a certain storyline spoon-fed to them.

Presumably it was poison- but was it in the pie, or one of the two drinks he was seen drinking? Or was it slipped to him at the earlier breakfast? Was it slow-acting or fast-acting? We don't know.

Cue book-readers going "AHAHAHAHAHA, FOOLISH MORTAL! IT WAS OBVIOUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT Grrr MARTIN SAID!".

Anyway, my money is on Tywin doing it.

[Nikolai]

How is it that Dantos, the King's fool seemed to know what was happening before anyone else did?

Did you for a moment believe anyone in King's Landing except Sansa is an innocent fool?

[Berzerker]

why would Tywin frame his son?

maybe that was unintentional

[Berzerker]

How is it that Dantos, the King's fool seemed to know what was happening before anyone else did?

Spoiler:

indeed, and at the 1st sign the king was choking he's taking the Stark girl away

[Hauldren Collider]

Obviously Dontos is in on the assassination.

[Lorizael]

Dontos is actually Paladine.

[Dr Strangelove]

How is it that Dantos, the King's fool seemed to know what was happening before anyone else did?

[Guynemer]

FWIW, Jr, you are leaving my very favorite suspect off your list.

Tywin would have plenty of motive to kill Joffrey; kid has been absolutely nothing but a headache for him, and his life would be a metric ****ton easier with Joffrey's little brother on the throne.

[-Jrabbit]

Just so you know, the person you're calling the wife's mother is actually the wife's grandmother, Olenna Redwyne, the Queen of Thorns. She's the mother of Mace Tyrell (head of the Tyrell family), who is the father of Margaery Tyrell (the wife). We saw Mace briefly during the wedding. I don't remember what he did, but his mom probably called him an idiot.

Thanks, Lori.

[Guynemer]

She did snap, "NOT NOW, MACE," when she was walking with Tywin, so you are essentially correct.

[Lorizael]

Just so you know, the person you're calling the wife's mother is actually the wife's grandmother, Olenna Redwyne, the Queen of Thorns. She's the mother of Mace Tyrell (head of the Tyrell family), who is the father of Margaery Tyrell (the wife). We saw Mace briefly during the wedding. I don't remember what he did, but his mom probably called him an idiot.

[-Jrabbit]

I am a casual viewer of GoT and am not sure who did the deed. I haven't read the books, don't re-watch the shows, and don't go looking for answers on the Interwebs when I've missed something. I see 3 viable candidates: Joffrey's wife, her mother, and Tyrion's child bride. (Sorry, I've long since tired of trying to track every character's name.)

If I had to choose, I would go with the wife's mother as planner, with the wife as delivery system.
But Tyrion's wife (Ned Stark's daughter) growing the stones to personally avenge her daddy's death would be awesome. Hoping that's the answer.