Major spoilers from the most recent "Game of Thrones" episode, "The Lion and the Rose," are ahead. Proceed at your own risk.
The Lannisters always pay their debts, and true to the house's motto, a massive debt was paid last night on with the death of a character fans have rooted against since the very beginning of the series.
In "The Lion and the Rose," King's Landing played host to the most shocking wedding Westeros has ever seen — and that's truly saying something, considering the death of Robb and Catelyn Stark during last season's Red Wedding.
This time, the jaw-dropping twist came at the expense of House Lannister, and the feather in their cap: King Joffrey Baratheon, the wicked little boy-king who ordered Ned Stark's death, promised to cook and serve Robb's head to Sansa on a silver plate, and ultimately choked to death at his own wedding.
"It was really difficult to watch [Joffrey actor Jack Gleeson] do that," Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa, told MTV News about filming Joffrey's death scene, the crowning moment of an event known by fans as "The Purple Wedding." "It was like a five-day period that we filmed that. It was a week. We filmed that whole scene over five days."
Joffrey's death happens so suddenly, that it's hard to know what's happening until it's too late. But in the preceding scenes, Joffrey truly sings and dances for his demise, reminding viewers why they hate him so. He secretly orchestrates and launches a humiliating recreation of the War of Five Kings, replacing the major ...
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