Ok, it's fair to say, if you haven't watched this week's episode of Game of Thrones then you probably want to click off this article - right now. Because there will be spoilers, and when we say 'spoilers' we mean if you don't want to know of the events of the 'purple wedding' then LOOK AWAY NOW. No, seriously. Stop looking. OK! So, since you are still reading this, presumably you have read the books/seen the episode/don't really care either way about the outcome, so congratulations!
Yes, the Purple Wedding is here, and it's a welcome occurrence after the events of the Red Wedding. In this glorious episode we finally get to see the demise of King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), the crazy psychopath that everyone loves to hate. And true to the nickname of the episode, he turns a purple hue, froths at the mouth, bleeds from his nose and eventually dies in his mother's arms. I'd say it's a tragedy but, well, it's not really. After all, everyone at the wedding looked as if they wanted to kill him anyway, as Joffrey bullied and insulted pretty much everyone. It's fair to say the real tragedy is that Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) was, at the end of the episode, arrested by Cersei, (Lena Headey) who believed that Tyrion poisoned Joffrey (but come on, we all know the brains behind the operation was likely Olenna Tyrell). Fortunately, Sansa, (Sophie Turner) persuaded by Dontos, (Tony Way) managed to leg it out of there before all the drama ensued.
Natalie Dormer's character Margaery was on point in this episode, and Dormer is rather good at playing the manipulative characters (see her portrayal of Moriarty in Elementary for further evidence of this) and it was a joy to watch her try to diffuse tension throughout the wedding, and prevent her 'husband' from killing anyone. Poor Tyrion, on the other hand, spent the majority of the episode being tormented by Joffrey, and also had to send Shae (Sibel Kekilli) away to Pentos, on the grounds that his Father would most likely kill her. Whether she actually sailed off to Pentos isn't really elaborated on, though Bronn (Jerome Flynn) suggests that she did get on the ship.
The episode was packed full of hilarity, and numerous snide remarks were made, not to mention threats of violence, as Cersei insinuated that Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) was in love with Jaime, (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and of course, she said it in her usual threatening manner, and Jaime exchanged threats with Ser Loras Tyrell (Finn Jones) about who would end up marrying Cersei. Apparently, threats are second nature to the Lannisters. Cersei also managed to share a fierce conversation with Prince Oberyn (Pedro Pascal) and Ellaria Sand, (Indira Varma) as herself and Tywin (Charles Dance) exchange numerous insults with the two, however polite they manage to make it sound. Cersei also manages to undermine Margaery's power, by making sure that the leftover food doesn't go to the poor, like Margaery wanted, but instead goes to feed the animals.
Also back for this episode, is everyone favourite other psychopath, Ramsay Snow, (Iwan Rheon) as we see him hunting and letting his dogs maul a young girl to death, and also tormenting Reek (formerly Theon Greyjoy, played by Alfie Allen) as his Father, Roose Bolton, (Michael McElhatton) arrives back from murdering the Starks at the Red Wedding. Roose, however, isn't very pleased that he now has a mentally (and physically) damaged Greyjoy instead of a 'whole' one to trade for Moat Cailin. Roose, discovering from Reek that the Stark boys are still alive, sends his men to find them. Melisandre (Carice Van Houten) also makes a brief appearance, if only to kill a couple more people who don't believe in the 'god of light'. Super duper.
Overall, the episode featured some killer moves (literally) and I think everyone will be suitably happy/shocked/delighted/distraught at the events of the Purple Wedding and will look towards the next episode to shed some light on what might happen to Tyrion, what has happened to Sansa and what will happen to everyone in Kings Landing now that King Joffrey is no more.
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