It would have also resolved the unanswered question from the show's first season of who had been behind the attempted assassination of Bran Stark by implying more strongly than the books did that it was Joffrey, rather than Littlefinger as the series would suggest several seasons later. Most significantly, it sets up some plotlines from the books that the series would ultimately not use, such as Ramsay marrying an impostor woman posing as Arya instead of Sansa. Unlike Martin's previous three episodes, his draft of the screenplay has some major differences from the episode as produced, with more minor characters and detail at the wedding feast. The title refers to the sigils of the wedding couple's respective houses – a lion for Joffrey Baratheon, who is in truth an illegitimate bastard, and a rose for Margaery Tyrell. Other storylines include House Bolton's quest to retake the North, and Bran's continued journey north of The Wall. It ends with Joffrey's death after drinking poisoned wine at the reception, a plot development that despite being in the books came as a shock to viewers since it abruptly killed the show's principal villain just a few episodes after the Red Wedding had violently killed off several of the show's protagonists. The episode focuses principally on the long-awaited royal wedding between Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell. Martin, the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels from which the series is adapted, and directed by Alex Graves. " The Lion and the Rose" is the second episode of the fourth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 32nd overall. Dean-Charles Chapman as Tommen Baratheon.Joffrey Baratheon succumbs to poisoning in the arms of his mother, Cersei Lannister.
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