History Recap / GameOfThronesS4E2TheLionAndTheRose

* TheArcher: We already knew Ramsay was an excellent shot, but it looks like his companion's pretty good too.

* ThousandYardStare: Sansa has a particularly grief stricken one as she is forced to watch a humiliating reenactment of her older brother's murder.

* UndignifiedDeath: Joffrey's death is completely pathetic and humiliating without any dignity whatsoever. To recap, Joffrey chokes on his own vomit until his face turns purple, bleed through his eyes and pores, before finally dying in broad daylight everyone to see, while his corpses looks like a bloated fish out of water.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Varys warns Tyrion that Tywin and Cersei are onto Shae, Tyrion remarks that Varys can come up with some clever lie to throw them off the scent. Varys bluntly replies he's not going to lie to two extremely powerful and dangerous people who'd have him executed in a heartbeat if they found out.
-->'''Tyrion''': So I'm guilty of being seen with my wife's handmaiden. My father will ask you if there's anything more, and you'll tell him some clever lie.\\
'''Varys''': [[BrutalHonesty No, I will not]]. How long do you think your father and sister will let me live if they even suspected me of lying? I have [[HiredGuns no pet sellsword]] to protect me, no [[MasterSwordsman legendary]] [[BigBrotherInstinct brother]] to avenge me, only little birds who whisper in my ear.

** Olenna, [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent suspiciously hovering]], making pointed comments about Lannisters and wedding-murders and shooting Joffrey disgusted looks (though in all fairness, that implicates most of the attendees), having the cup placed in front of her by Tyrion before he attempts to leave.[[spoiler:[[note]]As it turns out, it was her.[[/note]]]]

* EroticEating: The way [[AnythingThatMoves Oberyn]] and [[StraightGay Loras]] signal their interest in one another.

-->'''Tyrion''': So I'm guilty of being seen with my wife's handmaiden. My father will ask you if there's anything more, and you'll tell him some clever lie.
-->'''Varys''': [[BrutalHonesty No, I will not]]. How long do you think your father and sister will let me live if they even suspected me of lying? I have [[HiredGuns no pet sellsword]] to protect me, no [[MasterSwordsman legendary]] [[BigBrotherInstinct brother]] to avenge me, only little birds who whisper in my ear.

* KarmicDeath: Joffrey is a {{sadist}} who enjoys watching people suffer while being a DirtyCoward whose afraid to get his hands dirty. Here, Joffrey dies in broad daylight where everyone, both in-universe and out, can enjoy watching him die an extremely slow, painful, and horrific death, all while Joffrey is terrified throughout the ordeal.

** Joffrey has one where he spends his last moments scared and panicking while accusing Tyrion of poisoning him. He tries screaming but nothing comes out because his throat is so clogged up because of the poison before finally dies with pure terror on his face.

* UndignifiedDeath: Joffrey's death is completely pathetic and humiliating without any dignity whatsoever. to recap, Joffrey chokes on his own vomit until his face turns purple, bleed through his eyes and pores, before finally dying in broad daylight everyone to see, while his corpses looks like a bloated fish out of water.

** Joffrey has a subtle one where he spends his last moments scared and panicking while accusing Tyrion of poisoning him before finally dying with pure terror on his face.

* GoryDiscretionShot: Tanys' SoundOnlyDeath, indicated by her screams, the growling of dogs and tearing of flesh, plus Theon's ReactionShot.

* VillainousBreakdown: Cersei completely loses it the moment that Joffrey points to Tyrion in his dying breath.