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Game of Thrones
The Lion and the Rose
Directed by
Alex Graves
TV-MA
S4 • E2
Apr 13, 2014
53m
9.7
8.9
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The Lannisters and their guests gather in King's Landing; Stannis loses patience with Davos; Ramsay finds a purpose for his pet.
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Cast of The Lion and the Rose
Peter Dinklage
Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
Kit Harington
Jon Snow
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
Lena Headey
Cersei Lannister
Emilia Clarke
Daenerys Targaryen
Liam Cunningham
Davos Seaworth
Maisie Williams
Arya Stark
Iain Glen
Sir Jorah Mormont
Isaac Hempstead Wright
Brandon 'Bran' Stark
Aidan Gillen
Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
Charles Dance
Tywin Lannister
Sophie Turner
Sansa Stark
Jerome Flynn
Bronn
John Bradley
Samwell 'Sam' Tarly
Rory McCann
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane
Alfie Allen
Theon Greyjoy
Conleth Hill
Lord Varys
Gwendoline Christie
Brienne of Tarth
Stephen Dillane
Stannis Baratheon
Jacob Anderson
Grey Worm
Game of Thrones - S4 • E2 Ratings & Reviews
Independent (UK)
Neela Debnath
By all accounts, The Lion and The Rose was a bloody and brutal installment, even for a seasoned Game of Thrones fan.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Ross Jones
But this wedding proved a joyous event, for the simple reason that Joffrey had it coming.
The Atlantic
Spencer Kornhaber
Wedding parties are inherently awkward in the real world; one that brings together all of Westeros' top schemers would seem almost overripe with dramatic and comedic potential. Happily, the show delivered on that potential.
indieWire
Ben Travers
It's a delicate road we've started down at the end of "The Lion and the Rose," but one that has begun with a beautifully orchestrated moment of chaos. We'll see soon enough where it takes us and if the scales start to even out.
AV Club
Erik Adams
Season four is still revving up its engine for most of the hour, and I have to believe it hasn't shown us the best stuff yet.
Guardian
Sarah Hughes
Scripted by George RR Martin (a tipoff that something big was likely to happen) this was another well-paced episode topped off by 15 minutes of exceptional (and exceptionally excruciating) viewing.
TheWrap
Tim Molloy
I first watched a critic's screening copy of the episode a few weeks ago, and struggled not to share my joy with everyone around me. A few days ago, I needed a pick-me-up, so I watched King Joffrey die again. Still great the second time.
Chicago Sun-Times
Lori Rackl
A Lannister always pays his debts, indeed. Only the second episode of the season and it's already hit the fan on this remarkable series that's never balked at making bold moves.
Observer
Drew Grant and Noam Cohen
It's not as graphic as last season's bloodbath down the aisle, but the death count in last night's episode is still a game changer. All men must die, sure, but do they all have to die at a wedding?
New York Times
Jeremy Egner
Game of Thrones is known for pulling the rug out from under you, but it routinely telegraphs deaths, too, amping up a character's loathsomeness to produce maximum satisfaction when the end arrives.
Los Angeles Times
Alan Eyerly
Joffrey haters rejoice! The king is dead! Long live whoever poisoned the tyrannical teenager!
Grantland
Andy Greenwald
The most impressive part of Thrones is the way even the scenes pitched toward the future feel essential in the present.
Entertainment Weekly
James Hibberd
Best Wedding Ever: Finally, that sniveling, cowardly, sadistic, preening, smirking, annoyingly blonde, arrogant, evil, egotistical king is dead-dead-dead! And I miss him already. So very much.
Newark Star-Ledger
Joseph Hannan
After a slow-paced season premiere, Game of Thrones ripped the rug out from under its viewers with a shocker this week. If this is a sign of things to come in the Seven Kingdoms, then it's sure to be a spirited season.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Wiegand
While the first episode of the series' fourth season moved the story forward from the slaughter of the Starks at the Red Wedding, it could be said that "The Lion and the Rose" episode sets a major part of the course for the new season.
The New Republic
Hillary Kelly
The writers primed us for Joffrey's lolling head, showcasing some of his very worst tendencies in this superbly paced episode.
Denver Post
Joanne Ostrow
Do they know how to throw a wedding on this series or what?
New York Magazine/Vulture
Nina Shen Rastogi
Game of Thrones stresses again and again how pageantry and performance are crucial tools for establishing power, and Joffrey's particular genius for crude, bro-ish showmanship has never been more repulsively compelling.
Rolling Stone
Sean T. Collins
[In the] novels, Jaime and Brienne don't make it back to King's Landing until after the wedding, [so] some of the episode's best exchanges wouldn't be possible without the show's changes. But many of its strengths do originate with the originals.
Washington Post
David Malitz
One of the most hated characters on TV is gone and is it weird to already miss him a little bit? The final shot of his face -- eyes and veins bulging and blood leaking from his nose -- was perfect, I can't believe I won't get to wish him dead ever again.
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