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It was a stone from Sansa's necklace though she had no idea. In the book it wasn't a necklace though but a hairnet with gemstones that Dontos gave her to wear at the wedding. In the book Sansa figures out who it was that poisoned Joffrey and how. I guess the show went with the necklace instead of the hairnet since the show already established how the women wore their hair, and a hairnet would have looked strange given that.

Man, the kids in the show grow up so fast. Tommen looks like a teenager now rather than a little kid. It took me forever to figure out that's who the young man was sitting next to Cercei at the feast table. It's odd though since in the books he's supposed to be a child that is easily run roughshod over, which will be interesting since he's the next in line for the throne. I guess the show will make him out to be a teenage wimp rather than a little kid.

In the book when Joffrey dies his face turns black which was how they realized he was poisoned rather than just having choked on any food or drink. Apparently, that symptom is known for a symptom of poisoning. I was wondering what the show would make his face in death look like to show he was poisoned... I actually think it was more grotesque - particularly the eyes - than the face turning black as described in the book. It reminded me a lot of the cup bearer that willingly poisoned himself in order to poison Pope Alexander in The Borgias. In The Borgias though it was way more gross, and I think that he actually bleed from the eyes. Gah! Horrible.

In an odd way I'll kind of miss Joffrey... he was such fun to hate.