Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20150620061924/@comment-5014364-20150620150027

You see, the entire season, I thought the payoff was going to be that Doran actually sent Myrcella's necklace as a threat, to lure Jaime and Bronn to Dorne, only to then orchestrate them running into the Sand Snakes' attack on Myrcella....so Jaime would see Joran's guards stopping the Sand Snakes.

Then at the end of the season Doran would privately reveal to Ellaria that he orchestrated the whole thing; he wanted to trick Jaime and the Lannisters into thinking he was so loyal to the Iron Throne that he would thwart a plot by his own nieces against Myrcella....when he's just playing the long game, pretending to be friends with the Lannisters while patiently waiting for revenge.

Walking into episode 10 I seriously thought they were going to do that.

Were they originally going to do that, but changed their minds? Because they thought it was "too smart" for the casual viewers? No, no I don't think so.

Maybe they pushed this explanation back to next season - either way it makes for bad drama in Season 5 itself if we ''don't even see the payoff of all of this.

So I thought that the "coincidence" of their arrival a the same time was later going to be revealed as an elaborate ruse.