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I highly doubt Varys would have shown him his spy network. Tywin was the hand of the King for 20 years, yet he didn't know the tunnels. Yet Tyrion knew exactly where to go from the black cells. It just didn't make any sense. I was actually surprised that Varys would have exposed his spy network even to save Tyrion in the books. His little birds would be much less effective. Yet the tunnels seems to be still in use later on.

"Why? You ask that? You who killed your mother to come into the world? You are an ill-made, spiteful little creature full of envy, lust, and low cunning. Men's laws give you the right to bear my name and display my colors since I cannot prove that you are not mine. And to teach me humility, the gods have condemned me to watch you waddle about wearing that proud lion that was my father's sigil and his father's before him. But neither gods nor men will ever compel me to let you turn Casterly Rock into your whorehouse. " :) I love the show Tywin. Tywin said the same thing in the books, but Charles Dance really brought his emotion out. I felt that he was close to tears when he told Tyrion that he was going to kill him when he was born. I still don't believe Tywin meant to have Tyrion killed though. A last minute pardon and taking the black was still on the table.

To be honest, the original plot was pretty illogical. What was Tyrion trying to accomplish? His father might had been old, but still a military man. How could Tyrion hope to overpower Tywin in normal circumstances without a weapon, let alone without alerting the guard? Unless he remembered where the crossbow was, and waited for the opportunity. Would have made a lot more sense if there happened to be a crossbow in the tunnel or carried by Varys. Why Tywin had to do Shae in his room? Surely his guards would have heard it and gossiped it over drinks. Wouldn't Cersei have posted extra and trusted guards for a brother she feared/hated so much? Or just chain him to the wall. The show adaptation made it worse. How would he know there was a secret passage without Varys telling him? Both Kevan and Pod thought Tyrion was guilty. How could Tyrion blame Tywin for the verdict? This entire thing felt like a plot device in both the books and the show.