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Yeah that would be the most sensible thing - and incredibly clever of Tyrion. In my mind there's no doubt who would win; it was mentioned that Oberyn is a fearsome fighter. We've seen a glimpse of his skill in the brothel scene where he stabbed some Lannister in the hand. Mountain and the Viper for EP 8 seems a dead giveaway - after all Oberyn is only going to win through speed and smarts - though hopefully not actual poison - against the Mountain. The mountain is huge and impressive but he's got to be slow at that size. And he's dumb as a sack of rocks. I seem to remember, too, that Oberyn gave some sort of speech in the brothel about the importance of speed. Even if they were evenly matched fighters - and the Mountain sure is fantastic at killing other knights in tournaments - the advantage would lie with Oberyn. He's got a cause. In fact this is the opportunity of his lifetime to avenge his sister. If tempers run too high somebody might choose Jamie. But as has been said Jamie will refuse to fight to kill his brother, and Tyrion won't choose him when he has Oberyn just itching to kill somebody. Total speculation - I won't ever read the books, it would take away half the fun in watching my most favorite show ever - but I think Cersei will choose Jamie, he refuses, then she chooses the Mountain as that's the best fighter available. Then Tyrion chooses Oberyn and things will get awesome... PS if this is the EP 8 title then what's EP 7? An hour of Denaerys running through the desert? Ugh.

Bronn never denied the fact that he'd work for money. Not for anyone in particular, but for those who paid him. So I think it's a pretty safe bet he did work for Tywin when deciding to hand over Shae. I imagine his choice was to either take the Gold, or die. Bronn took the gold. Then again there's the unpredictable Shae - she might very well have been put on the boat safely as promised, only to bail at the last minute. She might even have decided voluntarily to testify against Tyrion (in exchange for safety). - given her testimony at the trial, she's completely lost it. She had to say certain things to keep her end of the bargain obviously - but there were plenty of things she did not have to say. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...