Originally Posted By: Mark
Lilo, will it be revealed as to why the Imp's lover ex-whore testified against him and broke his heart? I think someone got to her and threatened her life? Cersai?


Well... whistle perhaps. It was revealed in detail in the books. If you remember the last time Tyrion saw her he could not convince her to leave or that her life was in danger. So he said some very ugly things to her (which he didn't believe) in order to get her to depart and hopefully save her life. Unfortunately Tyrion was so convincing that Shae believed him.

So she certainly has a motive to hurt Tyrion.

Tyrion arranged with Bronn to put Shae on a boat overseas but as we know from the last episode Bronn has switched allegiance to Cersei/Tywin. So either Bronn turned Shae over to the Lannisters or they took her but in any event she's back. Likely Tywin and/or Cersei made Shae an offer she couldn't refuse. Remember that Tywin threatened to hang the next prostitute he found Tyrion with. And Tywin doesn't make idle threats..

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.