I really wish people were talking about the wider implications of the episode rather than just karma. For example, I think people forget that Melisandre used three leeches to sacrifice to the Red God to kill Stannis' enemies. It brings the question of fate, prediction, and prophecy. Is the Red God's actions true, and are Melisandre's prophecies true? Are are such predictions self fulfilling in that our actions are bound to cause them? This is mitigated by the fact that the episode is wrapped around the religious implications and influences of the world the story takes place in: fire sacrifice, heart tree visions, a wedding in the midst of the seven. Religion and prophecy tie the heart of the episode. Not karma.
Aside from perhaps the Iron King, all three kings died from their own actions - Joffrey and Robb were bound to die. Or is the Red God's ability to tell the future through fire true? Or is it a medium of both? That's stimulating discussion that's interesting. Not talk of karma. Then again, I hate the western interpretation of karma so it rubs me the wrong way. As an addendum, this does show how poorly the tv show has been at representing and showing the religiosity of Westeros. The Seven for example, have hardly been expounded upon. So maybe why they're not talking about the theological implications is because - as tv watchers - they haven't been exposed to them, and now I'll just shut up, but sometimes the lack of detailed discussion from the tv show almost gives me an aneurysm.
