I sure wasn't upset when the old man got his. I felt bad for the son though.Samwell was the older son.
His father despised him as he grew up because Sam was a fat bookworm. So at some point the old man decided that he wanted his heir to be his younger son - Dickon, and not Samwell, so he told Samwell that he needed to take the black, orelse he ( Sam) would die in some unfortunate accident.
The old man was quite the piece of work.
That was the first time I started to question Dany and her methods. I think that is where she started to go downhill.
However, having said that, she was cunning. She showed that when she wanted to learn how to fuck Drago. I knew then she was going to be a force to be reckoned with.