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Cersei Lannister, one of the great TV villains of the modern era, was many things.

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And now Cerseis dead.

Remember when shedestroyed the Sept of Baylor?

Monday morningGame of Thronesquarterbacking has become the national pastime over the past few weeks.

Sure, and its certainly more believable than the way that Danys descent into murderous madness has been portrayed.

), or Dany (couldnt she have done a dragon flyby and confronted Cersei?

Its a good thing Arya doesnt head to the tower; if she had, she wouldnt have survived.

In aninterview withEW, Lena Headey saidshe too was initially disappointedwith how Cerseis final moments played out.

I wanted her to have some big piece or fight with somebody, she said.

Cerseis final moments on the show were certainly sad.

Not like this, she says, over and over.

Cersei comes across as fragile and weak, which she is not.

But Cerseis first instincts in the moment are to make everything about her child and Jaime.

She always put herself first, and I would have expected her to do that until the very end.

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