Game Of Thrones Season 7: 9 Ups And 2 Downs From 'The Queen's Justice'

4. Cersei's Justice

Or, in other words, Lena F**king Headey!

Headey is so damn good on the show, a fact that is at once well-known and yet also not stated enough. Especially in the last couple of seasons, as Cersei has really started to change into a bigger villain, she has been brilliant, and that's the case once again here.

We knew she'd be delivering some sort of justice, and - perhaps to highlight her path to truly becoming the Mad Queen - justice here means revenge, a dish she serves chillingly.

I'd expected that she would have Gregor Clegane execute Ellaria and Tyene, but instead she opts for something even more cruel. The way Headey delivers this 'justice', with emotion over Myrcella's death to make it more personal, and a real sense of malevolent delight, is as fantastic to watch as it is brutal.

The two Sands - Indira Varma and Rosebell Laurenti Sellers - do their bit too, expertly selling the wide-eyed fear, while the way they're chained up provides another callback to the death of Rickard Stark. Brandon Stark was given the opportunity to save his father from a fiery death, if only he could get the sword that was, of course, just out of reach, and it's another ominous parallel between Cersei and the Mad King.

There's also plenty of Tywin in there too though, which is equally fascinating to watch (and spelled out in her scene with Tycho Nestoris). The season started with Cersei surrounded by enemies and faced with immensely difficult odds despite being Queen, and yet here she stands, somehow winning the war.