Game Of Thrones: 5 Winners & 5 Losers In 'Oathkeeper'
3. Cersei
We cant mention Margaerys victory without giving consideration to Cerseis defeat. Cersei has been distracted by her sons death, which has allowed Margaery the opportunity to get her hands on Tommen first. The Queen Regent will now face an uphill battle to arrest her rivals influence away from the boy king, and if youll allow us the sporting analogy, shes really dropped the ball on this one. From this point on we can expect to see a significant shift in Cerseis temperament, as she slowly loses control over her power. The Cersei of Season 1, and right up to the end of Season 2, was confident and calculating, moving her pieces on the game board with poise. Since then, weve seen her deal with doubt for the first time in her life. It first surfaced in small doses when she began to realise that Joffrey was a monster that she couldnt control, and has increased with the return of her domineering father and her prolonged distance from Jaime.
Cerseis doubt is expressed most vividly by her blossoming drinking problem. She hasnt gone a scene without a glass or two of wine for some time, and it's now at the point where the first shot of we see of her is in the act of pouring a drink. Were all familiar with the effects of alcoholism on a persons behaviour in particular, how it degrades their decision-making abilities and what were seeing here are the first stages of Cersei losing control of everything. This is conveyed in her scene with Jaime, by the decay of their relationship, and his refusal of her order to find and kill Sansa.