GoingMadlem

People complaining about GoT S8E5 need to wake up. "Waaa, all those seasons of character development!" Have you met people? Have you known anyone, ever? People suck, especially people in positions of power. Power corrupts.

"Cersei was such a badass, she wouldn't have gone out like that!" Cersei had always acted from a position of power her entire life. She's never been an underdog. The first time she faced a scenario where her privileged position didn't matter, she became a sniveling baby.

"Dany had years of character development thrown out the window!" Dany has had a hot streak since the beginning. EVERY time she faced opposition on her quest to claim her entitlements, she was going to "kill 'em all" until her closest friends, lovers, & advisers talked her down

She had no friends left... no love. She was alone at her moment of triumph and had nobody to talk her down from revenge against the people who took everything she was entitled to.

"Jaime should have killed Cersei!" Yeah sure, his "redemption arc" involves him murdering the mother of his children. Additionally, Cersei was already rendered powerless by the time he got there so it wouldn't have been an act of redemption, it would have been spiteful revenge

The whole point of this entire series has been that the struggles of powerful people consume everyone around them. This is why Jon Snow is the hero Westeros needs. He comes from nothing. He grew up with no birthright, committed himself to public service at the wall.