Criston Cole’s Demise Misses the Moment as HOTD Struggles with Pace
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Season 3, episode 6 of House of the Dragon delivers Criston Cole’s long-awaited death—three arrows from Alysanne Blackwood—yet the moment lands as anticlimactic, underscoring the show's persistent pacing problems and overstuffed storylines that dilute major payoffs after a season-one rush and a slower season-two stretch.
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