Criston Cole’s Demise Misses the Moment as HOTD Struggles with Pace
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.