House of the Dragon Just Unceremoniously Killed Off a Main Character. It Was the Right Move

After two seasons of cementing himself as one of the most hated characters in Westeros history (which, as Game of Thrones fans know, has no shortage of reprehensible monsters), Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) ultimately went out with little more than a whimper in Episode 6 of House of the Dragon Season 3.Following his declaration in Episode 5 that he intended to die a warrior's death by leading his men on a suicide mission into the path of Team Black's massive army of Rivermen and Winter Wolves, Cole was erased from the board within the first 10 minutes of Sunday's installment. The episode opened with Cole and his remaining Greens falling into a trap set by young Lord Oscar Tully (Archie Barnes) and Lord Roderick Dustin (Tommy Flanagan) that saw a host of Rivermen play dead in order to l