Phia Saban on Helaena’s death in the ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 finale, the Maelor cut, and what it sets up for Season 4. Spoilers ahead for the House of the Dragon Season 3 finale, now streaming on HBO Max. ‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 3 / Photo Credit: HBOSaban Built the Exit Around a Bernard Shaw Speech“It’s a tragedy. That’s definitely the arc of Helaena’s story,” Phia Saban told Variety, which is the reading the whole season had been quietly assembling rather than a twist sprung in the last hour. “I think you can only play the story that you’re telling,” Phia Saban said of the divergence, and the performance backs that up.