The latter bit is endlessly discussed in the books, and while Aiel only hover at the margins of this first season, I'd expect the accelerated pace of the show to bring us in contact with more of them next year. Easily my favorite part of the episode, and possibly my favorite series moment so far.Īndrew: I think the cold open was trying to do a couple of things-show us something about Rand's previously hinted-at parentage, and show us how well Aiel characters fight. Do you think I’m off-base here, Andrew? Either way, I loved the little prologue. I am somewhat doubtful, given how well the woman we see on screen fights, that her identity is the same as it is in the books. On the other hand, book readers know precisely who Rand’s mother is, and without spoiling anything at all about that Maiden’s identity, I’m starting to wonder if the show is going to change up Rand’s mom from the books. The moment of compassion between Tam (wearing the Golden Bees of Illian) and the maiden during Rand’s birth was so incredibly powerful-it was an instance of pure, raw humanity that transcended conflict, and I thought it was really nice.
And I’m a little disappointed in the show for playing dirty with its big mystery-we’ll get to that.īut the thing that stuck out most is the pre-credits intro, where we get to see an Aiel Maiden of the Spear doing what Maidens do best: killing the crap out of things.
Lee: So many things stuck out! I have so many thoughts on this one, and not all of them are positive. Andrew and Lee continue watching The Wheel of Time-and it’s getting real.Andrew and Lee do The Wheel of Time episode five: Funerals everywhere!.The Wheel of Time show totally changes who the story’s main character is.The Wheel of Time episode 7 finally tells us who the Dragon is.The Wheel of Time’s first season wraps up in an explosive, twisty finale.That's a long list of stuff-did any of it stick out to you? The Wheel of Time season one
In just one episode, we navigate through the darkness of The Ways we encounter our first Borderlanders, the Blight, and the fortress city of Fal Dara we get a small info dump on Lan's doomed homeland of Malkier we meet a woman named Min who sees visions of the future and the show resolves the mystery of Who The Dragon Reborn Is (we will talk about the how and the who momentarily, but let's just say book readers won't be surprised).
Andrew: I wouldn't say that the middle of this Wheel of Time season slowed down, exactly, but episode seven sees the show kicking back up into a busier register that reminded me more of the bewildering early episodes of the season.
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