Without the benefit of the moving song from last episode, this one was rather bland. It is nice that Nyanaeve is back, it seems that she took a level in badass, managing to kill a trolloc single-handed and without any use of magic. So far, I like her and Egwene the best of all characters. Perrin was my favourite one of the boys in the novel, but in the show he is rather boring and always has the same pained expression on his face. I am not sure whether they he meets the man who tells him that Perrin can speak to wolves or the gypsy-like peace-loving people first, so it was a bit disappointing that nothing more about his special relationship with wolves was shown in the episode. I have somehow imagined the Tuatha’an as more "elvish" and otherwordly though maybe I misremember something from the book. Thom is also rather disappointing, he is a bard but apparently he cannot sing very well, only sort of bloats. Maybe he would be better as a character if he was not shown singing but now we know how bad he is at that.
It is a bit sad that the most interesting character in the episode is the Darkfriend Dana, who even wasn't in the book. She is rather likeable, sometimes funny and flirtatious and then melancholic if it suits her purposes. Even when she declares her allegiance to the dark lord, she still sounds quite convincing, claiming that she wants to change the world for the better and the boys almost believe her. I wonder whether she is a callback to "The Game of Thrones?" She uses the phrase "break the wheel" exactly as Daenerys in GoT, and her name also sounds similar to Dany.
Review by ladysherlockianBlockedParentSpoilers2021-12-01T18:26:10Z
Without the benefit of the moving song from last episode, this one was rather bland. It is nice that Nyanaeve is back, it seems that she took a level in badass, managing to kill a trolloc single-handed and without any use of magic. So far, I like her and Egwene the best of all characters. Perrin was my favourite one of the boys in the novel, but in the show he is rather boring and always has the same pained expression on his face. I am not sure whether they he meets the man who tells him that Perrin can speak to wolves or the gypsy-like peace-loving people first, so it was a bit disappointing that nothing more about his special relationship with wolves was shown in the episode. I have somehow imagined the Tuatha’an as more "elvish" and otherwordly though maybe I misremember something from the book. Thom is also rather disappointing, he is a bard but apparently he cannot sing very well, only sort of bloats. Maybe he would be better as a character if he was not shown singing but now we know how bad he is at that.
It is a bit sad that the most interesting character in the episode is the Darkfriend Dana, who even wasn't in the book. She is rather likeable, sometimes funny and flirtatious and then melancholic if it suits her purposes. Even when she declares her allegiance to the dark lord, she still sounds quite convincing, claiming that she wants to change the world for the better and the boys almost believe her. I wonder whether she is a callback to "The Game of Thrones?" She uses the phrase "break the wheel" exactly as Daenerys in GoT, and her name also sounds similar to Dany.