The Wheel of Time

• Title: The Wheel of Time – The Eye of the World
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The anticlimactic finale to the First Season of The Wheel of Time offers action as the city of Fal Dara is defended against the dark legion which descends. However, the true outcome of the battle is not decided there but in the middle of the Blight where Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski) makes his stand against the Dark One (Fares Fares) who plays your basic devil’s bargain in offering Rand all he could possibly desire to free him. As devil’s tricks go, there’s nothing all that interesting or elegant here and our first encounter with the Dark One proves far less impressive than that of Logain Ablar (Álvaro Morte) earlier in the season.

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• Title: The Wheel of Time – The Dark Along the Ways
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Setting up the season finale, our cast of would-be Dragons, with the exception of Mat (Barney Harris), follow the exiled Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) through a waygate to the fortress city of Fal Dara in “The Dark Along the Ways.” There the group will earn a short respite while one of the group will admit a truth to themselves with the help of the town’s seer (Kae Alexander), and the events for the finale will be set in motion.

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• Title: The Wheel of Time – The Dragon Reborn
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“The Dragon Reborn” introduces the most interesting character of the show’s First Season, who sadly will be dealt with all too soon. Believing himself to be the Dragon reborn into this life, the powerful Logain Ablar (Álvaro Morte) has drawn an army of followers to his side. Captured by the Aes Sedai who are using all their power to keep him caged and hidden from his army, eventually Ablar will break free offering exactly the situation Liandrin Guirale (Kate Fleetwood) giving the more militant member of the group the ability to deliver justice to Ablar in the field rather than return him for trial.

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• Title: The Wheel of Time – Shadow’s Waiting
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“Shadow’s Waiting” finds our characters on the road running from the Trolloc army on the journey to the White Tower. The episode is notable for the characters taking brief respite in the dead city of Shadar Logoth. Spending less than a night there at least one character will be deeply affected and all will be forced to flee as the band is broken into pairs each forced to find their own way to Tar Valon over the next few episodes. The design of Shadar Logoth is easily my favorite locale of the first-half of the season and I’m sad to see the characters flee so quickly from its, admittedly evil, clutches. We also get the introduction to the Children of the Light who will cross paths with some of our characters again.

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