And then the sadness in his eyes when he realizes she’s died. There wasn’t a word of dialogue between them, and yet it was all so beautifully performed.

...the scene on Dragonmount when Rand is being born might be my favorite. The unspoken performances by both actors, the editing, the music, and Min’s voiceover - I found it to be quite lovely and sad.

Having watched so much, it takes a lot to shock and enthrall me these days, but that sequence had me goose-fleshed and damp-eyed. They should get another season on the strength of that open alone.

Action sequences like that take an inordinate amount of time, effort and money though. Henry Cavill and the showrunner of The Witcher note that the fight sequence in the very first episode of the show was absolutely stunning, but it took like a week straight of shooting, with a huge amount of practice and training…

Lan and Nynaeve’s relationship was basically off-screen completely in book 1 until suddenly they are confessing their love in the Blight out of nowhere.  Thusly, I too am loving this version of their relationship where we actually get to see it develop.

Yeah, I thought some other drama was about to happen but then nope, it’s just Nynaeve like “Seems it’s getting hot in here!” Good for her! Really not complaining that they made Lan the designated fanservice man.

I mean, that’s not far off from Ba’alzamon in the books. He basically lures them there through the boys’ dreams, along with a bunch of seeds that he planted over the years. I guess production realized that they didn’t want to spend too much time in dream world setting all that up, and they just shorthanded it with…

The introduction of a character who is Tower affiliated by not actually Aes Sedai is a real interesting wrinkle here. I thought for a moment that they had shifted Kiruna over to be Agelmar’s sister, which would be a fairly inconsequential way to introduce her. But no, this is a woman who trained in the tower, wasn’t…

It was also timed perfectly. It’s not exactly the same situation, but I was always annoyed in Game of Thrones how long they waited to include the Tower of Joy scene introducing Jon’s parentage. I was surprised to see this episode start with this, but I think it worked great in context.

Man, Perrin is really getting the short end in this series so far, with both an unnecessary wife and now an unnecessary love triangle (in a series where he already has an unnecessary love triangle to come). That did seem really clumsy, and though someone else mentioned that there were some clues early on, I can’t help…

When the focus was on Lan in the room, and it was clear something more was about to happen, for a hot minute I thought maybe it would be the leader’s sister (the one Moraine asked to send a message to the Red Ajah) who would come through looking for some Lan-loving ...

The Ways don’t even really make sense in the books. I think the idea is that they used to be a flat plane, and since they were based off the portal worlds, they just bent space/time in weird ways. But once the corruption took hold, I guess it crumpled into some Escher nightmare, where there’s a bunch of bridges and…

One of the best, wildest cold opens I’ve ever seen, fucking loved it.

I’m really enjoying watching this show with my wife who has not read the books and has no frame of reference for the content. She was legitimately shocked that Rand is the dragon because she does NOT like him as a character so far. I can understand why, they’ve toned down his teen angst in the show (same goes for all…

As a non-bookreader, No knowing anything about what was going on made it very engaging.

I think Moraine and Siuan have been manipulated by the Forsaken into thinking the Eye is the Dark One’s prison. The bad guys are *actually* doing what Moraine *thinks* she’s doing... Luring the Dragon to their turf to take him out while he’s still effectively useless.

Same! No, they couldn’t do the tame good night kiss in the hall - Lan had to take his shirt off first. Also, y’all might die tomorrow so treat yourself, Nynaeve! lol

That opening was amazing.

When Nynaeve walked into Lan’s room after they had already said goodnight, I howled and said 3 words I don’t think I ever have before in my life:

That opening sequence was stunning. A woman fighting off men as she gives birth? Holy fucking shit.