The Wheel of Time
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Defeating the Dark One.
Winning the Last Battle.
Healing the broken world.
It wasnt until right near the end of the episode that I realized how badly the show needs this.
Josha Stradowski comes alive in that little moment, and so does the show.
I find myself hoping for a similar moment for Marcus Rutherfords Perrin.
Ever since he accidentally killed his wife during that Trolloc raid a traumatic experience, to be sure!
hes spent basically the entire series mumbling sadly.
Occasional psychic wolf powers and Hulk strength aside, hes kind of a big lump.
But in this episode, the werewolf-in-training encounters a pair of people who bring out another side to him.
Its fun, isnt it, to watch Perrin do something other than frown?
Sparing Aviendha on the simple grounds that People shouldnt be in cages.
Sparing Dain because he helped Perrin out and gave Aviendha water against Valdas orders.
(From Arrakis on down, giving someone water is a big sacred deal to SFF desert cultures.)
A livelier Perrin will make for a much better show.
Fortunately, things remain pretty bitchin from a plot perspective.
Everyones got a price that will turn them against the Light, Liandrin explains to her captive.
Was your price worth all this?
Nynaeve responds after running down the shambles the Darkfriend has made of her life.
Liandrin and High Lady Suroth hate each other.
High Lady Suroth and her boss, High Lord Turak (Daniel Francis), hate each other too.
Not even Ishamael and Lanfear are fully on the same page.
A few minutes later, she conjures a Rand stand-in into another bed as they discuss him.
In Lanfears case, as Moiraine points out later, itissensual.
Ill remain to see it, too, and not just because its my job.
Those heights can always be reached again.
