S2E8: What Was Meant to Be

At long last, everyone has arrived in Falme, and it’s time for the Dragon to proclaim himself! As the Children of the Light assault the town, Perrin and Aiel track down Loial and Ingtar, who have escaped captivity and acquired the Horn of Valere in a thrilling and action-packed scene that takes place entirely off-screen. Rand wanders around killing people at random. Egwene gets tired of waiting and rescues herself. Mat releases all of the ta’veren he’s evidently been storing up over both seasons. Moiraine makes another bid for being the main character. And Elayne and Nynaeve may as well have stayed home.

But all of my snark aside, this was a terrific episode that had us in tears and on our feet cheering by turns. A fitting finale for season 2!

The Woolheads will return to our mics when season three is released.

S2E7: Daes Dae’mar

“Daes Dae’mar” is the penultimate episode of season 2 of Amazon’s The Wheel of Time. There was a big list of things that needed to happen before the end of the season, and the writers ticked off  most of the boxes. Everyone’s in or on the way to Falme, Moiraine and Lan are back together, and Elayne and Nynaeve enact a plan to rescue Egwene.