Who Wants to Save (or Break) the World?

Who Wants to Save (or Break) the World?

Review of S1 E4 of The Wheel of Time, “The Dragon Reborn.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. We got a wizard battle in this episode! And more than just fighting, we saw many other uses of the One Power: healing, shielding, silencing, and...
Unstable Safety and Friendly Danger

Unstable Safety and Friendly Danger

Review of S1 E3 of The Wheel of Time, “A Place of Safety.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. We meet Dana the Darkfriend in this episode, who longed to go some place new, to escape the dirt she was born into. Usually, a good...
Don’t Wait Too Long in the Shadows

Don’t Wait Too Long in the Shadows

Review of S1 E2 of The Wheel of Time, “Shadow’s Waiting.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. Shadar Logoth is one of those strange places in the books that seems like a throwaway location, a convenient place of refuge and yet...
The Gender of the Dragon Reborn

The Gender of the Dragon Reborn

There is a lot to love about the trailer for The Wheel of Time. Near perfection. I even like some of the things that others don’t, like the CGI of the weaving. Invisible channeling would have been lame. But there’s one glaring problem: when Moiraine says,...