Two Funerals and an Ogier

Two Funerals and an Ogier

Review of S1 E5 of The Wheel of Time, “Blood for Blood.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. This deep dive took me a long time to parse out. Something drastically shifted in my own opinion about this show after Episode 5, which felt more...
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...
It Was a Cold Winternight When They Took Their Leave

It Was a Cold Winternight When They Took Their Leave

Review of S1 E1 of The Wheel of Time, “Leavetaking.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. The Wheel of Time turns. Thirty one years ago, this fifteen-book series first came to print. Twenty-six years ago, I started reading it, when it...