The Dragon and The Dark One

The Dragon and The Dark One

Review of S1 E8 of The Wheel of Time, “The Eye of the World.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. One of the stories as old as time is: a good guy fights a bad guy. And in order for this to work, we have to know what each guy wants, and...
The Loneliest Dragon

The Loneliest Dragon

Review of S1 E7 of The Wheel of Time, “The Dark Along the Ways.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. One of those legends is of The Strike at Shayol Ghul...
The Game of Tar Valon

The Game of Tar Valon

Review of S1 E6 of The Wheel of Time, “The Flame of Tar Valon.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. My previous reviews showed the ways in which certain characters have veered away from their book counterparts. In this episode, the...
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...