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Ack! I haven't watched yet! Tonight probably. I'll weigh in after.

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TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 13 March 2025 - 09:30 AM, said:

Well, that was quite the opener!

Still feels like the fast forward button has been pushed, which I think is just something that needs to be accepted because of how much ground there is to cover.

The Forsaken continue to be the best thing about the show. Lanfear was brilliant in series 2 and it's as if the showrunner went "Oh, you thought Lanfear was potentially scary? You simply must meet Moghedien.."

Absolutely. That last scene in episode 1 was TERRIFYING...amazing work on the part of everyone involved in that. Also, the whole episode in general was just really kinetic and pacey, but everyone got a chance to shine for their reintroductions.

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 13 March 2025 - 09:30 AM, said:

I'm staunchly staying away from commentary on the series because I can already hear a certain section of audience losing its mind over:

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Elayne and Aviendha. Can't say I so much as blinked at it, feels fine as an extension of their close bond in the books, and it'll be interesting to see how it plays into however the show decides to tackle Rand and his Wives later.

Agree with you entirely.

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Was not even a bump on the road for me...and really later on in the book series when the harem existed, are we meant to assume that there never was a co-mingling of bodies in lust? I doubt the heck out of that, so this feels like it fits that notion well. Like "Hey Rand, we already have this relationship thing going, want to get down on this too?" LOL I dunno. But yeah, it was fine by me....same is true of Moiraine and Siuane's continued relationship which goes beyond the "we were pillow sisters when we were younger" stuff in the books....and I expect that later on it will be a point of conflict when Siuane gets....you know, married. So good fodder for relationship drama down the road.

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