Rand was the first Child of a Maiden that returned to the Maidens, so Maidens took him under their guard and carried his honor.

There hasn't been pretty much any interaction between Rand and the Maidens. Maybe next season.

In the books as far as I recall.. Seems like the show has already planted the seeds for that.

Plans changed after Rand rejected Lanfear.

Near perfect finale for a near perfect season. I wish Moiraine and/or Lanfear had died instead of Siuan. Not sure what they are going for there.

About colorism.. I think only PoC have any right to say if the show has an issue or not.

I've seen mentions that the Hero of the Horn theme played during Loial's final moments. Edit. I've not seen many mentions of the benefits of warder bond for both Aes Sedai and warder. Maybe that explains some of Alanna's survivability?

The episode was nearly perfect. I really can't think of any real negatives. - The battle had scale, death, surprising twists and a logical outcome with Perrin and Fain. I like that Alanna didn't just save everyone. - I'm not 100% sure that Loial is dead. I kinda hope he is so the moment with his book and his voice-over after don't go to waste. - Aram's arc evolving naturally. - Faile! Perrin! - Taim and Abel were missing for some reason. Maybe they'll help Perrin? - Fade(s) would have been a nice touch. - Daise went out like a legend. - Valda got a fitting end. Bloodthirsty S.O.B. Can't wait for the Finale.

Cauthon girls healing Alanna so easily was my only complaint in this episode. I give it a pass though, since our heroes always managed to create needed weaves pretty much every single time even if they had no training or never made them before. The show does need to stop giving our heroes mortal wounds in every episode and heal them immediately. It's getting a bit tiring. I almost wish Rand had done the marionette thingy with the girl's corpse. What we got was plenty enough. Well done.

No. Just no. Do you think that's what RJ would have wanted?

Remember S2E5? Rand and Moiraine came up with a plan that Rand pretends to love Lanfear so they can get information and she won't kill them.

Any examples? I know there are changes, but I bet they have purpose behind them and are not just thrown in just because.

I did a quick check and apparently covid restrictions hit after E4 was filmed. I'm not sure if CGI suffered for that episode also.

And this is why the "just do the books" is such a pointless argument. It's just not possible within time and budget.

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