6 minutes ago, The Purple Ajah said:

 

 

... and, sadly, there are *tons* of precedents in the books - RJ left main characters off-stage for eons at a time before coming back to them. UGH.

1 hour ago, flinn said:

 Going by the forsaken figurines Stepin was doing the ritual to, Balthamel and Aginor were not included.

... wow, flinn. That is next-level stuff; studying figurines in a still-shot. No lie - *much* respect.

39 minutes ago, flinn said:

  I understand they did it to move the plot, but I cant help but find it lazy writing that Moiraine didnt have a good reason already established for why she has been gone for 2 years. Even something as simple as "I have been recruiting", which technically would be true.

... *nod*. I didn't think about it at the time, but something like 'I have been searching. And I have brought back two young candidates, who are among the most powerful any of us have ever seen'. That would have done it.

1 hour ago, Jearom Gaidin said:

Those are some great questions!! The books led us to believe Ishamael was the DO many times and confused Rand and others for three straight books so looks like show is going in a similar vein there.

 

Green man would be fun but difficult to pull off so probably ok if that's cut out.

 

I hope we see Balthamel and Aginor and some good special effects in the eye, would be a great into into the forsaken and their extreme channeling so hope that hooks some new fans of the show can do it well...

Great points about Rand thinking he'd gone head-to-head with DO. ... Now. iMDB is a bit of a spoiler for upcoming episodes (so, please - readers, if you're not into spoilers, STOP) ...

2 hours ago, Skipp said:

And just as an aside, my Wife is really enjoying the show.  This was her favourite episode along with 4 and 5.  Of course my excitement for the show might be rubbing off on her.

Same. For the first time, tonight, *she* suggested that we watch the show as it was released. ... and, I was nonplused by the ep overall (it's ... 'ok'), but she liked it quite a bit. Good sign. lol

4 hours ago, ManetherenTaveren said:

- I'll just mention Allana's green outfit, just because ?

 

... yuh-huh. *NODS* ... she's channeling her inner Deanna Troi in season 1 ? ... then again, RJ did have a thing for descriptions of low-cut necklines ... ?

4 hours ago, Pandemonium said:

Everything is moving so fast!  10 episodes so badly needed in the future if they are going to focus on all these secondary characters so much.  

Mercy, do I *ever* agree with this. Truth of even an extremely-well-funded production like Amazon's, is that there are likely eight seasons max (we hope we hope); and if each has eight eps ... that's 64. ... 64 for the whole series (!) Tonight, we're nearing 10% through, and so they're *behind* that curve of *eight ... years*. They actually have to cut *more* than they've been cutting, to get to the Last Battle with any hope of doing justice to it. Monumental challenge.

4 hours ago, The Purple Ajah said:

I am pretty sure that the final scene was due to Barney Harris's departure. I can't really think why they would separate Mat from the rest otherwise, especially since he was Healed early, which frees up a lot of his TGH storyline. They were using the same footage of Mat a couple of times, or at least that seemed to be the case.

It's a fair point, and you may well be right. On a positive note, I noted that IMDB credits Harris with appearances in all 8 episodes of season one. ... I *really* hope they don't just go to his 'image in clips' in 7 and 8; that would be regrettable. 

4 hours ago, Frenata said:

Maigan: "ships disappearing in the west"

Me: "reeeeeee"

... I totally didn't even put two and two together on that one!! Thank you for this ? 

I'm an amateur/semi-professional (weddings, funerals, etc) musician, with near-perfect (relative) pitch, and an even better 'ear'. Ep 5 was the first time that I found I could hum, from memory, the theme. That is *way* too long for me - I was really surprised that was the first time I had done it. Now ... Thom's song was *instant* for me; one take. That's the difference between the 'catchy' factor between the two, IMHO. Great question, btw.