This is how I look at it, this is a different turning of the wheel. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see the good guys lose this round. That's the beauty of the Wheel of Time. If season 2 ended with the Dark One winning and then things resetting and going another round, I would be ok with that. I know a lot of people wouldn't. But the wheel has turned out this story an infinite number of times, most of them failures. Only 2 solutions are final. One the Dark One destroying the wheel, and one of the Dark One being permanently destroyed. So I am going to shut up and enjoy this series for what it is, a separate turning of the wheel.