There was so much buildup to what the Dragon Reborn would be capable of, what the eye of the world would be and the final battle to keep the dark one imprisoned. And none of it was realized in this episode.
We've all seen movies and shows where you could tell that they just didn't have the budget to carry out the ending that you knew they wanted and that is what this felt like. I can't imagine that being the case, but it did feel like a rushed attempt to wrap things up and move on to the next story.
The characters didn't really look nervous, excited or frightened about what was going on; they mostly looked bored.
The journey through the horrible blight ended up being an uneventful walk. Even 'don't touch anything' became 'lets lean on the blight and take a nap' with nothing bad happening.
The dark one ended up being surprisingly easy to stop, just hold this little carving and poof, he's gone. There was so much talk for so long on what the Dragon Reborn would be able to do and yet it was the least impressive fight of the season. All that had to be realized was that being a wife and mother is a terrible fate.
They talk a lot about people training to channel the one power but the main characters just automatically know how to use it when they need it.
I'm not sure how the planning session went when when they came up with the idea that all the men would line up to be killed fighting the trollocs and then the women would stay back and use their lightening magic to wipe them out once they got past the men. It seems someone would have thought about changing that order. I know, it was probably some statement about the patriarchy but in a world where everyone knows the magic is controlled by women you think there would be some realization of using it in battle. (note the invaders at the end)
I'm not a fan of shows killing off big characters for the shock value but bringing them back from the dead really takes the fear of what might happen to anyone fade.
And finally, seeing that the seal is broken and knowing the fight against the dark one is clearly not over Moiraine still lets Rand leave without any mention of danger to come and how he might still be needed. Basically the ending is "Yep, you held a small carving, the dark on melted and now you will kill the people you love. So you should go"
We've all seen movies and shows where you could tell that they just didn't have the budget to carry out the ending that you knew they wanted and that is what this felt like. I can't imagine that being the case, but it did feel like a rushed attempt to wrap things up and move on to the next story.
The characters didn't really look nervous, excited or frightened about what was going on; they mostly looked bored.
The journey through the horrible blight ended up being an uneventful walk. Even 'don't touch anything' became 'lets lean on the blight and take a nap' with nothing bad happening.
The dark one ended up being surprisingly easy to stop, just hold this little carving and poof, he's gone. There was so much talk for so long on what the Dragon Reborn would be able to do and yet it was the least impressive fight of the season. All that had to be realized was that being a wife and mother is a terrible fate.
They talk a lot about people training to channel the one power but the main characters just automatically know how to use it when they need it.
I'm not sure how the planning session went when when they came up with the idea that all the men would line up to be killed fighting the trollocs and then the women would stay back and use their lightening magic to wipe them out once they got past the men. It seems someone would have thought about changing that order. I know, it was probably some statement about the patriarchy but in a world where everyone knows the magic is controlled by women you think there would be some realization of using it in battle. (note the invaders at the end)
I'm not a fan of shows killing off big characters for the shock value but bringing them back from the dead really takes the fear of what might happen to anyone fade.
And finally, seeing that the seal is broken and knowing the fight against the dark one is clearly not over Moiraine still lets Rand leave without any mention of danger to come and how he might still be needed. Basically the ending is "Yep, you held a small carving, the dark on melted and now you will kill the people you love. So you should go"