This episode adds substantially to our body of knowledge, especially in the back-story of Cara. Cara has parted company with the main group around the seeker, and returns to her home village of Stowecroft where she is captured - her leather Mord-Sith outfit marks her as trouble, so her sister asks her to change out of her characteristic leather uniform.
We see her captured by the Mord-Sith as a nine-year-old, we find out how she was "broken" by the Mord-Sith as they turn her into one of them. We discover who was close to her and participated in her capture. Kahlan is required to participate in a court and to confess someone, who reveals that Cara was tricked by the Mord-Sith when she was being "broken". The stand-out quotation from this episode, in terms of character background, is the line "Mord-Sith are not made, they are broken".
We learn about how Cara was lied to, we meet her surviving sister in Stowecroft and the bond amongst our quartet is strengthened. The actress playing Cara must have (literally) breathed a sigh of relief when as she prepares to leave Stowecroft, her character puts away the constricting neck-piece and waist-cincher of her costume - this will enable move-fluid movement in the remaining 19 episodes of season two.
We see her captured by the Mord-Sith as a nine-year-old, we find out how she was "broken" by the Mord-Sith as they turn her into one of them. We discover who was close to her and participated in her capture. Kahlan is required to participate in a court and to confess someone, who reveals that Cara was tricked by the Mord-Sith when she was being "broken". The stand-out quotation from this episode, in terms of character background, is the line "Mord-Sith are not made, they are broken".
We learn about how Cara was lied to, we meet her surviving sister in Stowecroft and the bond amongst our quartet is strengthened. The actress playing Cara must have (literally) breathed a sigh of relief when as she prepares to leave Stowecroft, her character puts away the constricting neck-piece and waist-cincher of her costume - this will enable move-fluid movement in the remaining 19 episodes of season two.