Wheel of Time: Goldeneyes
April 14, 2025 5:16 AM - Season 3, Episode 7 - Subscribe
Perrin begins to embrace his role as a leader among the people of the Two Rivers.
The Two Rivers faces some surprising threats, with some surprising allies (and a notable surprising lack of help from others).
Loial son of Arent son of Halan has quite a day, even if some of his clever plans don't go as expected.
The local wisdom finds sobriety, and Matt's sisters find closure.
The Two Rivers faces some surprising threats, with some surprising allies (and a notable surprising lack of help from others).
Loial son of Arent son of Halan has quite a day, even if some of his clever plans don't go as expected.
The local wisdom finds sobriety, and Matt's sisters find closure.
For a bad-ass Aes Sedai of the battle ajah, Alanna sure does get her ass kicked a lot
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 11:17 AM on April 14 [2 favorites]
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 11:17 AM on April 14 [2 favorites]
Definitely very big "We have to take out the ace card immediately or no one will think the battle couldn't have been won within five minutes" vibes there.
posted by Atreides at 11:34 AM on April 14 [2 favorites]
posted by Atreides at 11:34 AM on April 14 [2 favorites]
For a gentle young historian, Loial sure does swing a mighty hammer!
posted by Acari at 12:07 PM on April 14 [1 favorite]
posted by Acari at 12:07 PM on April 14 [1 favorite]
"Stay Behind me .. "
"Stop trying to protect me!"
" .. and take down any I miss '
Was so sweet.
posted by Faintdreams at 1:31 PM on April 15 [2 favorites]
"Stop trying to protect me!"
" .. and take down any I miss '
Was so sweet.
posted by Faintdreams at 1:31 PM on April 15 [2 favorites]
That and the "Fucking wetlanders" line were great.
Just one more episode right? I wonder which, if any, of the plot threads will be resolved.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 7:34 PM on April 15 [1 favorite]
Just one more episode right? I wonder which, if any, of the plot threads will be resolved.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 7:34 PM on April 15 [1 favorite]
Perrin feels like him being in White Cloak hands is his season cliffhanger unless they just let him go (I don't remember what happens and that's awesome).
Liandrin/Elayne/Nynaeve/Mat and what not, that's going to have some kind of conclusion given the Forsaken's involvement.
We still have the power struggle in the White Tower between Elaida and Siuan.
Then there's going to have to be a show down between Rand and Lanfear now that he knows Lanfear was torturing Egwene. Will this involve Moiraine dying per her vision? Rand, as the messianic leader of the Aiel is also suppose to take them out of the Three Fold Land, but he hasn't even had a chance to meet all the other Aiel. My guess is Rand and company do not leave the Aiel Wastes by the end of the season.
Gonna be a long episode.
posted by Atreides at 6:36 AM on April 16 [1 favorite]
Liandrin/Elayne/Nynaeve/Mat and what not, that's going to have some kind of conclusion given the Forsaken's involvement.
We still have the power struggle in the White Tower between Elaida and Siuan.
Then there's going to have to be a show down between Rand and Lanfear now that he knows Lanfear was torturing Egwene. Will this involve Moiraine dying per her vision? Rand, as the messianic leader of the Aiel is also suppose to take them out of the Three Fold Land, but he hasn't even had a chance to meet all the other Aiel. My guess is Rand and company do not leave the Aiel Wastes by the end of the season.
Gonna be a long episode.
posted by Atreides at 6:36 AM on April 16 [1 favorite]
And yeah, solid battle for the budget. I remember thinking the trollocs were _really_ ropey CGI in the first season and it mostly cleaned up for this one? There were a few scenes that felt more like someone was editing them in at half speed for an _intentional_ stop motion, jason & the argonauts effect? But all of the close up work in the village was pretty solid.
And yay, the two murder hobos survived the blast.
If you're interested in picking up the books, Humble is running a $18 for the whole series + some companion books. Cheap and DRM free!
And yeah, I can't imagine they're going to resolve too much next episode, this felt more like the season finale, and the next episode is going to be more of a "here's what we learned" sort of deal...
posted by Kyol at 8:40 AM on April 16 [2 favorites]
And yay, the two murder hobos survived the blast.
If you're interested in picking up the books, Humble is running a $18 for the whole series + some companion books. Cheap and DRM free!
And yeah, I can't imagine they're going to resolve too much next episode, this felt more like the season finale, and the next episode is going to be more of a "here's what we learned" sort of deal...
posted by Kyol at 8:40 AM on April 16 [2 favorites]
Liandrin/Elayne/Nynaeve/Mat and what not
That's where my money is for the finale. Wrap up the Liandrin/Moghedien situation.
They can't possibly kill Moraine. She's too important, and Rosamund Pike is the producer of the show. Maybe we get a resolution of the Rand/Lanfear/Moraine thing that somehow confounds Moraine's visions, like happened with Min's vision of Mat "killing" Rand.
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 10:33 AM on April 16 [1 favorite]
That's where my money is for the finale. Wrap up the Liandrin/Moghedien situation.
They can't possibly kill Moraine. She's too important, and Rosamund Pike is the producer of the show. Maybe we get a resolution of the Rand/Lanfear/Moraine thing that somehow confounds Moraine's visions, like happened with Min's vision of Mat "killing" Rand.
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 10:33 AM on April 16 [1 favorite]
Kyol: "If you're interested in picking up the books, Humble is running a $18 for the whole series + some companion books. Cheap and DRM free!"
Oh, thank you! I actually donated my copies to the library last year (a water leak at my parents had wiped out the first five or six books) and seeing how far I can go between this and next season with digital copies might be a good fix.
posted by Atreides at 10:51 AM on April 16
Oh, thank you! I actually donated my copies to the library last year (a water leak at my parents had wiped out the first five or six books) and seeing how far I can go between this and next season with digital copies might be a good fix.
posted by Atreides at 10:51 AM on April 16
Another huge thank you to Kyol. I don't know why I think of Humble so rarely. I was happy to pay a bit more than the lowest price. It was still far cheaper than the $150 from Kobo.
Watched episode 8 last night and was not disappointed. I found the constant battle in episode 7 wearying. From what I've seen Season 4 is not yet approved, so perhaps we'll never be able to see it. If it is approved soon, it will still be a 2+ year wait, I imagine. Great time to re-read the books!
posted by angiep at 2:43 PM on April 18
Watched episode 8 last night and was not disappointed. I found the constant battle in episode 7 wearying. From what I've seen Season 4 is not yet approved, so perhaps we'll never be able to see it. If it is approved soon, it will still be a 2+ year wait, I imagine. Great time to re-read the books!
posted by angiep at 2:43 PM on April 18
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I am delighted at my terrible memory as a lot of the things that did happen, Fain being allowed to escape, Lolial disappearing in the waygate, and well, a lot of things, were fresh to me.
I feel like we can justifiably call Alanna the Pincushion Aes Sedai. Goodness, how many times will that woman be shot with an arrow before this show is over.
I also cannot get over how much fun it is to have the shield maidens around.
posted by Atreides at 7:20 AM on April 14 [2 favorites]