12-06-2021, 08:35 PM
I rewatched with my husband, and like with episodes 1-3 I enjoyed it so much more the second time round. I don’t think my critical brain turns off very easily during a first watch. Even the sets looked better to me this time XD
The only thing I’m not 100% on still is Loial’s facial prosthetics. Not what they look like, but that it doesn’t look like the actor can really move his eyebrows. I think I’ll get over that though.
All of the small details in the dialogue and exposition consistently blow me away. This time I noticed that when Moiraine warns Nynaeve to stay away from the sisters they travelled with she specifically means the Reds, which is why she’s put her in the warder quarters -- a place they won’t go. By the way, is Liandrin STILL pronouncing Nynaeve’s name wrong? It might just be the way the actress says it (it always annoyed me that everyone pronounced Arya differently in GoT, even members of her own family). But I hope it’s intentional, it’s such a quirk of ignorance to refuse to learn how to say someone’s name properly.
I love the detail that the novices both glance at Moiraine (I’ll bet there was some gossiping when they got out of earshot).
Anyway, my husband was mostly quiet during this episode. During Loial’s introduction I asked him if he remembered what an Aielman was and he did remember the “dead ginger guy” from the scene with Thom. It didn’t seem to prompt him to wonder any more about it though.
He was excited that Perrin can “channel” wolves. I love that he’s picking up on the show’s terminology even if he’s using it wrong lol.
I also asked him if he still thought Egwene was the dragon and he said no. He thinks the show is spending too much time trying to convince us it’s one of the kids, so now he thinks it’s Lan. That’s the biggest twist apparently, that he and Moiraine have spent 20 years looking and it turns out to be one of them…
I think he just REALLY likes Lan. But is also just done with guessing now and wants to know the answer -- and see what actually happens once we know who the dragon is. He said to me that he doesn't see how they're going to finish the season in 3 more episodes, which is interesting since he, uh, doesn't know anything about the book's plot. It made me wonder if they need to kinda get to the point soon -- we know Moiraine came to find the dragon, and that they might be a good or bad thing, but that's really it. We don't even know what she plans to do with him.
Funnily enough given that analysis, he has never ever even mentioned Rand.
The only thing I’m not 100% on still is Loial’s facial prosthetics. Not what they look like, but that it doesn’t look like the actor can really move his eyebrows. I think I’ll get over that though.
All of the small details in the dialogue and exposition consistently blow me away. This time I noticed that when Moiraine warns Nynaeve to stay away from the sisters they travelled with she specifically means the Reds, which is why she’s put her in the warder quarters -- a place they won’t go. By the way, is Liandrin STILL pronouncing Nynaeve’s name wrong? It might just be the way the actress says it (it always annoyed me that everyone pronounced Arya differently in GoT, even members of her own family). But I hope it’s intentional, it’s such a quirk of ignorance to refuse to learn how to say someone’s name properly.
I love the detail that the novices both glance at Moiraine (I’ll bet there was some gossiping when they got out of earshot).
Anyway, my husband was mostly quiet during this episode. During Loial’s introduction I asked him if he remembered what an Aielman was and he did remember the “dead ginger guy” from the scene with Thom. It didn’t seem to prompt him to wonder any more about it though.
He was excited that Perrin can “channel” wolves. I love that he’s picking up on the show’s terminology even if he’s using it wrong lol.
I also asked him if he still thought Egwene was the dragon and he said no. He thinks the show is spending too much time trying to convince us it’s one of the kids, so now he thinks it’s Lan. That’s the biggest twist apparently, that he and Moiraine have spent 20 years looking and it turns out to be one of them…
I think he just REALLY likes Lan. But is also just done with guessing now and wants to know the answer -- and see what actually happens once we know who the dragon is. He said to me that he doesn't see how they're going to finish the season in 3 more episodes, which is interesting since he, uh, doesn't know anything about the book's plot. It made me wonder if they need to kinda get to the point soon -- we know Moiraine came to find the dragon, and that they might be a good or bad thing, but that's really it. We don't even know what she plans to do with him.
Funnily enough given that analysis, he has never ever even mentioned Rand.
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