We physically move around a lot less in this episode, and the opportunity to take a breath makes the world-building and lore-dumping feel more organic and less forced. We get a basic outline of the different Ajahs and their motivations, we hear about the Amyrlin Seat, we meet a few named characters from the books like Liandrin and Alanna.
And the show uses this encampment to give us our first big dose of how Aes Sedai society is structured. We meet him because we're inside an Aes Sedai encampment, which Moiraine, Lan, and Nynaeve have sought out so that Moiraine's Trolloc-inflicted wound can be fully Healed. That we're meeting and talking to Logain at all is one of this episode's two big departure points from the books-I believe we only spy him from a distance once in Eye of the World, and he doesn't become a player in the story until a few books in. You can still see the wisps of white, mixed in among the inky tendrils, but even before you see Logain's madness manifest itself, it's clear that something is wrong here. The visual effect of the taint corruption on the One Power is probably my favorite visual effect in the series so far, strictly in terms of how economical and effective it is. Sumptuousness? Weird presence? Whatever it is, Álvaro Morte is doing a great job of making Logain feel like the kind of bad guy who would definitely treat you to dinner plus a Bond villain monologue before murdering you.Īndrew: I am glad you mentioned the "taint" thing because if this adaptation keeps all the characters from talking and thinking about "the Dark One's taint" all the time then I will be willing to forgive any and all other shortcomings.
Haha, taint.) Logain is beset by shadowy figures that seem to form themselves out the corruption, and they seductively whisper dark things to him, like, "Hey, you should totally kill that king guy." It's a neat effect, and I think it works great.Īnd I'm enjoying Logain's. (The show also uses "corruption" over the book's choice of "taint," presumably to avoid all the memes that would come from having everyone saying "taint" all the time. In the scenes where Logain is facing down the king of Ghealdan, we see that the weaves he channels are mixed together with blackness-the corruption of the Dark One. This episode gives us our first on-screen showing of what a male channeler's madness looks and feels like, too. But this gives folks who haven't read the books a nice little mystery to ponder. Showrunner Rafe Judkins has said that the show is not changing who the Dragon is and that book fans will know immediately. We don't have the luxury in the show of getting into each character's head and knowing their internal landscape, so playing "Who's the Dragon?!" is a good way of giving the audience something substantial to chew on beyond just dialogue and setting.
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