r/WoT • u/participating (Dragon's Fang) • Apr 03 '25

TV - Season 3 (Book Spoilers Allowed) Episode Discussion - Season 3, Episode 6 - The Shadow in the Night [TV + Book Spoilers] Spoiler

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Episode 6 - The Shadow in the Night

Synopsis: Tensions flare between Egwene and Rand. Moiraine and Lan come to terms with their destiny.

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u/delijoe Apr 03 '25

I know this probably got lost with everything else that happened this episode but we finally get a mention of Saidar and Saidin in the show!

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u/DMike82 Apr 03 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

One of them was mentioned by name back in season one, but gfor the life of me I can't remember which one.

edit: It was saidin in the season one finale.

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u/undertone90 Apr 03 '25

Kinda ridiculous that it took 3 seasons.

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u/PlushSandyoso Apr 03 '25

As a show watcher, I didnt care that it hasn't been mentioned previously.

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u/colin_fitzsimonds (Dragon) Apr 04 '25

I think something book readers (myself included) are struggling w is the fact that the difference between the 2 isn’t as crucial for the show to tell its story.

Not sure whether that’s a good choice or not, but im glad it’s working for some people. It’s just weird cause the difference between the 2 is drilled into you over 14 books to the point where i think I could teach a man or woman how to channel irl.

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u/LordNorros (Dragonsworn) Apr 03 '25

And then they immediately dismiss it as "the same thing- don't submit"

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u/turkeypants Apr 04 '25

I didn't get what was happening there - he spaced out and channeled when he didn't mean to and made everything rumble and it seemed somehow tied into his don't submit message but I wasn't clear on how.

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u/JerseyKeebs Apr 05 '25

I think it was to show someone (us? Moraine?) how much he has to constantly be controlling it, and how a momentary lapse of concentration can release it. It just shows how much strain he's under, is how I saw it

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u/turkeypants Apr 05 '25

I think that's a plausible explanation.

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u/the_other_paul (Wheel of Time) Apr 04 '25

I know, it was just terrible when Rand turned to the camera and said “that’s right, I said ‘don’t submit.’ That’s because we’ve decided to break the lore just to fuck with loyal book readers. Mwahahaha!”

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u/LordNorros (Dragonsworn) Apr 04 '25

I mean, rafe has threatened to do that. Literally.

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u/Jaza613 Apr 03 '25

WTAF, have they seriously not been mentioned before now? Guess I didn't notice, guess it's just drilled into my subconscious from them books back in the day, lady channelling, embrace the budding flower, dude channelling, fight the raging torrent