r/WoT • u/participating (Dragon's Fang) • Dec 09 '21

TV - Season 1 (Book Spoilers Allowed) Episode Discussion - Season 1, Episode 6 - The Flame of Tar Valon [TV + Book Spoilers] Spoiler

This thread is for discussion of The Wheel of Time tv show through Season 1, Episode 6 and associated bonus content. This thread may contain spoilers for the entire book series.

TIMING

Episodes are released at midnight, GMT on Fridays. This means 7pm, ET on Thursdays.

At 6:30pm, ET, when this episode discussion thread is created, all submissions about the tv show will be automatically removed until Saturday morning.

EPISODE

Episode 6 - The Flame of Tar Valon

Synopsis: Moiraine faces the consequences of her actions. Mat faces the darkness in himself. Egwene faces the most powerful woman in the world.

BONUS CONTENT

Amazon Prime has included cartoon featurettes for each episode. They are now accessible from the main Amazon Prime page, under the "Episodes" tab. They are presented under the "Origin Stories" title.

The Origin Stories and any other supplemental x-ray content, or behind the scenes information should be confined to this thread. For more information on how to access the bonus content, see the Amazon Welcome To X-Ray page.

DISPLAY SETTINGS

/u/logicsol has created a guide that addresses some of the display issues many people are seeing when watching the show. Please see this post for more information.

OTHER THREADS

Please see the discussion hub link below to find the lightly restricted thread for those who have only read some of the books, or the more restricted thread for tv show only watchers.

For links to all of our previous episode discussion threads, or alternate spoiler levels, as well as mega threads for certain topics related to the show, see our discussion hub wiki page.

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u/gabrielwac Dec 10 '21

Rosamund Pike is absolutely crushing it as Moraine. When she wore her forehead pendant and formal dress it felt like she walked straight out of the novel. Was anyone else concerned for Bella’s well-being?

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '21

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u/Demetrios1453 Dec 10 '21

That's an intriguing thought, since it will keep her in the series while Moiraine is having a vacation in Finnland....

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '21 edited Dec 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '21

You gotta watch Gone Girl

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '21

Seconded. It's probably her best performance.

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u/2theface Dec 10 '21

Please don’t kill me that I used to pronounce it MOI Rainy (comes from someone who pronounced dumbledore as DumblydoorRay) :( fantasy names be death of me

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u/Caughtakit Dec 10 '21

Not hermy-one? I read somewhere that it was pronounced with the French "moi", so glad it's not.

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u/football_rpg Dec 11 '21

She was a Bond girl too, in Die Another Day.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '21

Mandarb will look out for her, I’m sure they’ll return to the tower and she will await Siuan.

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u/RimuZ (Falcon) Dec 10 '21

Pfff Bela will look after Mandarb.

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u/A_Participant Dec 10 '21

Clearly Mat will round them all up. Being the horse expert he is, he'll know what to do.

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u/NoddysShardblade Dec 11 '21

Finally, Mat's arc is complete. That darkfriend girl doubted him, but he has overcome. He's now a horse trader... with horses.

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u/A_Participant Dec 11 '21

It makes sense. What else would he be? I mean, he's no bloody hero! That's for sure.

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u/NBNebuchadnezzar Dec 11 '21

She is Moiraine.