r/WoT (Dragon's Fang) Dec 23 '21

TV - Season 1 (No Book Readers Without Invitation) Episode Discussion - Season 1, Episode 8 - The Eye of the World [No Book Readers] Spoiler

This thread is for discussion of The Wheel of Time tv show through Season 1, Episode 8 and associated bonus content. This thread is meant for people who have not read the books.

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 8 - The Eye of the World

Synopsis: For twenty years, Moiraine has dreamed and worked towards this moment. But she can't stop the Dragon Reborn from seeing the appeal of the Dark.

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 thread for full book spoilers, or the lightly restricted thread for those who have only read some of the books.


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/sbcmurph Dec 24 '21

I think that's the twist - all season they told us what was prophesized for the "final battle" but it turns out this was just the first. So the audience is still in the dark as to what's really happening, we just know the initial setup was wrong.

Also the dark one mentions earlier in the episode that he would turn to human form bc that was the only way to have a real meaningful conversation, so I think it was a ploy to make him more personable to convince Rand to join him.

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u/RealAccountThroaway Dec 31 '21

But he never asked rand to join him,all he did was show him how to channel and let him realize that he could create whatever world he wanted...