‘Wheel of Time’ Recap: Episode 4 “The Dragon Reborn”

Quote of the Episode: What greater revenge against violence than peace, what greater revenge against death than life? -Grandma Ila Four episodes in and the reviews are anarchy. Most of my fellow Bookwyrms are in arms ready to burn the pattern out of existence, and there are a few of us still holding on to the crumbling disks of Cuendillar. A lot of the new fans and casuals are loving it so far and nothing sets up that dynamic better than Wheel of Time episode 4, so let’s get into it. Remember, spoilers are the delicate lace of the pattern, and I am the M’Hael casually tossing around balefire.

Leave the knife work to Nynaeve your majesty.

They haven’t named it yet, so I won’t here, but I love how they showed us the difference between the channeling of the men and the channeling of the women. It is a visceral reminder of how effective the counterstrike was. Logain Ablar in the house! Great casting here, I love how silently intense Logain is, this flashback also shows us how he was able to inspire loyalty, the man’s got bars. “There is a place at my side, even for my enemies” almost made quote of the Wheel of Time episode 4. Another side note, our first run in with male channelers (episode 1) looked very different from this. Logain is shown here, able to withstand or at least ignore & redirect the madness in his head. Sure, the voices are there whispering, but he isn’t acting on what they say. He is actively defying them and forging his own path. Then, we are back to the…