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Sep 22, 2023 · 615. 14K views 4 months ago GERMANY. Episode 206 "Eyes Without Pity" of The Wheel of Time is here and its pretty brutal. Rand confronts Lanfear in the dream world, but is he...
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By Samantha Nelson
Posted: Sep 22, 2023 7:01 am
This review contains full spoilers for season 2, episode 6 of The Wheel of Time, now available to watch on Prime Video.
Episode 6 of The Wheel of Time season 2 focuses most of its attention on the monstrousness of the Seanchan invaders, decadent slavers whose power in part comes from controlling women who can channel. The script is highly faithful to Robert Jordan’s second Wheel of Time novel, The Great Hunt, and contains some of the best material the show has delivered so far.
Madden has been consistently one of the show’s strongest performers, and she really sells Egwene’s furious grit. The most outstanding moments of this episode aren’t her physical performances but the purely emotional ones like when Egwene briefly takes pleasure in channeling to feel the roots of the tree that comforts her outside her cell door – before Renna makes her incinerate it. The most devastating blow isn’t one of Renna’s kicks but when she almost gently informs Egwene she is not a woman but a damane, caressing her as she says she hopes the White Tower told her how special she was. It gets to all of Egwene’s insecurities about her power and significance next to Nynaeve, and provides the bleakest possible version of the future she imagined for herself as an Aes Sedai.
Like with Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Chain of Command,” the torture doesn’t diminish the strength of the hero; instead it emphasizes the horrifying power and values of the villains. That’s further developed in “Eyes Without Pity” with the Yellow Aes Sedai Ryma (Nyokabi Gethiaga) explaining just how much her sisters have suffered by underestimating the Seanchan. Ryma is a far more minor character in books, but the show’s version forges an immediate bond with Nynaeve. She helps Nynaeve view her role as an Aes Sedai as an extension of her work helping people rather than a betrayal of it. Ryma’s selflessness and conviction that to be collared would be a fate worse than death spotlight the Seanchan’s boundless cruelty.
"The Wheel of Time has some fun in episode 5, as the villains show off their plans along with the divisions that make them weak. While it’s frustrating that it took half the season for the various plot threads to start intersecting, the stakes are rising and the characters are finding creative if dangerous ways to face them." – Samantha Nelson
Continue reading our review of The Wheel of Time Season 2, Episode 5 – "Damane."
Lanfear (Natasha O’Keefe) also continues to shine in this episode as she masterfully manipulates both Rand (Josha Stradowski) and Liandrin (Kate Fleetwood). Her encroachment in the nightmare that Ishamael (Fares Fares) wove for Rand demonstrates the Forsaken’s fundamentally different approaches to wooing the Dragon Reborn and just how powerful an ally Lanfear could be. It also shows her casual cruelty as she lets Rand see Egwene just long enough to make him desperate to be the hero. Her wicked smile is enchanting whether seeing Rand begging for help or flirtatiously biting her lip as Rand more forcefully tries to get information from her.
Lanfear is fighting a war on two fronts, battling for influence against both Ishamael and Moiraine (Rosamund Pike). She understands just how driven and manipulative Moiraine is in her lifelong mission to ensure the Dragon Reborn fights for the light, but it’s a credit to Rand’s development that he seems more afraid for Moirane’s safety than angry at being caught in her machinations yet again.
The torture doesn’t diminish the strength of the hero; instead it emphasizes the horrifying power and values of the villains.
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Episode 6 of Season 2 of The Wheel of Time is one of the show’s best yet, delving into dark material in a way that leans on the strength of its performers and demonstrates the monstrousness of the show’s villains. The season has significantly improved as its plots have weaved tighter together.
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“Eyes Without Pity” provides an intense, faithful adaptation of one of Robert Jordan’s darkest plots
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The Deaf Geek's spoiler-filled review/recap of Season 2, Episode 6 of Amazon Prime's "The Wheel of Time" - Eyes Without Pity. 00:00 - Introduction
Sep 27, 2023 · 27 September 2023 by Sarah Almeida. Eyes Without Pity. At the beginning of The Wheel Of Time season 2 episode 6, the High Lord has captured Egwene, and her sul’dam Renna is dragging her along. We find out that she is Renna’s damane and that any harm done to her sul’dam will be compounded over to her. Following that, we see Rand chained ...
- Sarah Almeida
Sep 22, 2023 · Eyes Without Pity: Directed by Maja Vrvilo. With Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Zoë Robins, Madeleine Madden. Rand makes a risky alliance and Egwene gathers her strength to confront the horror of her circumstances.
Sep 22, 2023 · Michael T. Stack at September 22, 2023 10:00 am. The Wheel of Time has always been a favorite, and season two has been an improvement, but this episode knocked it out of the park. The Wheel...
