Soul food season 3 episode 5 recap
(In the first book, Thom arrives in Emond’s Field before the Trollocs attack and leaves the village with Moiraine et al.) He kicks things off with a sorrowful song before taking a liking to Rand and Mat.
His introduction here differs from the book, but I think it’s for the best because it matches his character in the later books. Through it, we meet Thom Merrilin, another fan favorite character. Of all three, Rand and Mat's story is the strongest. The third episode splits the characters into three parties: Rand and Mat, Perrin and Egwene and Lan, Moiraine and Nynaeve. The third episode opens with showing how she had survived, excellently capturing Nynaeve’s strength of character and will, hinting at why book fans love her. She tracked the group from the Two Rivers and finds Lan as he’s caring for Moiraine. The party is in dire straits after the disaster at Shadar Logoth in the last episode, which ended with Nynaeve suddenly appearing alive. Overall, I’d give this one a 3.5 out of 5 - the show looks right, it's well-acted and sets things up well. It's a solid episode that left me excited to hit play on episode 2. The village set looks a bit too clean, but that’s a nitpick. The scenery stunned me with its beauty and gives an excellent fantastical vibe. The Wheel of Time is technically a post-apocalyptic fantasy, so I think the clothing looking a bit more modern than medieval makes a lot of sense. The casting is absolutely spot-on - these actors sell the characters to me almost completely, especially Rosamund Pike as Moiraine, Barney Harris as Mat and Zoe Robbins as Nynaeve. Even with this, however, I really enjoyed the first episode, both as a critic and a Wheel of Time fan. The pacing problem reeks of executives enforcing a single one-hour episode limit, despite it needing at least another half-hour. I’m pretty sure that the pilot was originally written to be longer. The episode ends with the six of them leaving with no goodbyes or anything of the sort shown on screen. More Trollocs are on their way and she says that if four of them leave, the monsters will follow because the main bad guy, referred to as the Dark One, also thinks that one of them is the Dragon Reborn. The first episode’s pacing is the worst part, as things start off slow, turn suddenly violent and then end with Moiraine telling Egwene, Mat, Rand and Perrin that they need to leave Emond’s Field with her. Mat brings his little sisters back after he fled with them, Rand comes into town with his injured father, and Perrin carries the corpse of his wife (that he accidentally killed) to lay among the dead. Nynaeve is carried off and presumed dead, and in the aftermath, Egwene does what she can to help care for the wounded. If not for Moiraine and Lan stepping in to help, no one would have survived. Things quickly turn into a slaughter as the monsters - huge, beastial creatures called Trollocs - tear their way through the townsfolk. The calm life shatters on Winternight as horrific monsters attack the village.