- Title: The Wheel of Time – The Eye of the World
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The anticlimactic finale to the First Season of The Wheel of Time offers action as the city of Fal Dara is defended against the dark legion which descends. However, the true outcome of the battle is not decided there but in the middle of the Blight where Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski) makes his stand against the Dark One (Fares Fares) who plays your basic devil’s bargain in offering Rand all he could possibly desire to free him. As devil’s tricks go, there’s nothing all that interesting or elegant here and our first encounter with the Dark One proves far less impressive than that of Logain Ablar (Álvaro Morte) earlier in the season.
The conclusion of events is a bit murky with Rand choosing his own path against what the Dark One offers but his attack on the Dark One fractures the prison. While Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike), whose powers were stripped by the Dark One (but isn’t killed as prophecy foretold), accepts this as his defeat. However, it’s certainly not how events appear on-screen. Rand then leaves on his own, but has he been corrupted? Prophecy wasn’t fulfilled in what was foretold would happen when the Dragon Reborn stood against the Dark One so is this not the final confrontation the entire season has led up to? The season concludes with an epilogue of a great fleet of… someone? arriving to no doubt playing a role in whatever direction the series takes in Season Two.
