The Week Weaves – Wheel of Time News Round-up – Episode 6

Let’s jump right into covering an exciting episode 6 week:

• For summary, review, and book-to-screen comparisons, check out our episode 6 review by Eri and Sara.
• We witnessed such outstanding performances from Madeleine Madden (Egwene), Xelia Mendes-Jones (Renna), and Nyokabi Gethaiga (Ryma).
• Music
  • Season 2 gets its second soundtrack album released, The Wheel of Time: Season 2, Vol. 2.
  • Eri’s post on the soundtrack is here.
  • Speaking of music, we’re running a giveaway on X/Twitter, giving away 8 CDs signed by Lorne Balfe (plus other prizes)! To enter, visit the post you’ll need to retweet.
• Episode 6, written by Rammy Park, was well-reviewed and currently stands as the highest-rated episode on IMDb.
• Currently, the show is in the number 1 spot on Prime Video in only 18 of 115 countries and number 2 in 70 other countries. FlixPatrol tracks this information.
• TelevisionStats has the show in the number 7 slot of most popular shows online
• There were no cast updates this week, but we caught a glimpse of what could eventually be the character played by Hayley Mills. Since this is a potential spoiler, we’ll leave it to you to watch the Episode 7 preview on Prime Video.
• Speaking of Episode 7, it is titled “Daes Dae’mar” and written by Justine Juel Gillmer and directed by Sanaa Hamri.
• We should expect to see the Amyrlin, Siuan Sanche, in Cairhien, along with several Aes Sedai.
• Episode 7 should also introduce two new Aiel characters: Bain and Chiad, played by Ragga Ragnars and Maja Simonsen, both expected to appear in episode 8 as well.
• Again, here’s a link to the Actor/Episode mapping spreadsheet for season 2. The source of the information is IMDb, which isn’t 100% accurate, so keep that in mind.
• Additional season 2 coverage by WoT-focused content creators can be found here.
• Forgot the beans this week.