It’s time for our social recap of episode six and our viewers are feeling the slide down the back half of the season. We knew from the preview that this would be a Tanchico-focused hour and those who paid close attention to the soundtrack have been looking forward to a bit of music.

In this highly anticipated episode, The Shadow in the Night, Tensions flare between Egwene and Rand. Moiraine and Lan come to terms with their destiny.

 

 

@mostlybree.kitrocha.com‬
I am going to react in a totally proportionate and normal way to whatever happens in the episode tonight, definitely

We open in Tanchico, 95 years in the past. A very young girl is in a dank cellar trying to comfort a wailing baby. She calls the baby “Aludran” and that helps us register that this is Liandrin’s origin story. Her disgusting husband and a sidekick come to drown the baby. In her time of need, Liandrin channels and kills both men.

@aphrodena
yass give liandrin all the storylines and backstories yayy keep doing it 😈😈

@Ashaman_kill
Just realized that 13 year old Liandrin using “need” to OP headshot her tormentors is fairly good foreshadowing to Mat’s sisters doing the same for healing Alanna.
The show (vs books) has established bodily healing as a basic skill & channeling = need > training consistently

@writerobscura.bsky.social‬
My girl done crushed his head with her bare foot!

 

Liandrin murks a couple people and I’m just like

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— 🌊 Marissa ✊ (@marissarae.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM


@Mavumavu91
Liandrin haaaaaaaaaaaaaaates men😭😭

She escapes her prison and heads to the docks seeking help and finding none from the rough workers and clientele. Exhausted, emotionally and physically, she falls asleep at the feet of a great statue, only to be approached in her dream by…

@snacky.bsky.social‬
The return of the OG darkfriend, Ishy, and “hey, it’s that guy!”

‪@themann1086.bsky.social‬
ISHY!!! Oh that made me so happy

@carriganrose__
Fares Fares is so excellent as Ishamael – charming and creepy and the right amount of menace. I wish I got more of him.

@AcksonArj
I saw Ishamael’s meeting with a young Liandrin as a genuine act of compassion, not recruitment.

@Greenwood_elf
I don’t agree with Liandrin’s doings. But the episode 6 really showed a part of her we didn’t know before.

We cut to black for our abbreviated intro and zip back to the present. Liandrin, now more than 100 years old, is dreaming of being the Amyrlin Seat. Everyone’s favorite Spooky Mami, Lanfear, makes an appearance to test her loyalty. The other Forsaken are playing influence games and Lanfear wants the Black Ajah who are being played rooted out. Tomorrow.

@marissarae.bsky.social‬
I feel like a huge negative of being sworn to the Shadow is that you’re constantly getting nocturnal death threats

@MoirasFavWig
“Someone who thinks she’s cleverer than she actually is. I would’ve assumed it was you” 😂

@snacky.bsky.social‬
the devil works hard but lanfear works harder

@sarakas.bsky.social‬
Lanfear really leveled up her momminess this episode whewww 😳🥵

The next morning, Liandrin gathers her cabal to reveal the objects of power they’re chasing while a sneaky little spider spits in their tea and listens in to the plan.

@micheleshaw.bsky.social‬
The black ajah being competent and on track till the forsaken’s games send everything into the river is so on brand.

@lionesswisd0m
Did Moghedien spit into that food? Ewww

@d4nxartt
WHY DID MOGHEDIEN SPIT IN THEY FOOD?;^(??&%$&&

@Irreverent_KUP
Moghedien didn’t just eavesdrop—she spat in Liandrin and other Black Ajah’s food like the ultimate unbothered queen of pettiness. Forsaken levels of disrespect. Imagine being so terrifying you don’t even need to flex, just ruin their lunch n casually evesdrop.

@writerobscura.bsky.social‬
Moghedien being as subtle as a fart in an elevator 🤣

@SimonesFiasco
does Liandrin like…NOT know Moghedien’s right there?
or does she just not know who she is?

@carriganrose__
Jeaine Caide I would swear the dark oaths for you

Elsewhere in the city, Nynaeve and Elayne are working on blending in when Mat and Min arrive to inform them that they’re not half as clever as they think they are as they prepare for their “covert” ops mission.

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
I swear to god the scenes in Tanchico better fucking hinge on Nynaeve and Elayne looking like plainclothes cops with their fucking handcuffs visible in their back pockets because everyone’s gonna see them coming from a mile away

@Irreverent_KUP
Nynaeve bossing around Mat and Min while Elayne jumps in to back her up!! This is peak Elayne & Nynaeve: Detective Agency energy.
Someone give me a full side season of these two dragging reluctant idiots into their schemes.

@readerreborn.bsky.social‬
So I think it’s that Mat gives Nynaeve something with a lot more beads (it’s all beads) and then takes the one with fewer beads (though more intricate) for himself.

@carriganrose__
mat being like rip to nynaeve but i am worth this veil

@joelywrites
i love Mat & Min so much 😭🫶

@callieburrito.bsky.social‬
Sevanna’s headdress > Thom’s hat > Mat’s veil > Moirane’s hat > Elayne’s Tanchico headwrap

Over in the waste, Egwene has been hauled to the principal’s office for entering Tel’aran’rhiod – the world of dreams – without the Wise Ones permission. Not only did she lie about that, she also fesses up to not being a full Aes Sedai. Despite being in the dog house, she still asks for the cheat codes to the Spooky Mami boss.

@WheelofTimeLove
“You promised not to enter tel’aran’rhiod without us! An Aes Sedai cannot lie!”
“Well, I’m not an Aes Sedai, I lied about that too.” 💀

@joelywrites
Egwene already confessed she isn’t aes sedai?!

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
“I need you to teach me how to beat Lanfear in Tel’aran’rhiod”
“…”
“…”
“…”
“…”
“Oh, shit, you’re serious? That wasn’t a little wetlander humor? Wild. Oh but yeah no, we won’t be doing that”

Not content to simply mess with Egwene, Lanfear pops into Moiraine’s already troubled dream for a little visit. Something… changed… after Rhuidean, but she’s not sure what. She let’s Moiraine know that she’s sending a little surprise, and something tells us that it’s not a hot bath.

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
“You’ve been hiding from me. You’re afraid of me now”|
“Well, I was afraid of you then, too”
“Heh yeah, I’m like that”

Aviendha is giving Rand a bit of a Cold Rocks Hold tour and showcasing the lush gardens, made possible by the shade from rocky outcrops. Certified cutie patootie Alsera, the little redhead girl from last episode, is showing off her squash plants and wondering what shepherds tend (sheps, of course). Rand has the nerve to call her spear a shovel and Aviendha leaves him to fend for himself in navigating the world of Aiel ji’e’toh – honor and obligation.

@darlingbee.bsky.social‬
Alsera is soooo cute I love how she calls Rand by his full name….shes so sassy and I love it she means business

‪@salyaalonir.bsky.social‬
Rand: “I didn’t realize Aiel were such good farmers”
Also, Rand: (starts humming the AoL harvest song in his mind)

@marissarae.bsky.social‬
That’s right, adorable little girl! Force the Dragon to do some gruntwork!

Over in the Two Rivers, an injured Perrin has made it back to the Winespring with Faile’s assistance. The wisdom is going to do what she can, but where is our favorite pincushion, Alanna? The answer is: up in the attic in really bad condition.

@themann1086.bsky.social‬
When you need heals but the healer is oom

@joelywrites
Faile mentioning Davram!!!! not by name, but still 🫶

@Salya_al_Onir
Faile’s philosophy about honor and death feels so close to the Aiel.  I understand why Bain and Chiad befriend her.
Chá Faile is completely justified 😌

As the scene transitions we hear a whistle. THAT whistle, and sure as sugar plums there is Padan Fain. He’s gotten a haircut and an unidentified lady friend, with some pet trollocs hanging out in the background.

@_serpentoftime
and welcome back to padan fain’s creepy whistle. guy knows how to do his own branding, I’ll give him that much

@SimonesFiasco
Padan Fain, UGH!!!!!!
I hope Mat gets to k*ll him, I really do.
him or Perrin

@carriehein.bsky.social‬
Just enjoying a sunset with trollocs.

@VerinsOwl
I’m looking forward to seeing Padan Fain and his Merry Band of Deira, Narg and Steve eff up some whitcloaks

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
Damn who’s Padan Fain’s girlfriend

@joelywrites
PADAN FAIN HAS A MAIDEN OF THE SPEAR WITH HIM?!?!?!

@TheAdesina_Ayo
Someone please kill Padan Fain already

Down in Tanchico, Elayne and Mat have found the sketchiest dive bar there is and are doing their best to blend in with the locals. Elayne has put on a Liverpool accent and is flirting with everyone she can find while Mat has taken off his “I’m expensive” veil to snuffle around for information and flirting with everyone he can find.

@EarlOfTwirl
Haha, why is Elayne scouse?!?!

 

So The Wheel Of Time goes to lengths to tell us what a shithole of a city Tanchiko is and then people in it have Scouse accents

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— Prork (@prork.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM


@whomisbear
no one enjoying magic university and their summer abroad more than elayne

@simonjadis.bsky.social‬
Mat Cauthon would also work on me

@carriganrose__
“big strong man such as myself” mat cauthon you flirt

@OluwaJud3
Matt is giving playboy vibez but still hasn’t bagged a baddie

@Irreverent_KUP
I saw my man Mat with a whole sack of silver? Did Siuan or the White Tower hand out allowances now? Who approved this budget?! The best gambler in Randland is out here flaunting it, and I need answers.

As Mat is trying to cut a deal, he thinks he hears a familiar gravelly voice from a couple of years ago…

@joelywrites
THOM I HEAR TOM AAAHHHH

@ellsey.bsky.social‬
finally catching up on wheel of time and HOT THOM HAS RETURNED!!!!!

@arynlance.bsky.social‬
The way I just stood up and cheered for Thom bloody fucking Merrilin!

In a slightly less sketchy pub in another part of the city, Min and Nynaeve are also trying to fly under the radar. We learn that while Min can’t control her visions, she is adept at playing them up to get what she needs.

@swapnil36772103
I love the attitude of the fnb service in tanchico ,we should take inspiration from them fr.

@whiskeyandmagic
Shout out to the bar maid in Min and Nynaeve’s scene who was already over her day at work.
“‘ERE YA GO!!” (slams the drinks on the table)
Legend.

@kkelly7
Min:  You’re scowling
Nynaeve: No I’m not
Min:  You are
Nynaeve:  No, that’s just my face
😂😂😂

@joelywrites
when is Min going to see something nice? 😭

Over at the Lounault estate that has become Black Ajah HQ, Liandrin drops by Nyomi’s room for a little chat about the precision of the compulsion weave. Nyomi admits that her skills are quite hamfisted and that only the Forsaken have the skill to use it without lobotomizing someone.

Elsewhere in the estate, our little arachnid is busy being supremely… weird. 

 


@adgwatches.bsky.social‬
[watching Wheel of Time] this softly softly shadows chick is wigging me out. Why is she chewing on all the textiles

@themann1086.bsky.social‬
Moghedien is so damn weird (I love it)

‪@callieburrito.bsky.social‬
The way Moggy defiles the Black Ajah’s food is so disgusting and vile and I love it.

@fjn0ni
Moghedien chewing the food and spitting it back out to just put it in the cake was 🤢🤢🤢

@crushkosiminnie
what the fuck….

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
What. The fuck. Am I watching Moghedien doing

@readingthepattern.bsky.social‬
Moghedien is the freakiest little freak who ever freaked and it’s equally fun and creepy to watch her be absolutely unhinged 🕷️

@AlexRHernandez4
Just want to say it, but Lanfear did warn us that Moghedien was insane last season.
Not sure why I’m so shocked by her telling the truth.
Maybe because of what they’re gonna give us with Semirhage.

@eigayvector
I cannot stop laughing at Moghedien in this episode of #TheWheelOfTime. I mean, she is terrifying, but she tearing apart black ajah’s underwear, spiting their food and lowkey competing with Sammael and Lanfear will always be funny!

In the Three Fold Land, it’s dream training montage time as the Wise Ones work with Egwene to learn to push them out of her dreams; like flipping that tractor tire in crossfit, but with your mind. But it’s one step forward and two steps back as Lanfear plucks her out of her own dream and onto her rocky outcrop wheel of doom.

@joelywrites
how strange that Egwene would have a confidence issue after what happened in Falme 🥲

@stefsmelodrama
if there‘s one thing about the forsaken, it’s that they’re gonna have homosexual tension with the people they’re torturing

@MoirasFavWig
Natasha has incredible chemistry with everyone. And by chemistry I mean Alpha energy! 😂 I want Lanfear to win!

‪@darlingbee.bsky.social‬
Egwene vs Selene that’s a showdown I want to see #TheWheelOfTime because wtf you threatening my girl for

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
The thing about letting the entire episode center around Natasha O’Keefe menacing people in sexy ways is that there probably isn’t an upper limit on how much of that we the audience can tolerate

Rand and Moiraine share a moment when he finds her with the Sakarnen. She doesn’t know what he saw in Rhuidean and that he knows what it is. He can tell that she is “off” and asks her what she saw. Moiraine finds the courage to ask him how he handles so much of the One Power without losing himself (in the music, the moment, you own it, you better never let it go). His answer? Don’t submit. 

@perrinsnose.bsky.social‬
20 questions, Moiraine Sedai edition
Difficulty Rating: Impossible

@thedustywheel.bsky.social‬
Saidar. Saidin. Submit. Control.
Trust.

‪@marissarae.bsky.social‬
Oh MAN the show is explicitly bucking against Jordan’s gender essentialism, that’s pretty ballsy!

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
“It’s the ONE power”
Yesssssssss let’s cut right through this male/female half bullshiiiiiiiiit

In the Two Rivers, a patched up Perrin is convalescing with Faile by his side. We learn from Faile why she’s such a little hot potato (military family) and why she is on the run: her mother is apparently a darkfriend who killed her brother. In turn, Perrin finally shares his role in Laila’s death, and he and Faile bond over their traumatic experiences.

@joelywrites
excuse me? Faile’s mum’s a Darkfriend??? WHAT???????

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
“Don’t take away her honor still mourning her so long”
fuck

@MoirasFavWig
“When I look at you all I see is light” 🥰

 

“There’s so much darkness in this world, Faile. When I look at you, all I see is light.”

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—  Vitória ✨ (@vimattt.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM


@inquisitorhotpants.bsky.social‬
Perrin & Faile are adorable and i love them to bits.

@SmokingDandy
Perrin in the show is 10x hotter than Perrin in the book

Over in the Watch Hill whitecloak encampment, a non-fatally injured Dain Bornhald sits next to Natti Cauthon’s charred corpse to ruminate on his actions and, yes, continues to drink heavily. Eamon Valda giddily announces that the reinforcements have arrived and they are being led by a bloodied…

@themann1086.bsky.social‬
Faaaaaaain (that better be Trolloc blood….)

@gothkrim
padan fain is with the fucking children of the light bruhhhhh

@IdowuOpeAlege
Padan Fain? When did he join the white cloaks?

@joelywrites
Padan Fain in bloody whitecloak armour here we go!!!!!!

@LordCaptainCom2
It hurt to see Padan Fain in a Child’s uniform.

@qiyansluvr
padan fain when i get my hands on you

@Irreverent_KUP
Padan Fain, casually being evil, plotting another attack on the Two Rivers like it’s his personal playground. Man just can’t let this place go. I missed you, you obsessed little weasel.

After reluctantly following Mat back to the bar, Thom is getting the 411 on what has happened to the two foolish boys that he encountered in Breen Spring. 

@sergorndragon.bsky.social‬
Mat is totally getting Thom’s hat isn’t he ?

Elayne has been flirting her way into increasing amounts of trouble when Thom recognizes her. He deftly improves a back story that Elayne is his drunk gleeman’s apprentice who cons men by pretending to be the Daughter-Heir of Andor. Her antagonists demand a song…

@joelywrites
Thom coming in to save Elayne ofc 😭🫶

@_adime
My soul left my body when Elayne started singing

 


@guilmtoledo
I can’t get “The Hills of Tanchico” out of my head. It was so good!!! Also, so nice to hear Elayne Trakand sing and looking so gorgeous in that performance!!!

@positivitize.bsky.social‬
I love Thom Merrilin. Alexandre Willaume nailed it.
His face when his ex-girlfriend daughter flawlessly sings the boob song at a tavern was priceless.

@dostoevszaky
The face she made when she realised what this song is actually about SJSJSKDJK

@rosecoloredfact.bsky.social‬
His face when he sees Elayne realize what the song is about. 👩‍🍳💋

@dadsuanesedai.bsky.social‬
THE HILLLLLS OF TANCHICOOOOOOOO 🎵

@erlking.bsky.social‬
THE HILLS OF TANCHICOOOOO
THE HILLS OF TANCHICO, HEY!!

‪@callieburrito.bsky.social‬
how cute is Mat when he’s all “she’s my friend!” after Elayne finishes singing??

@drsnowflack.bsky.social‬
The Hills of Tanchico should be sang by wenches at pub sings at every Ren Faire this year

@arynlance.bsky.social‬
So the Hills of Tanchico are boobs…
Fantastic

@beccaharte12.bsky.social‬
So The Hills of Tanchico is a bop

@gautambhatia88.bsky.social‬
@thewheeloftime.bsky.social’s ‘The Hills of Tanchico’ is absolutely earworm-inducing. This show’s version of Toss a Coin to Your Witcher.

‪@leekingmemory.bsky.social‬
Hills of Tanchico > Toss a Coin to Your Witcher

@leekingmemory.bsky.social‬
I love Hills of Tanchico was so good we all kind of missed Elayne saying “goat kisser.”

In the other bar, Nynaeve is now drunk as a skunk and, admittedly, having a good time. She’s being a bit too loud and is overheard by an old man who says that Liandrin’s ghost wiped out the whole Lounalt clan a few week back. Black ajah member Ispan Shefar is listening in…

@nynaeveswifey.bsky.social‬
It’s just so funny to me that while the kids on Moiraine’s road trip are experiencing trauma & toxic relationships in the Aiel Waste, Siuan’s kids are out drinking and shaking their tits in Tanchico 😩🤣

@joelywrites
Nynaeve and Min having fun 😭🫶

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
Oh no Nynaeve why would you say “I think I might be having a good time for the first time in… I don’t remember” that’s like Titus Andronicus going “well at least things can’t get any worse”

@geryrrs
Min and Nynaeve been drunk as fuck. Ispan discovering them. 💀

In the Lounalt estate, Liandrin creeps in on Nyomi again as she’s asleep, playing with the compulsion weave. She suspects that Nyomi is her mole and reveals that she’s angling to become one of the Chosen before one-shotting Nyomi just before Ispan walks in…

@exchanpaopao
I honestly kinda hoped she would’ve just compelled Nyomi but this was art too 🥵

@MooreRyleigh
Is Liandrin going to actually be a FORSAKEN! Yesss PLEASE! 🔥 ♥️ There’s some openings on the forsaken squad last I checked. 👀

@blanchettlips
I would love to see liandrin as a forsaken

@joelywrites
Liandrin thinking she’s strong enough (in more ways than just one) to become a Forsaken is so funny

@BanksGitten
Liandrin is final boss material for the Tanchico plot, especially with this buildup

@crystaldragon6
My theory is she wanted her and Nynaeve to control the dragon together.

@simonjadis.bsky.social‬
Ispan Shefar is so beautiful . . . if darkfriend, why gorgeous?

@blueajahbeetle.bsky.social‬
I really can’t get over how pretty Ispan is 💙

In the Attic of the Winespring, a dire Alanna tells Maksim that it’s time for him to let her go. Just then, they hear footsteps on the stairs. It’s the Cauthon girls, coming to thank her for saving them. They don’t understand why she’s still hurt. A look passed between them leads Maksim to ask if they can channel. Alanna painfully walks them through how to embrace the source, and need-based channeling comes to the rescue again, healing Alanna enough that’s she’s off of death’s doorstep.

‪@marissarae.bsky.social‬
“You love getting thanked” #relatable

@MoirasFavWig
Both of Mat’s sisters are channelers! Love that!

@gabydoww
Just a Little coaching from alanna & the girls were able to channel but aunty Nynaeve is stuck there waiting for Lan to come save her annoying ass 😒

@chidera_ag
Alanna teaching the twins to safely and freely Channel was so beautiful and it brought warmth to my heart plus the fact that they did it together and healed her, that was just the icing on the cake for me

@clockworkselkie.bsky.social‬
Did Alanna just say the Bone to Bone Charm!? One of the most famous folk healing charms?? I’m going insane…

@Daniee_E
Alanna’s first words after being healed being “I told you so” is so Alanna. That tearful turn away she did when Moiraine was banished was definitely an I told you so

@darlingbee.bsky.social‬
Matt’s sisters healing Alanna OMG IM SOOO EMOTIONAL 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Downstairs, Perrin and Faile sit by the fire. She asks about his eyes and he opens up to her. He asks her about the hunt for the horn before revealing that not only has it been found, it’s been blown, and it was his bestie who did it. She turns into a little ball of rage and for the first time of many, Perrin diffuses her rage bomb with a kiss. Awww… 

@LeithSkilling
Now how am I supposed to concentrate on the dialogue under these circumstances?😮‍💨

@BranwynHlfwitch
Hoping Perrin mentioning he is a wolfbrother will mean there are actually wolves in the next episode? Because there just haven’t been any for ages? And no wolfy dream guide either? And that’s really crappy tbh.

@optsexo
maybe I was too hard on perrin and faile after all… this shit is good

@perrinsnose.bsky.social‬
I thought I could smell something good!

@hwaleclercs
OKAY PERRIN GET IT

@Darmiebaby
Perrin Aybara, that’s not fair.

@whataboutslime
The way Faile pronounces Perrin’s last name is so freaking sexy and weird at the same time😂😂 but i love it though.

@zen_eme
He’s so gorgeous and the way she says Perrin aybara? Wow

@failebashere.bsky.social‬
Arghh! Omg, omg, omg, it finally happened! I can’t breathe! So beautiful, love them so much! And she got angry, and he kissed her 🥰🥰🥰.

Nynaeve and Min head over to rendezvous with Mat and Elyane only to find a raucous scene with Elayne on the umpteenth encore of “The Hills of Tanchico”. Before they depart, the man Mat was flirting with earlier shows up, not with the collar, but with something that looks an awful lot like the male a’dam bracelet.

@elysiacb.bsky.social‬
BTW, did everyone catch Mat’s voiced mixed into the second rendition of “The Hills of Tanchico”? 😍

@Rapunzl347
Tuatha’an: Do you know The Song?
Elayne: I answer Yes

@stefsmelodrama
elayne trakand the people’s princess fr

@arynlance.bsky.social‬
So we’re clear, Elayne only had one cup of wine

@stefsmelodrama
elayne being away from her family for the first time, making new friends, getting drunk, learning magic, having lesbian sex with aviendha.. she is living that true university experience

@callieburrito.bsky.social‬
paying for a ter’angreal with a stolen gleeman’s purse all in a day’s work for the Hornblower

@MoonstarGarth
Does anyone think the way they found the bracelet was a little bit ” too easy ” like what a ” coincidence ” that mat bumped into the one guy in all of tanchico that knows exactly where the bracelet is

Overnight, Ispan is asleep, creeping around Tel’aran’rhiod to meet…someone. She finds Moghedien who assures her that she’ll pass on any information to Rahvin. When Ispan is reluctant, Moggy proceeds to crush her beautiful cheekbones… when you die in the dream, you die in the real world.

@MoirasFavWig
So Ispan was the one betraying Liandrin or all of them are? 🤔

@themann1086.bsky.social‬
Who would have thought members of an evil organization would betray each other?!

@Randomly_RJ
Ispan face card lethal, body tea. But we also lost the baddie .
Boooo, Moghedien!!!

@snacky.bsky.social‬
Dark Bjork was so scary this week.

@badgertastical.bsky.social‬
i’m not sure how to handle capable, competent villains in my wheel of time

As Nynaeve and Elayne make it back to their room, a servant knocks on their door. A familiar servant with a penchant for defiling food…

@marissarae.bsky.social‬
Seems bad SEEMS BAD
SEEMS
BAD

She proves Nyomi’s point about the Forsaken having the skill to be precise with their compulsion. One tiny thread of the power enters Nynaeve and Elayne’s minds and they become obsequiously compliant to Moghedien’s every question.

‪@writerobscura.bsky.social‬
Moghedien got herself a double tea dispenser 😅

@jellymelly1217
Moggy marking Nynaeve really pisses me off

@vardassky.bsky.social‬
Take your creepya** hands OFF my queen! Get the F out of her mind!

@villainprinc3.bsky.social‬
Moggy turning the Wonder Girls™️ into obedient, little puppies, only to bed fed up by Elayne’s dumb grin in minutes. 😁

@Salya_al_Onir
No. No. Just no. No no no.
But also, Mommy Moggy 😍

@JacksonBrittsny
I know she’s evil, crazy, dangerous, manipulative, and trying to kill the heroes…but she also adorable and I kind of feel like I could fix her.

@MoirasFavWig
Damn! Nynaeve and Elayne didn’t even stand a chance against Moghedien… 😱

@Bonewielder
Moghedien’s bimbofication ray was super creepy, y’all are making great tv.

@TalesofElValle
Moghedien was channeling Pennywise in this scene

@Adideva3
Moghedian is very dangerous, she literally messed with the minds of Neneave and Elayne to give her what she wants, and that’s the other half of the bracelet. Moghedien is definitely coming after Lanfear.

@joelywrites
NYNAEVE IS FIGHTING HER ALREADY OMG

@danymedarda
nynaeve resisting the weave of compulsion, oh moghedien you have no idea what awaits you

@KalingoFirefist
The Nynaeve, Elayne, and Moghedien scene was brilliant.
Chilling and grossly captivating.
Well done to Zoe, Ceara, and Laia

@villainprinc3.bsky.social‬
The next case for the Wonder Girls™️ Detective Agency will be the curious case of the missing bracelet, where they’ll find out in the end that they misplaced it themselves while “sleepwalking”.
A classic crime novel.

In Cold Rocks Hold, Egwene enter’s Rand’s room to begin the showdown we’ve all been anticipating about what Egwene saw in the dream. It goes about as well as expected…

@perrinsnose.bsky.social‬
Rand wasn’t the only one who didn’t tell Egwene.
Not that it was the other person’s place to. But they still could have once they knew they were back together. Or warned Rand to tell her.

‪@ssilkspectre.bsky.social‬
Egwaine and Rand broke my heart but it needed to happen. I really thought she wasn’t gonna say anything about Lanfear torturing her I’m so glad she did. Also the acting was so amazing their faces 🤌 they didn’t need to say anything

@marissarae.bsky.social‬
Egwene girl you need to TELL HIM THAT LANFEAR IS CHOKING YOU OUT NIGHTLY

‪@callieburrito.bsky.social‬
Oof the change from his hubris on madness and dragonness to the turn around and realize not only has he lost Egwene but now he has to confront Lanfear’s true nature and probably lose her too.

@IsaiahXArellano
Rand and Egwene’s breakup scene at the end of the episode really hit hard! Tough to watch and devastating, yet raw and powerful!

@msatmsjr
The breakup was so messy, low blows every other sentence.

@joelywrites
this whole Randgwene break-up scene is so painful… i can’t belieeeve he actually loves Lanfear and that he went “if that’s easier for you to swallow” OMGG i know Rand fans are going to be very upset 😭 i’m thinking of you, Rand fans

 


Egwene reveals that Lanfear has been torturing her in her dreams for months and Rand is horrified, beginning to lose his grip on the power as the earth starts to rumble. But just then, the two are blasted apart with a weave of air as we see the forsaken Sammael leading a raiding part of Shaido Aiel through a power-made portal like what we saw in episode 3.

@perrinsnose.bsky.social‬
Were those veiled Shaido dogs that Sammael brought through the portal with him to attack Rand? On first watch I was so distracted I assumed Trollocs and I just rewatched and realised it was whooping humans…

Egwene shakes it off first and defends Rand with a shield while she takes out a couple of Shaido.

@dmeaty
I want to see more of Egwene  channeling! She is such a bad ass 

Sammael is just about to drop his hammer on a disoriented Rand when Aviendha runs in and channels (!!) spears of air and fire to distract him and take out even more Shaido.

@ReshBeargut
Oh! Oh! Oh!! I just realized on reWoTch that Aviendha uses spears made of AIR with tips of FIRE against Sammael!! She conjures the whole thing! That is SO COOL (and makes sense, since they took her spears from her). She’s such a badass 🤩

@GkhanGrmez10
This was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen done with one power on this show. wise of the Spear😍

@whiskeyandmagic
Love how @TheWheelOfTime just casually had Aviendha start badass channeling. Everyone was like “wait WHAT!? IS THAT AVIENDHA!? SHE CAN WEAVE!?”

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
DID MY GIRL JUST DUAL-WIELD SOME BROADSWORDS SHE WOVE OUT OF FLAME

@blyipeekiyay
aviendha has her spears taken away and makes some fire ones with channeling, she is a queen and anyone who says otherwise IS WRONG

Sammael slams his power hammer into the ground blasting Rand, Egwene, and Aviendha outside. He goes in for the killing blow but Sammael done messed with the wrong Dragon Reborn today…

@exchanpaopao
Get him Rand sir 😩

@cnvrsepnk.bsky.social‬
this scene was fucking bonkers and i loved it so fucking much. 🐉

@xncepike
ok he cooked omg

@AnakynFml
YALL UP?????? HOLY SHIT

@nerdygunz
Incredible 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Level up time!!

@zmiaj.bsky.social‬
Had to remind folks he’s the dragon reborn!

@writerobscura.bsky.social‬
Damn, fucked him and his hammer up!!

@joelywrites
RAND DIDN’T EVEN LOOK AT SAMMAEL WHEN HE SMOTE HIM OH MY GOD THAT WAS COLD AS HELL

@carriganrose__
THIS. THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. RAND AL’THOR. DRAGON REBORN.

@Unos_Eyepatch
your power is but a pinprick of candlelight against the raging sun that will be the Dragon Reborn

@Cadelicki
Logain ablar could never

@autumnallune
S1 Moiraine was right. Everyone else is a candle to the flame that is the Dragon Reborn

@Misterchukz
I know it says so in the books, but Rand channelling two weaves at the same time is 🔥.
Effortlessly too.💀

@autumnallune
I can’t wait to see Rand channeling with Callandor if this is his baseline strength

‪@dubiousca.bsky.social‬
wait- did anyone else notice how Rand’s attack on Sammael in this episode (lightning, then pulling down the stones of a structure to crush the opponent) parallels Moiraine’s strategy when attacking the Trolloc horde, way back in Ep 1?

Egwene and Aviendha find Rand in the smoke and dust from the building that he had collapsed on top of Sammael. Aviendha remembers that our favorite squash grower and future Maiden of the Spear, Alsera, had been asleep upstairs…

@arynlance.bsky.social‬
Me, an hour ago: -jokingly- Geez I sure hope nothing happens to this adorable girl to cause emotional trauma to an entire fandom
Me, five seconds ago: I WAS KIDDING

@marissarae.bsky.social‬
Oh nooooooooooo that little girl no no no 😫😫😫

@MoirasFavWig
Rand killed Alsera! 😢

@perrinsnose.bsky.social‬
“No! F*ck!”
Not Alsera. Oh God I wasn’t ready for that.
Me. 46 yr old man. Weeping at a TV show.
😭

@optsexo
“I grew the squash, Rand al’Thor.”
“I am squashed, Rand al’Thor.”

@flimflamjimijam.bsky.social‬
oh boy. life is a dream from which we all must wake.

Rand is horrified by the results of his actions and begins to channel massive amounts of air, spirit, and water to revive her…

@lithera.bsky.social‬
………… holy shit, Rand.

@greyneration_
Rand legit thought he had the power to raise the dead? He would have woken up a zombie!😂😂

@JustinTab_
And finally it happened, he won me over. This scene ???? 🤌🏾

@pevarat.bsky.social‬
I CAN DO ANYTHING!
Sobbing.

@buggs_kenobi
“I CAN DO ANYTHING!
what does the prophecy say?
[sobbing]
what does the prophecy…
[chuckling]
I bring destruction, but also creation.”

 


@joelywrites
can someone comfort Rand, please?!

@callieburrito.bsky.social‬
Josha Stradowski fucking delivered here. Just outstanding. That smile and laugh when he says “i bring destruction”… Goosebumps.

@AlexRHernandez4
Josha when he says, ‘I bring destruction.’ As Rand 🥵
Can I have more of it please.
Please…
A renewal

But it’s no use… death cannot be healed. Moiraine’s hand on his shoulder and a soft “Rand” is the only thing that brings him back.

@thestump.bsky.social‬
Holy shit Josha Stradowski is Rand Al’Thor. You couldn’t cast someone better. I can’t wait for more mad Rand

@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social‬
Josha Stradowski has been fucking
I N C R E D I B L E
this season
I mean, just… jesus fucking christ

@haveyasceneit
Josha Stradowski FINALLY announces himself in a commanding manner.
He sold the hell out of a man who is slowly devolving into madness. It was a confidant and dynamic performance, something we hadn’t seen in him before.

@geryrrs
How to break a person in 2 minutes and 42 seconds.
Josha really deserves that Emmy nomination!

As we’re all trying to recover from that, Faile, Bain, and Chiad are making their rounds and see not just a raiding party of trollocs, but a full on army pouring through the Manetheren waygate… there isn’t much time to warn the Two Rivers. And with that roller coaster of an episode complete, we fade to black.

@helencarnatenh.bsky.social‬
If I promise not to send Sony/Amazon my therapy bills will they please renew #TheWheelOfTime for Seasons 4 and up?
S3E6 was brutal.

@mikel-whitecrow.bsky.social‬
Wheel of Time season 3 episode 6 broke me today.

@inquisitorhotpants.bsky.social‬
Can i get ONE EPISODE where i don’t cry?!

 

#wheeloftime Ep 6

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— dernboy.bsky.social (@dernboy.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM


@writerobscura.bsky.social‬
The fuck did I just watch? #IHateMusicals

@rantalmore.bsky.social‬
WOW I fell asleep last night and just watched it
WOW WOW
AMAZINGGGGGGG 😭 

@bryfitz.bsky.social‬
Tanchico episode of Wheel of Time was amazing. I don’t want this season to end. They really nail so much about this story this season. Show has absolutely come into its own.

 

 

 

 

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I first found WoT as a high school freshman in 1994. From a green ajah Aes Sedai halloween costume in 1997, to creating an access database of every WoT character in 1999, to the absolute pleasure of meeting Robert Jordan himself twice, my obsession with this series launched a lifelong love of high fantasy.