But it was mostly different in terms of the story, for me at least.
Moiraine felt like she’d lost a limb when there was a parting of ways with Lan.
I spoke with Daniel [Henney], too, about it.
Image by Annamaria Ward
It’s really painful, the blocking of the bond, and then that conversation that happens.
They can almost sit in silence because the communication is so deep and profound.
So she is bitter, and she’s cruel.
Image via Prime Video
I admire her because she shows tremendous resilience.
I’m thinking also of the conversation that they have where she makes the decision to part ways.
PIKE: Moiraine does not want Lan to die in a useless attempt to defend her life.
Image via Prime Video
She doesn’t express it very eloquently, and she’s very abrupt in her decision.
She doesn’t want to leave any room for doubt.
She wants her “no” to be finite.
Is there anything that’s sustainable about that plan?
STRADOWSKI: [Laughs] It’s quite naive, right?
It’s quite naive to give a shot to live a life without getting close to anyone.
We find him in a place where he can actually get close to so many.
I feel like he made a friend, but in a more unusual place than you would expect.
But then he goes out, and then he becomes a man who can channel again.
Is that an angle that we’re going to see explored more in Season 2?
She had a doll house.
It’s like a kind of class, a sense of one-upmanship.
That’s true for other Aes Sedai that we encounter in this season.
It’s a theme that’s explored with other characters Liandrin, for instance, to great effect.
STRADOWSKI: That’s a good question.
But bit by bit, I feel Selene does succeed.
New episodes ofThe Wheel of TimeSeason 2 premiere Friday on Prime Video.
