Episode #7 and Time keeps Wheeling

I have to say, "FINALLY!"

You know, if you've read all 14 books in the series of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, you've become invested in the world and the characters. The books take up a complete shelf and a half on my bookshelf. And I think it took me 3 months to read all the words. And when I read I was there in every magnificent city enjoying the wonders, experiencing the terrors, feeling the pain, and I must admit, getting angry at some of the characters and absolutely loving others.

Like many other readers, I wanted this TV series to work. I've set my mind and heart to enjoy it because I know nothing would ever mirror the things I saw in my mind while reading the series, so that's ok. Needless to say, when the show started playing on a sort of mystery (WHO IS THE DRAGON REBORN) I was a bit perturbed.

Wheel of Time is a fantasy, a journey, a quest, a thriller, a story that grabs your emotions and makes mincemeat out of them. What it's not is a mystery...sorry. Maybe after 13 books, you wonder how it's going to end, maybe that kind of mystery...but I don't remember wondering who the dragon reborn is.

So now that that part of the show is over in episode 7 we can get on to the story. Unfortunately, there's only one more episode to this season...so...

Rand al'Thorn is the one I was rooting for from the very beginning, and he has to be the hero or it just isn't the right story. So thank you. Thank you for that! I can breathe now!