But lets start with the Wambertrio.
Before they move into the tunnels, Wil gets an idea and picks up a rock.
All right, Im of two minds with this.
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THIS TIMELINE BUSINESS IS GOING TO KILL ME.
(Gurl, no, why?)
I just wanted to believe that there was a place for me, she says.
so that sneak past, they shimmy along a pipe across the ceiling.
Above ground, they finds a room with lit candles, as if someone was just there.
Then her eyes go milky, and she flashes back to Hebels warnings and the images from Amberles visions.
Thats all … incredibly unexpected.
Whodve thought our Rover had magic in her?
I feel invincible, she says.
Amberle directs Wil and Eretria to stand in front of the stained glass as they do in her vision.
They comply, looking hopeful that something will happen.
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The witches immediately start trying to tear the group apart.
What makes you think youre worthy?
one of the witches taunts Amberle.
They gloat that Wil cant protect Amberle, himself, his dad, his mom,orhis heart.
Half human, half elf.
Which one will it be?
one of the witches asks, and thats a fun little bit of writing there.
Does Wil want to live like a human or an elf?
Does he love the human woman or the elf princess?
Eretria succumbs to their words and advances on Amberle, and Amberle fights back.
Wil, realizing that this is the witches plan, steps between his ladies and accidentally cuts Eretrias hand.
Eretria recalls Hebels words that her body is the vessel.
Then Eretria collapses, presumably from blood loss, and the fire and Amberle disappear.
That doesnt bode well for their part in the save the Four Lands plan.
But Bandon reads Allanons mind and realizes hes actually pushing to see if Bandon will snap under the pressure.
The training session ends badly.
He sends Diana to take his message to Slanter.
While he waits for her return, he drills the elf troops in combat.
Anders obliviously doing his good guy training routine, but Bandons got Hes no king and Slit his throat.
pounding through his brain.
He knocks Ander down and is about to finish him when Allanon steps in and block Bandons sword.
Allanon insists that Bandons not himself and tells Ander hell take care of it.
Ugh, Im SO not thrilled to be getting court intrigue rather than actual battles with demons.
Diana, meanwhile, has found Slanter and his people.
Theyre shocked to hear that Eventine and Arion are dead and that Ander needs their help.
I wasnt expecting elven civil war, Slanter says.
No one was, Diana replies, valiantly resisting the urge to make aSpanish inquisition joke.
The guards dramatically kneel before the king, asking for forgiveness.
Bandon and Catania sit together on his bed.
Bandon confesses that hes felt the Dagda Mors presence ever since he woke up, making him do things.
Then his eyes glow red, and he starts to choke her.
Murder talk it is, then.
Its the performance of the night.
Heck, it may be the performance of the season.
He blames Allanon for using him and tossing him aside, allowing the Dagda Mor to claim him.
This is me, stronger than anyone couldve imagined.
Stronger than you, even, Bandon replies.
(People really love to apologize on this show.)
We will bathe the Four Lands in Elvin blood!
the Dagda Mor bellows.
Shouldnt take more than an hour, right?
The Brooks Nook
Honestly, the biggest surprise this week was the fact that Kael Pindanons a woman.
I hadnt put that together before, but its cool.
Also, the show proved me wrong by actually having a version of the witch sisters!
Different from the book, but still terrifying in their crazy menace.
I shipped him and Ander hard and thought that romance wouldve been an incredible plot point in the show.
Im also disappointed that were not going to see protracted demon battles this season.
Yes, it makes sense from a cost point with all the CGI that would require, but still.
So are we taking bets on how true the ending will stay to the book?
