[Editor’s Note: The following review contains light spoilers for “The Wheel of Time” Season 2.]If you’ll spare a weary critic a moment of vulnerability, I must admit: I do not understand “The Wheel of Time.” Not enough, anyway, though not for lack of trying.
I’ve now seen the first season of Amazon Prime Video’s fantasy adaptation twice.
I’ve read the Wiki pages as well as reviews from my fellow critics.
I’ve screened the available Season 2 episodes, while poking around in recaps and social media reactions.
The books remain unopened, but I’ve gone over their synopses and summaries, so I feel I’ve done my due diligence.
I have given “The Wheel of Time” a spin, a fair shake, and a hard look.Nevertheless, I don’t get whatever is going on here.
In Season 2, Mom and Dad are fighting, but I can’t quite pinpoint how Lan (Daniel Henney) “failed” Moiraine (Rosamund Pike…
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