How about that for a season finale, huh?
RAFE JUDKINS:Yeah, I mean, I love writing.
I love to just be alone with a computer working on a script.
Mat Cauthon (Dónal Finn) leads the Heroes of the Horn on ‘The Wheel of Time’.Jan Thijs/Prime Video
We’ve got a complicated juggling act going on right now.
What was fun about diving deeper into Robert Jordan’s world in season 2?
I think the books really do that.
Egwene (Madeleine Madden), collared and gagged as a slave of the Seanchan in ‘The Wheel of Time’ season 2.Jan Thijs/Prime Video
You just become fluent in the world ofWheel of Timethe deeper you get into it.
Speaking of the unique cultures ofWheel of Time,the Seanchanare such a big element of season 2.
What was fun about bringing them to the screen, and also making them feel so dangerous?
I haven’t seen anything like this before."
That makes you lean in, and I feel like we had to achieve that in the show too.
In particular, their threat feels so real because they really beat down Egwene (Madeleine Madden).
We really wanted her personal journey this season to feel impossible to get out of.
We cannot escape from this."
And then when they do, it’s surprising and amazing.
He would’ve been gentled by the Seanchan and killed by Ishamael (Fares Fares).
Their triumph was only possible because they were all there together.
That makes it a much more interesting story.
You don’t know where it’s going to go.
Also it makes you think, was it about all of them last time?
Were Lanfear and Ishamael similar or dissimilar to Mat and Egwene?
That cyclical nature of time and how it repeats itself opens up really interesting ideas.
