Legend of the Weeker: Deception

Synopsis: Richard and Kahlan are going to hide out with an encampment and get some spice soup for Zedd. They come across the encampment which has been killed by some weapon. The two then stumble across a fight between some rebels and D'harans. They help the rebels and confess a D'haran, Carver Dunn.

He tells them that the D'harans have been using these weapons to wipe out villages to inspire terror. They decide to dress Richard up in Carver's armor and send him to infiltrate the fort where the weapons are held. Richard comes to the fort but is quickly apprehended and sentenced to death for desertion.

The captain of the fort spares him when Richard spins some lie about where the rebels are. When the soldiers come back fruitless, he mocks that they aren't good trackers. They take offense and fight him and he beats the crap out of them. The captain is impressed with Richard and takes him somewhere to prove himself.

Richard goes with the captain to a town where he is introduced to the captain's family. He begins to see that not all D'harans are horrible. When Richard gets back he finds out that a shipment of weapons is coming. He frees a resistance soldier to escape to the cave where the resistance is hiding. When this soldier gets back he kills the confessed D'haran just because he is a jerk. The resistance captures the weapons.

Kahlan goes to find Richard while the rest of the resistance goes to that loyalist village that the captain's family is from to destroy it with the weapons. People begin to suspect that Richard isn't Dunn but Kahlan shows up and pretends to be his wife. They escape and try to stop the resistance from killing the town. Kahlan kills the leader of this resistance squad and Richard stops the device from going off. The D'harans show up and Richard fights the captain. He ends up letting him go. Richard and Kahlan destroy the weapons and talk about that some D'harans may not be so two dimensional.

Commentary: Definitely not my favorite episode. There was little romance between Richard and Kahlan and no Zedd. However my main problem stems from the fact that the episode didn't really advance the story at all. I understand that this is a TV show and hence must be serialized but I would like to have some connection to the overall story. There really was no progress made. Everything will continue as it was apart from that D'haran captain maybe helping the Seeker.

If you read the article with Craig Parker that I mentioned yesterday you would know that they are trying to present the good and bad on both sides. This definitely happened here. We realized some of the D'harans aren't so bad and some of the resistance aren't so good. Pretty interesting set up.

Richard got to show off that he is pretty badass. Jumped into a bunch of fights with the D'harans. Fought three men by himself without the Sword of Truth. Also deflected some arrows with that Sword of Truth magic. He is doing pretty well for himself. Though he did get beat up by Darken Rahl last time they met so he was probably out doing some pushups.

Richard and Kahlan Romance Index: 1 out of 10.

Well we got to see what these two are going to be like if they ever become a crotchety old couple. The back and forth between them was pretty funny.

Zedd's Creepiness Factor: 0 out of 10. Zedd was nowhere to be seen again. I think the episodes without him are really lacking. He definitely brings a welcome balance to the show.

Notable Quotes:

Captain: "Sorry son. Your clumsy dad didn't mean to scare you like that."

Kahlan: "Do your people want justice or revenge?"

Captain: "Do your duty Seeker. Finish me."
Richard: "Go back to our family."

Kahlan: "Why did you let him go?"
Richard: "Why did you try to protect Carver Dunn."

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