Plot Synopsis: Richard is awoken by Sister Verna in the Palace of the Prophets. He believes that he has escaped and thinks this is a trick. Sister Verna leads him to Kahlan who introduces him to her daughter! Then her husband, Phillip, walks into the picture. She tells him that he has been gone seven years, there have been three Seekers named, and the underworld has taken over. Richard doesn't believe any of it. He goes to the Prelate, who tells him he is a full blown wizard and he is just confused.
Banelings break into the gate and Richard uses some wizard powers to stop them. He tries to inspire confidence, and we zoom out to see him wandering around a desert. The Prelate and Sister Verna see him wandering around and explain that he is trapped inside experiencing his worst fear. They refuse to help him. Instead they walk up to Sister Nicci who is held prisoner in the palace.
The rest of the gang, is following the compass to Richard and/or the Stone of Tears. Leo talks about birds with Cara in yet another awkward conversation. Nicci is being interrogated by the Prelate. She gives her the names of other Sisters of Dark. In the mean time, those sisters infuse a spider with magical powers and it frees Sister Nicci from her Radahan. She breaks free and meets up with the other Sisters of the Dark. They tell her of the new prophecy.
In the process of searching for Richard, Leo tells Kahlan a story about how hearing the stories of Richard's exploits helped him beat an enemy back. She seems to be warming to the idea of him as a Seeker. Meanwhile Richard is still struggling with the desert. In his dream he lets in all the banelings by believing that Cara was not one of them. They kill everyone, including Kahlan and her Seeker husband and daughter. Elsewhere, Zedd becomes slightly worried about Richard. Leo takes off his shirt by the fire. They... errm... "wrestle around" for a bit.
The next day he tries to talk to her about the night before. He also tries to give her a flower. Doesn't work. Kahlan tries to have a girl talk with her. They then reach the Palace of the Prophets. The Prelate lies to her and attempts to seal the palace. In his fantasy Richard meets with Darken Rahl who tells him that there is noone left to kill him, so now he has to wonder around a wasteland for the rest of his days. In the real world, Kahlan begins to sense that something isn't right with the Prelate. Cara confesses her feelings for Leo. Aww yeah!
Another Sister comes to deliver them food. Kahlan reads her and realizes that they have been had. They go yell at the Prelate to let them out. The Prelate stabs Zedd with her Dacra which can only be removed by a Sister of the Light. A bunch of Sisters arm themselves, as do Leo and Cara. Kahlan threatens to confess a sister. This Mexican standoff continues for a while until Sister Verna pulls out the Dacra. She is sick of listening to the Prelate and helps the gang escape and head out to meet Richard in Perdition.
Zedd goes to get them right as they are attacked by Nicci and the Sisters of the Dark. Zedd goes down by a blast from Nicci. Richard is still hanging out in his desert. He now sees a vision of Kahlan who tells him to take her hand and commit suicide to the underworld. Richard realizes that Kahlan is lying to him and realizes that the whole thing was an illusion. He snaps out of his dream and goes to help his friends.
As the fight continues, Cara stops one attack on Kahlan from Nicci. As she gears up a lightning attack, Leo jumps in the way of it. NOOOOOO LEO!!!!
RIP Leo. Just as things look grim for our gang of friends, Richard picks up the Sword of Truth in one of the more badass scenes I have seen in this show. He stops Nicci's attack with the Sword of Truth. As he is holding her back, Zedd blasts her with Wizard's Fire. Nicci and her sisters are defeated and Kahlan and Richard share a passionate kiss as Sister Verna and Zedd look on. Cara, meanwhile, is grieving over Leo's charred corpse. Poor Leo. They burn his body and Cara leaves the flower he gave her on his body and admits she had feelings for him. She gives Richard back his compass and they get back to their quest.
Commentary: First of all, let me say that this was one of the more exciting episodes of Legend of the Seeker this season. The fight at the end was pretty exhilarating and I guess I'm just a sucker for those "saved you at the nick of time" moments.
However I can't help but notice that we've had this plot line already. Richard gets trapped in a world and the gang has to work to get him out. Sounds a lot like the episode Home. Any time anything weird happens to Richard he should automatically assume that it is a ruse. Also I was curious about Richard's Han now that Sister Nicci was killed. Does the Han revert back to him? If not, can he ever get that back? It seems that being the most powerful wizard of all time would be kind of helpful when fighting everyone.
Oh Leo. You only made it through two episodes before being fried like a burger at the Fourth of July. At least he went out like a hero for Kahlan. She didn't even have to confess him. Speaking of that, Kahlan is a bit like a black widow. How many guys die, immediately after being confessed by her? With all the confessing she has done, I think I can count on one hand the confessed people who survived. Back to Leo, his relationship with Cara was just getting off the ground. They hooked up after hanging out in the rain. I'm sure all that leather and rainwater is a bad combination. It will be interesting to see how's Cara demeanor changes. Will we see her picking flowers and playing with chipmunks? Unlikely.
You can add the Prelate to the list of worthless characters in the Legend of the Seeker universe. Her prophecies have to be some of the most useless things. They appear every couple of thousand years. And then they are incredibly specific to the current cause-du-jour. I mean if they were waiting a thousand years for that Mother Confessor prophecy, how long are they gonna have to wait for the next one? And nothing important happened in between prophecies? They couldn't have gotten a prophecy to like stop a famine sometime in the last millennium. Lastly her solutions to her problems always seem asinine. Seems like her plan is always some kind of nuclear option that involves a bunch of people dying. You would figure that a leader of a group of deeply spiritual people would have more humane plans.
Speaking of the Sisters of the Light, their spirituality was never really explained. In Richard's dream world, their beliefs caused them to commit mass suicide. The whole idea of the Creator as a balance to the Keeper seems strange. Is this world analogous to ancient Greece where everyone went to the Underworld? Or are some people allowed into a Legend of the Seeker heaven? Seems like the former is true, but I am not sure. I also loved how the dresses that Sisters of the Light wear reflect how attractive they are. The more attractive ones have low cut dresses. The homelier ones have are completely covered up, Amish style. It also would have been nice to get any sort of explanation as to why Kahlan changed her dress. Is she ever going to go back to the Confessor's white? I feel like this part of the story was just cut out and they never went back to explain it.
Richard and Kahlan Romance Index: 7 out of 10.
Richard's love for Kahlan is what breaks Richard out of the Valley of Perdition. That has to be some love. His first action as soon as he gets out is to pick up the Sword of Truth from a smoldering Leo and then block a shot of magic lightning directed at Kahlan. After Sister Nicci is defeated, Richard grabs Kahlan and shows her how much he has missed her. As Zedd and Sister Verna watch... Which leads us to:
Zedd's Creepiness Factor: 7 out of 10.
His weird smile while watching Kahlan and Richard make out? What the hell was that? You couldn't turn away and go see about that Seeker-pro-tempore that you had named just a few weeks ago? That's his freshly charred corpse over there. His interaction with the Prelate were also pretty awesome. I love it when Zedd threatens other senior citizens.
Notable Quotes:
Sister Verna: "She's gone."
Prelate: "And she's taken Richard's magic with her. The most powerful Han the world has ever known."
Leo: "A rider arrived, with news that the Seeker had driven back the D'harans at the Battle of Rising Ridge. It was one man against hundreds. It inspired us.. to break through the D'haran line."
Kahlan: "I hope you get a chance to tell him that story."
Leo: "I will."
Leo: "Where I come from the man does that."
Cara: "Then what are you waiting for?"
Zedd: "You better hope your magic is faster than wizard's fire."
Richard: "You don't know how happy I am to see you."
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2 comments:
I love it when Zedd threatens other senior citizens. That's not very polite. ;)
Though it was a bit like "Home" I prefer this one much more. It had a pretty cool story. Poor Richard, first woken up by Sister Verna and than being told that not only Kahlan has a child but is also married to Seeker Number Three ( the others didn't make it out very long, her daughter was about three, seven years have passed so the other two must had about a year to live. ) and his grandfather is dead.
Well, that's a nightmare. There were so many bad news for him that he must get confused.
It was like "It's a wonderful life" in a bad way.
What is that Prelate all about? She's like "okay, let's leave him in the desert so he kills himself. Prophecy averted, everthing's fine!"
Shouldn't those Sisters of Light care about other people?
And then lie to a Mother Confessor and keep the whole bunch as hostages? What did she want to do?
Wait until eternity? If the seeker doesn't find the Stone of Tears the rift will never be sealed and so the battle will go on forever.
This woman just devoted too long.
I like Sister Verna, she was some kind of upset that her pupil had to stay in the desert and was at last so enervated that she stopped the Prelate. She is some kind of a badass. ;)
Poor Leo.. at least he had some "exercise" with Cara but didn't make it to a second date. It was really hilarious when Cara jumped on him "hawklike".
I didn't expect a long life for him but I would have liked to see him a little bit longer. Just for his funny courtship to Cara.
Is there a "Seeker's Heaven"? Richard ended up with his brother after he was killed by Denna so I guess at the moment everyone will end up there.
Even Denee had to go there so there obviously is no "good girls go to heaven". Maybe it will change if the rift is sealed and the Keeper is defeated?
Did anyone notice that Kahlan's husband also had no shirt? Do they have to chose? A decent haircut OR a shirt? ;)
I guess there will be some way for Richard to get back his han. Sister Nicci will return!
"You couldn't turn away and go see about that Seeker-pro-tempore that you had named just a few weeks ago? That's his freshly charred corpse over there."
Exactly what I was thinking when I watched this. Zedd is just watching them make-out while Leo's burnt corpse is laying there fresh cooked. He doesn't even seem to care until Cara runs to his body and Richard and Kahlan stop kissing.
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