Legend of the Weeker: Hunger

Plot Recap: This episode finds Zedd's brother Thaddicus, you might remember him from the episode Confession . He delivers a chest of potions to the mapmaker, whom you might remember from the episode Bounty episode. Meanwhile, Richard and the gang runs into a woman who tells that people have abducted her people. Cara recommends ignoring her but of course the gang goes to help, following Richard. They approach a group of bandits and take them on. Cara chases one of them down and has her throat slashed. She dies and heads off to the underworld to converse with Darken Rahl.

Seriously is everyone coming in for a visit with Darken Rahl? She demands the deal to make her a baneling. Meanwhile the mapmaker finds a vial of Shadow Water in Thaddicus's trunk. Thaddicus strikes a deal for them to become partners. Darken Rahl is hesitant to help her, but eventually agrees to make Cara a baneling. She comes back but does not tell Richard of her troubles. In the town, a group of banelings is taking turns killing prisoners on a rack. Apparently, some entrepreneurs have created a kill-for-hire business where you can buy people you can kill to delay the baneling curse.

Thaddicus and the Mapmaker have come up with a business of their own. Apparently the Shadow Potion cures people of the baneling curse. They begin to get greedy and diluting it with water to make more money. Meanwhile Cara is geting impatient with the lack of killing that she is doing. She kills the guy who created the kill-for-hire business. Eventually they reach Sebastian the Mapmaker and Thaddicus stopping a couple of unsatisfied customers from killing him.

The unsatisfied captain is sent back to the underworld, where he tells Darken Rahl about the cure. Meanwhile Zedd finds out about the Shadow Water, which was found by his father. There are only a couple of drops left, but the Mapmaker has a machine that makes maps. Zedd creates a map usig the machine to lead them to the source of the Shadow Water. Thaddicus offers to come with them to help distribute the water. Unfortunately it is a three day ride, and Cara has to kill a few more banelings along the way.

She kills one D'haran one night but there are no more people around. Darken Rahl comes to tempt her to tell her the location of the Shadow Water source. She refuses so he suggests killing Thaddicus. She calls him over to gather wood but can't kill him at the last moment. She begins to pass away with Zedd having no power to help him. At the last minute, Thaddicus walks over to her with a knife in his hand so she can stab him.

He dies, goes to the underworld, and under torture from Darken Rahl tells him where the Shadow Water is located. A revived Cara and Richard run there to get some Shadow Water to cure her of the baneling curse. As they get there, Darken Rahl opens a rift to suck up all the Shadow Water. Richard manages to scoop up a little bit in his hand. It is enough to cure Cara. She gives Thaddicus the Breath of Life and he survives. Thaddicus is repentant about telling Darken Rahl. Zedd forgives him and he heads off on his way. Cara thanks Richard and Kahlan for helping her. Kahlan admits she would have likely taken the deal with the Keeper had she been killed as well.

Commentary: They clearly were not going to kill off one of the primary character so the Cara going off to the underworld was yet another one of those "Just Visiting" trips. Though I must say I was a little worried for a little bit. Cara is one of the best new developments this season. It was a little unclear why she did not initially tell Richard of her problems being a baneling and all. She is usually pretty upfront about her problems. Her plan wasn't exactly clear anyways. Cara seemed pretty determined to take the deal almost immediately, not really thinking about the consequence. The whole idea of hanging out in the underworld with Rahl wasn't incredibly appealing.

I understand that they need to keep Craig Parker around but everyone going to the Underworld every other episode is getting a little bit tiresome. Who is this Keeper guy anyways? Can't he find some people who used to be really good prison guards an just have them guard the new entries into the Underworld? He could just have some pictures of Richard and his friends. That way any time they come to the Underworld he could just keep them there. No deal. No talking. Just grab them and put them into an Underworld dungeon. The way this season is going, the Keeper would win in a few weeks.

This wasn't my favorite episode. While I like Ted Raimi's Mapmaker character, Thaddicus sort of annoys me. I don't find that he moves the plot along and I think I would have been just as satisfied if they never brought him back. This would have added a bit to Zedd's character who has become a bit stale as of late. Instead the status quo is maintained. I also am not the biggest fan of this. It would have been nice to know that there is an antidote to the whole baneling craze. This way Thaddicus could have also had something useful to do. In the last scene we learn that despite his selfless sacrifice at the hands of Cara, Thaddicus did not actually learn a thing. He just goes back to peddling Tonic Mud with the Mapmaker.

There really was not going on in this episode. Some people decided to become entrepreneurs by kidnapping people and then charging people to kill them. That was slightly grotesque. Richard continued to get distracted from his quest to stop the Keeper. It was a bit more disquieting this time around as he is working with a deadline. Although with the new prophecy about Kahlan all he really has to do is keep her alive. Which is cause not to hurry I guess. I feel like the Keeper isn't really fleshed out as a villain. The main bad guy seems to be Darken Rahl. And he is grossly incompetent aiding and abetting the gang of heroes to consistently escape his Underworld hangout.

Richard and Kahlan Romance Index: 3 out of 10.

They really did not have much to do. They hung out and rescued some villagers. He still loves her. She him. Everyone is having fun. Except Cara I guess with the whole getting killed thing. Oh well. Kahlan admitted that she might be willing to take the Keepers kill-to-stay alive deal for the three points.

Zedd's Creepiness Factor: 5 out of 10.

He was very threatening when talking with the Mapmaker. There was also his handyman repair work with the Mapmaking machine. Zedd hanging out with his family is always good for a few creepy moments. He is so loving. And creepy.

Notable Quotes:

Richard: "If you take us to where your husband was grabbed, we can pick up the trail of the wagon."
Cara: "That will take days."
Richard: "We'll get back to looking for the Stone of Tears. Right now, this woman needs our help."

Darken Rahl: "Cara! How delightful! I knew it was only a matter of time before your misguided loyalty for the Seeker got you killed."

Cara: "I want the deal."

Mapmaker: "It wasn't my idea. I was helping out a friend."
Thaddicus: "Hello brother."

Zedd: "Few could withstand the torments of the underworld Thaddicus. Even fewer would sacrifice their life for another.

Kahlan: "If I was faced with the same choice... eternity in the underworld... or come back... help Richard... be with him... I might have made the same decision."

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Legend of the Weeker: Torn

Plot Synopsis: In this week's episode we find the gang following the compass to the most romantic spot in the Midlands. Unfortunately they come along some corpses hanging after being tortured to death. They find a seal of Aydindril on a sign near them. Apparently some guy named Fyren has taken control of Aydindril and is ruling with an iron fist. A wizard steals an amulet from the crypt and uses it as he is killed. The amulet takes him to Kahlan.

They decide to split up with Kahlan and Zedd heading to Aydindril and Cara and Richard maintaining the search for the Stone of Tears. As they take the amulet, Kahlan splits up into two people. One remaining with Richard and the other heading to tend to her duties in Aydindril. To make matters easier I will refer to the one that stays with Richard as Passionate Kahlan and the one with Zedd as Dutiful Kahlan.

The Passionate Kahlan decides to go to Aydindril thinking that Zedd will be in trouble. Meanwhile, Dutiful Kahlan who is hanging out with Zedd immediately runs over to Prince Fyren and confesses him, rightfully taking the throne of Aydindril. Unfortunately the power of the Mother Confessor is only transferred to Dutiful Kahlan. Passionate Kahlan realizes that she has lost her power in the midst of battle. She is upset by the lack of her Confessor power.

Meanwhile Dutiful Kahlan is reviewing edicts. She is surprisingly harsh to the letter of the law. Zedd realizes that something is wrong but he maintains his loyalty. As Passionate Kahlan and Richard are spending the night, Passionate Kahlan suggests that they sleep together seeing as she doesn't have her powers. Surprisingly, Dutiful Kahlan has decided that Fyren will sire the next Confessor and sleeps with him. This gets PG-13.

About as PG-13 as this show gets.

As the sun rises, Passionate Kahlan becomes way too clingy. She starts talking about children and never leaving. Ugh! She also starts being all jealous when Cara takes a leaf out of Richard's hair. Richard has to stop a girl fight which causes Passionate Kahlan runs off all huffy. It becomes clear that Passionate Kahlan has all the emotions and Dutiful Kahlan has kept all the prudence. Richard comes to the same conclusion and they head off to Aydindril.

Dutiful Kahlan conflicts with Zedd over her taking a new mate. She also disbands the Council of the Midlands citing their incompetence. Zedd discuses this with a local wizard and is captured as the other wizard has already been confessed. Dutiful Kahlan sentences Zedd to hang for treason as Passionate Kahlan, Richard, and Cara run into the square. Everyone is confused.

Richard goes to see Dutiful Kahlan and asks to see Zedd. Zedd explains how the amulet split up Kahlan. Richard decides to debate Kahlan to try to get her back together. His general thesis rests oh the fact that Dutiful Kahlan lacks compassion. He then shows off Passionate Kahlan. Dutiful Kahlan is pretty snooty and Passionate Kahlan begins to fight with her. Neither wants to go back to being one person. A fight breaks out. Cara stops the wizard but Dutiful Kahlan manages to confess Passionate Kahlan.

Too bad for Dutiful Kahlan, Cara stops her and threatens to kill her. Before things are set right, both claim that they could be with child. JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! Zedd checks them out and neither are with child. Awkward. Zedd puts them back together again. Seeing that the other wizard is not confessed anymore they realize that the two people were in fact destroyed. The newly put together Kahlan has no memories of what happened. Although she wishes that remembered her tryst with Richard. She chooses to have her sister rule over Aydindril with the reinstated council as she will continue on the quest with Richard. Good times.

Commentary: Obscure references to tabloid talk shows from the nineties aside, Richard finally hooked up with Kahlan! Or rather with a version of Kahlan that has limited logic capabilities. Apparently, from the last five minutes, we are just going to ignore this. Since the Kahlan version that he slept with should have never existed, then in naturally follows that anything that she did was invalid. Seems kind of immoral to me of Richard. The obvious excuse is that he had no idea that this wasn't the actual Kahlan but the point seems moot. At the end of the day you slept with a girl and then had her killed. Awkward.

So I am going to go off on a bit of a nerd tangent and talk about the similarities between this episode and the episode of the original Star Trek called The Enemy Within. In it, Captain Kirk is split into a good and evil persona. While the good Kirk is compassionate he is completely unable to make hard decisions lacking the uncaring evil side. In our episode, the two parts of Kahlan were split in a similar way. Individually they are bad as a ruler and lover. Additionally, in a personal pet peeve that I already mentioned, the two parts of Kahlan, which were two distinct beings were destroyed at the end of the episode. Doesn't this trigger a moral alarm bell for anybody?

The split between the two parts of Kahlan wasn't completely clear to me either. Kahlan's dutiful side seemed to certainly have emotions, just lacked those emotions that she had for Richard. However the duties of the Mother Confessor seem to be about more than just ruling over Aydindril. There wasn't a clear split between the two Kahlans. Dutiful Kahlan was just a jerk, and Passionate Kahlan was a clingy wench. I couldn't think of a single clear split between them. Emotional and rational seemed to be natural, but both Kahlans had inclinations towards facets of the other. I guess the split could be between the Kahlan that wanted to be with Richard and the one that wants to go home and rule Aydindril but that seems illogical.

I love how this episode yet again shows off Richard's debating skill. Him and Kahlan should join up with the Midlands debate team. Like I mentioned before, it was a bit strange as to why Dutiful Kahlan was such a jerk. I get that she wanted to help the people of Aydindril but was enacting a bunch of archaic laws the best way to do so? She also seemed to delight in her position. That wasn't logical or rational at all. She was just annoying. Though it was fun to see this devious side of Kahlan. As always Cara proves to be an invaluable asset to the gang with her grabbing Dutiful Kahlan just in the nick of time.

Richard and Dutiful Kahlan Romance Index: 0 out of 10

Dutiful Kahlan wasn't having any of Richard. Unless you count impassioned pleas of debate, little romance to be had here. Plus she hooked up with Prince Fyren... many times.

Richard and Passionate Kahlan Romance Index: 10 out of 10.

She was everything he ever wanted. For a night. Then she saw Cara harmlessly cleaning a leaf out of his hair and got all controlling and needy. And he just wanted things to be cool. This is probably about as much romance as we're going to get out of these two. It was strange that Whole Kahlan wasn't more upset after the fact. "So let me get this straight... you slept with one half of me?"

Zedd's Creepiness Factor: 10 out of 10.

If you saw the episode you know what I am going to say. Zedd apparently can moonlight as a gynecologist who can detect pregnancies. While staring straight ahead with a dead serious look on his face. If I was either of the two Kahlan's, I would definitely ask for a second opinion.

Notable Quotes:


Kahlan: "I wish I didn't have to go."

Dutiful Kahlan: "But Fyren and I have been intimate... many times."
Zedd: "Both of you are nothing but magical fragments. Conception under such circumstances would be impossible."

Kahlan: "Richard there are some things that you told me that I'm glad I don't remember. Some I wish I did."

Richard: "You know I'd understand if you did want to stay."
Kahlan: "I'll always be torn... But I can only be in one place at a time. And right now that place is with you."

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Legend of the Weeker: Perdition

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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Legend of the Weeker: Dark

Plot Synopsis: In this episode we find Richard and Sister Verna approaching the Palace of the Prophets. Richard is still having headaches which will apparently be healed by the palace. Inside the sisters are singing hymns. Fun. Richard meets the Prelate who is the leader of the Sisters. One of the sisters dies by bleeding out the eyes. Annalina the Prelate covers it up by telling everyone she had a heart attack. When Richard discovers that she has been killed by poison, the Prelate tells him that she took her own life.

Some annoying sister runs into them, and as Sister Verna is distracted another sister, Sister Nicci, runs up and tells him to trust noone. He later meets her after hours where she tells him that time passes slower in the palace. For every day that goes by in the palace, ten days pass outside. Apparently the Prelate ordered the Sisters not to tell anyone of this. She then senses the Han inside Richard. Apparently Richard is the most powerful wizard ever. Nice. Nicci tells him that she believes the Prelate wants to train Richard for personal gains. Richard accosts Verna with this information. Sister Verna shows him the prophecy that he will obtain the Stone of Tears and then give it over to his enemies.

Meanwhile, Kahlan is upset over Richard's Sword, missing him. Cara tells him not to worry. Zedd visits a creek to ask Shota who he should name as the new Seeker. After a month of searching for him they find this guy:

Zedd names him as the new Seeker. Awesome. The compass begins to work once again and they head off to search for the Stone of Tears. He also tries to hit on Cara. Just then they are attacked by banelings. They defeat them with ease. The new Seeker kind of freaks out.

Meanwhile Richard is learning elementary wizarding lessons. Sister Nicci sneaks him a Radahan that he can use to contain his headaches. Richard attempts to escape but is stopped by Sister Verna. (Who stabs him?) He awakes to the Prelate and a few Sisters. The Prelate then shows Richard that half the sisters are actually Sisters of the Dark. She also mentions that he is needed to fight an enemy after the Keeper is defeated. Sister Nicci tries to convince Richard that she is actually not evil. He gullibly accepts this as truth. Of course Sister Nicci is evil. She plans to absorb his Han. To gain power she absorbs the Han of another Sister of the Dark that she kills.

Cara and Leo the new Seeker have a weird awkward conversation. He apparently is fantastic with the ladies. He asks he if she can train a chipmunk. She laughs. It's awkward. Later she walks up on him training and goes to spar with him, but ends up saving his life from a Sister of the Dark. Before Kahlan can confess her, she kills herself. The gang splits up with Kahlan and Cara going to help Richard and Zedd and Leo going to find the Stone of Tears.

Richard tells Sister Verna that he has agreed to give his Han to a Sister of the Dark and escape. He's a smart guy. He also steals Verna's knife. Richard also busts out the Wizard's Second Rule to convince Sister Verna to help him. He goes to give his Han over to Nicci. Just as he does so, Sister Verna places a Radahan on Nicci. Richard escapes the gang of Sisters with Nicci remaining a prisoner. As he walks out, a new prophecy replaces the one about him being doomed to fail. It tells that as long as the Mother Confessor is alive, the Keeper cannot win. Leo's compass yields him and Zedd to Kahlan and Cara. They head off to find Richard.

Commentary: Well it didn't take too long to train Richard to be a wizard. He solved that problem by giving away all his Han. This seems kind of sketchy. I mean how can he just give away all of his powers. Though I am sure that this is not the last time that we have heard from Sister Nicci. She was definitely an interesting character but she could not have been more obvious when trying to convince Richard about her true intentions. It did however look like he was buying it for a while. Of course in the end Richard shows off why he is the Seeker of Truth. Though I guess without wizard powers now.

We added a significant plotline with the Sisters of the Light and Dark. It would have been nice to get some exposition as to how this whole deal occurred. A little bit of explanation would have gone a long way. Though I suppose that would require Richard to be separated from the gang for a little too long. In any case it seems that the Sisters will be a pretty important group of characters. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole spirituality thing of the Sisters. They seem to have a deep spiritual connection with the creator. It isn't clear if this Creator is tangible like the Keeper is. Will he (or she?) be able to help Richard in his time of need?

Back in the Midlands, the gang took a month to find the new Seeker. He wears leather and immediately struck up the fancy of Cara. They took some time to spar. The chipmunk conversation was incredibly wince-inducing. However it was great to see Cara open up a bit. Kahlan's tongue-in-cheek comment about how she has never heard Cara laugh was pretty funny. Meanwhile Zedd was hanging around to provide strange references and name Leo the new Seeker. Does anyone seriously see any way out for Leo except death? Is he just going to give back the Sword of Truth to Richard? And what is going to happen with Cara's feelings towards him?

On a closing note it was interesting to see the prophecy work itself out. Which kind of begs the question of what was the point of the prophecy. If the future is predetermined, how can Richard do anything to change it? For that matter what exactly did Richard do to change the prophecy. Just ignore the Sisters and give his Han away. It may be that him giving away the power of the wizard will be what changes the prophecy. In any case it seems that protecting Kahlan will now be at the top of Richard's to-do list. I am sure he doesn't have a problem with that. Lastly there was a throwaway line that Richard will have to fight a war with an even more powerful enemy after the Keeper is defeated.

Richard and Kahlan Romance Index: 2 out of 10.

The only thing that occurred between them was Kahlan crying over the Sword of Truth and Richard looking wistfully at her dagger. Hopefully he will be able to get back to her soon.

Zedd's Creepiness Factor: 5 out of 10.

He had a creepy reunion with Shota. Their relationship is pretty incredibly weird. He also kind of gives Leo some pointers on being a new Seeker and also how to hit on Cara. Lesson: Don't try. I like how he just uses whatever power he feels like. When fighting banelings, wouldn't it make sense to use wizard's fire and not the weird air push thing he does.

Notable Quotes:

Kahlan: "Don't you feel anything?"
Cara: "The Mord Sith believe emotions must be governed. Sadness, remorse, love.. these feelings make you weak."

Zedd: "Though the forces of evil are sworn to bring about your death, still will you go on?"
Leo: "I will."

Zedd: "Trying to show chivalry to a Mord Sith is like dancing with a bear. It doesn't work and someone is likely to have their head bitten off."

Richard: "Either way I'm getting free. In one instance the Sisters will be safe. ND in the other they will probably be slaughtered."

Sister Verna: "As long as the Mother Confessor's pure heart beats... the Keeper is doomed to fail."

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Legend of the Weeker: Light

Plot Synopsis: The episode opens with Denna breaking in on a sewing circle. The gang catches up to her. They're chasing Denna since she stole the compass. Denna hurts a few of the nuns and then escapes with Richard and the ladies on her trail. Turns out she did the old switcheroo and Denna ends up capturing Zedd. She gets him to cover their tracks, which he does but still leaves flower breadcrumbs. Unfortunately, Richard has been getting debilitating headaches. A few slightly creepy nuns approach and tell them that he is becoming a wizard. Apparently there is something called Han that flows through wizards and it will kill Richard if he doesn't fix it. They are Sisters of the Light and want to take him to the Palace of the Prophets where they will train him to become a wizard.

One of the sisters takes his pain away and dies from it. Kahlan convinces him to go to cure himself and they have a heart to heart about leaving. Cara unsuccessfully tries to come with. Leaving, Richard argues with Verna about wizard stuff and visiting the old world. Zedd continues to be harrassed by Denna and realizes that she picked the flowers that he was leaving out. Cara and Kahlan continue to track him but are attacked by a group of D'haran soldiers. They dispatch them but Kahlan is dinged up. She confesses one of the soldiers who tells her where to find Denna.

As Richard and two of the Sisters are walking along they are attacked by a creature called a Mriswith, which is cloaked and takes one of the Sisters. Richard wants to search for it but the leader Sister does not want to. She takes Richard to a friendly village. The leader tells him that the road is swarming with Mriswith. They apparently were a group of wizards who transformed themselves to win a battle. Nice dedication to the cause. The village leader offers to sacrifice some political prisoners to distract the Mriswith but Richard is having none of it. Meanwhile Zedd turns two corpses that Denna kills into his and Denna's duplicates, but gets her to leave the compass to the Stone of Tears.

Sister Verna tries to get Richard to sacrifice the prisoners. Richard continues to reject this idea. He instead convinces her to free the prisoners. The leader of the prisoners, a woman named Du'Chaillu tells Richard that they were tricked into coming to the village. They escape and are apprehended by the villagers. However the Mriswith attack and Richard says that they are going to fight them. In the Midlands, Kahlan gets her wound infected. Cara seals the wound with her agiel causing Kahlan to pass out. They then come upon Zedd's and Cara's fake corpses.

While Denna and Zedd hang out eating food. He tries to talk her out of training him. She tries to force him to eat but he spills his drink on it. This causes a cloud to come up. Kahlan correctly relaizes that it is a tracer cloud over Zedd. Richard and his new friends reach the Mudflats where he can see the footsteps of the Mriswirth. The leader of the prisoners is captured. Richard enters the Mriswirth lair kills one and it turns out that it was the other Sister. The Mriswith have been transforming people that they capture into their own kind.

Denna keeps harassing Zedd. He then tells her that she has no friends. BURN! Zedd also tells her that her attempts to gain power will attract Richard's attention. Just as she is about to change her ways. Cara kills her. Zedd laments about this for a second, but then forgets about it and asks about Richard. Richard frees Du'Chaillu who is being held in a larva sack. She tells him about other prisoners and Richard frees one and then the leader of the villagers is already turned and promptly dispatched. The villagers and their enemies decide to work together to kill the Mriswith. Zedd and Kahlan decide to name a new Seeker. The episode closes with Richard talking to Sister Verna about loved ones and being apart from them.

Commentary: So the gang splits up yet again. This time it looks like it will go on for a long story arc unless wizard training takes like a day. I still think the show works best when everyone is together. However it might be nice for a break in the pace. The plot lines were getting a bit stale before this. It will be also be interesting because Richard has never been separated from the gang. He will be all on his own with the slightly creepy Sisters of the Light. In the meantime the rest of the gang has to press on to try to find the Stone of Tears and to seal the veil.

Starting off with Richard, how does his becoming a wizard affect his Seeking? He will obviously gain new powers. Along with the Sword of Truth, will be this too much power for Richard? We know that Zedd is already worried about him gaining too much power like his ancestors. Gaining a brand new set of wizard powers will not do much to alleviate those fears. I also question Richard and Kahlan's judgement sending Richard off with these creepy sisters. They are a bit too similar to those people in the park that you get your kids to stay away from.

The other half of the gang heads off to find the Stone of Tears. To do this they are going to have to name a new Seeker in the interim. I take it this new Seeker is going to conveniently die as soon as Richard gets back. Though Zedd also named himself Seeker in the Wizard episode and then Richard got the name back when he came around. I guess the Seeker-pro-tempore rules are not very well explained. Best of luck to this new Seeker. May you die acceptably.

With Richard off in Wizard school (Hogwarts?) the interactions between Kahlan and Cara are now in central focus. I actually thought that these were a bit forced this episode. The whole Cara being tired but too proud to admit it and projecting on Kahlan seemed trite. Kahlan passing out after having her wound sealed was a bit sitcomish. There were some good moments and since the focus will now be centered on this relationship, it will probably get worked out. Speaking of Kahlan, what was with her dress and boots? First of all, shouldn't she actually wear the Confessor's white dress? Probably not since she looks fantastic and a half. Not sure about the makeup though.

Richard and Kahlan Romance Index: 7 out of 10.

It is really hard to gauge this index. They love each other. They can't have sex. In this episode, they have a passionate goodbye kiss. Good times. I will have to think of some other index. Let me know in the comments if you have any good ideas.

Zedd's Creepiness Factor: 6 out of 10.

This metric will never go anywhere. Hanging out with Denna he whined and refused dinner. He then finally gets through to Denna with the incredibly jerky comment that he has more friends with her. She actually gets upset by this and reconsiders her ways just long enough to get shot by Cara in the back. Zedd wistfully watches her fall down a cliff and then proceeds to get over it in about 10 minutes.

Notable Quotes:

Kahlan: "I can't live in a world without you."
Richard: "Kahlan..."
Kahlan: "Richard, if you love me. You'll do this."

Richard: "Once you've found Zedd and the compass, you may have to name a new Seeker to find the Stone of Tears."
Kahlan: "Richard..."
Richard: "The quest is bigger than one man. Take it."

Richard: "I love you... and I will be back."

Cara: "Looks like he was able stab her. Before she killed him with the agiel."

Richard: "You said these cloaks draw their power from Wizard's blood right? Then we'll see if you're right about me."

Richard: "How can you bear to be away from your loved ones for so long."
Sister Verna: "As long as you keep them in your heart you take them wherever you go."

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Legend of the Weeker: Resurrection

Plot Synopsis: To open the episode we find our friends fighting a large group of D'haran soldiers. Kahlan confesses one of them and he tells that a General Griggs is trying to take the throne. We later find the good general commanding to destroy a village with a whisper, the WMD from episode Deception. He is then invited by a naked lady to an unknown event. The gang catches up on the camp and splits up with Zedd and Kahlan going to stop the whisper from going off and Cara and Richard going after the general. Kahlan and Zedd run up to the village about to be destroyed. Zedd casts a deafness spell protecting the village.

Richard and Cara catch up to the General who is visiting a brothel. The brothel is run by none other than Denna, the Mord Sith who trained Richard. She tells them that the general is gone. However he is being trained by Denna who is building some sort of weapon. Tricky one that one. Richard sends Cara to meet Kahlan and Zedd. Before she has a chance to leave, Denna tries to get her to switch sides. Meanwhile Richard is being seduced by a prostitute. She feeds him a story about a son. Sounds kind of fishy. She tells him that the General has never left and there is some meeting of D'haran commanders.

Just as she is about to tell Richard everything, Denna barges in. She tries to seduce Richard, his woman is being captured outside. Richard tries to help her but is drugged by a dart. Denna takes Lucinda prisoner, has her slaughtered, and puts the spirit of another Mord Sith into her body, so she can stop Kahlan, Cara and Zedd from rescuing Richard. Richard is captured and Denna tells him that she needs a claim to the actual throne of D'hara.

As Cara is waiting for Zedd and Richard, she is attacked by Lucinda. Kahlan stops her. Just then Lucinda tells them that she is Dennee, Kahlan's sister. While Richard is captured by Denna, she has the general kill himself. She then kills Richard. Kahlan has a debate with her sister about Cara. Just then Cara realizes that her agiels are not working, which signifies the death of Richard. He's busy hanging out in the underworld with Darken Rahl. Darken Rahl tells him that Denna plans to put the soul of General Griggs into Richard's body.

The general's soul is transferred into Richard's body and he is brought back to life by Denna. He assumes the title of Lord Rahl in Richard's body. Richard takes command of the armies of D'hara in a pretty badass way.

New Dennee and Zedd go to find the sorcerer at the palace. New Dennee manages to confess the sorcerer but he tells that he can only bring back either the Seeker or the Lucinda. Kahlan and Cara break in. Kahlan kills Richard and just then the soldiers run in. They are about to kill the ladies, but the confessed guard from earlier runs in with a whisper, threatening to kill everyone. Seeing their Lord Rahl dead, and not wanting to hear the shadow people, the soldiers withdraw leaving Denna alone with Kahlan, Cara and Richard's body. Kahlan and Cara leave with dead Richard.

As they prepare the ceremony to return alive old Richard, Cara apologizes to New Dennee. The sorcerer brings back Richard's soul and Cara brings him back with the Breath of Life. He kisses Kahlan and is overjoyed to see everyone. They leave New Dennee with Lucinda's family and the confessed soldier. They then leave to find Denna who stole the compass pointing to the Stone of Tears. What a jerk!

Commentary: Uh... what just happened? There was so much going on in this episode I had to keep rewinding back and figuring out who was who. We saw the return of Denna, as well as the semi return of Dennee. Man you just can't keep that girl down. She has now come back from the dead twice, after extended periods of time where everyone thought she was dead. Hopefully she can stay out of trouble for a while. As for Denna it is always interesting to see her. She is a pretty well developed multifaceted character who is constantly causing trouble for Richard.

On the topic of people not staying dead, how many times will Richard visit the underworld this season. I'm betting on five visits and about twelve interactions with Darken Rahl. By the way how ticked off do you think Darken Rahl is getting? For that matter the Keeper must be furious with him. It's not really clear why the Keeper keeps him around as a right hand man. He may have been the cat's pajamas in the world of the living but he is completely incompetent in the world of the dead. So far he has managed to close the gates really really slowly when Zedd and Richard were almost trapped and burn Richard while he was in the underworld. That's the best you can come up with? Fail!

You know who was awesome in this episode? Cara. I really appreciated her presence in this episode. She is like the red devil on Richard's shoulder telling him to take control of D'hara and rule it with an iron fist. However, she defers to Richard on her decisions for various reasons, not the least of which is that he saved her life on several occasions. You can definitely tell from the conversation that she has with Denna that she would like nothing more than Richard claiming the throne of D'hara. By the way, how useful is her Breath of Life thing? It's like a video game if one of them dies, they can just call her over and revive them. Good times.

It will be interesting to see what happens now that Richard can see that the majority of the D'haran army will be willing to follow him if he truly wants to. While taking the throne has been something that Richard was too busy for, he is definitely not above taking it should the need arise. If the Keeper's army actually approaches, he will need the D'haran to fight them off. Of course that will play into the Keeper's bring the dead people back strength. All crazy things that Richard has to consider. At least he didn't get another bombshell dropped on him this episode. I swear the next person he runs into is going to tell him some absurd technicality that he has to abide by. Like only being able to fight with one hand.

Richard and Kahlan Romance Index: 7 out of 10.

First thing that Richard does when getting back from being roasted with weird green fire by Darken Rahl is to start a makeout session with Kahlan in front of all their friends. Way to be awkward. We haven't had any so close but so far away moments between Richard and Kahlan. I feel like one may be in the pipeline.

Zedd's Creepiness Factor: 4 out of 10.

His deafening spell was pretty quick thinking. Then he begins to talk about the various woodlands creatures that probably survived. Thanks Zedd. I like the plan to send New Dennee in to confront the sorcerer and then stopping him at the last minute. Needless danger! YES!!!

Notable Quotes:

Denna: "Tonight... It seems the pleasure is all night."
Richard: "Denna?"

Denna: "Safe journey Cara. I'll take good care of Richard."
Cara: "If he has so much as a scratch when I get back... You'll be sorry."

Cara: "If the bond has been severed, it can only mean one thing... Richard is dead."

Darken Rahl: "How wonderful to see you again my brother. Welcome to the Underworld."

Richard: "I didn't think I was going to see you again... Any of you."

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