Finally got around to the finale..and oooooooooh boy...
Here's some thoughts on the episode:
A sa'angreal, really? I'm pretty sure he does get the little fat man figurine later on in the books, I guess.Pretty sure LTT is never referred to as the Dragon Reborn, just the Dragon. Also that's not the dragon symbol from the books...Pretty sure they didn't know about the Dark One until AFTER their failed experiment (aka The Bore). Before that they just sensed "something".They mentioned in the behind the scenes that the man at the Eye was a Forsaken but make no mention in the actual show.Some of the scenes with Ishamael and Rand were kinda neat, I guess.Did that scene of Rand giving up his life with Egwene happen in the books at any point? Pretty sure the opposite happens to Egwene when she goes through the Rings, though that might have just been Nynaeve.Did Egwene bring Nynaeve back from the dead?!?The whole linking in general was not great. Maybe Egwene can channel somewhat on demand but Nynaeve has never been shown to be in control of when she channels. Also, the FUCK with just the 5 of them standing out there and killing every fucking Trolloc and Fade.Guessed it was going to be the Horn before they brought it out.I guess Loial is dead? Death by budget...Perrin seemed completely unafraid of the Fades...I wasn't really expecting it but this clinches that that Aelfinn/Eelfinn/Tower of Ghengi stuff isn't going to happen.Seanchan! Yay...maybe?
I'm probably missing some other big things. I've tried taken a moment to breathe because it's quite a departure from the books. You watch the behind the scenes for the episode and, it kinda helps a bit, but it's still tough as a book reader. The broader point is it's an adaptation and they needed to change things up for dramatic/budget/whatever reasons. The books are still the books and I can try to still enjoy the TV series.
Going to be fun to dive into what the WoT subreddit thought about this, lol. I can almost guarantee a super negative "done with this series" reaction.