But I'm actually surprised you didn't comment on Leane and Elayne both being obviously confused upon seeing him before being all smiles; it was something even I, a fan of the show, thought was particularly hamfisted. Surely people are not going to be surprised when he turns out to be Compelling people.

Morgase murdering her subjects in front of everyone was on par with Perrin murdering his wife in terms of weird and bad show decisions, though I'm willing to revise my opinion if it ends up being extremely meaningful at some point.

I like Aghdashloo as Elaida because I like Aghdashloo as most anything, but I cannot overemphasize how wasted she is on that role when she could have been cast as Cadsuane.