Season Update: “The Wheel of Time” Season 3 Episode 6 = The Shadow in the Night

We open on Tanchico 95 years ago. Young Liandrin (Lola Shaw) tries to placate her crying infant son. Boral Lounalt (Colin David Reese) barges into Liandrin’s dingy cell, demanding his lackey to drown the baby. In a fit of rage, Liandrin channels, killing both Boral and said lackey. Then, she wanders through the city with her son in her arms, begging passersby to help her. She eventually resigns to sitting underneath a weather-worn statue. That’s when Ishamael (Fares Fares) approaches Liandrin. He offers assistance.

Later, adult Liandrin (Kate Fleetwood) sits on the Amyrlin Seat in her dreams. Lanfear (Natasha O’Keeffe) materializes. Liandrin insists that while she was loyal to Ishamael before his death, she’s sworn to Lanfear now. Lanfear urges her to weed out the Black Ajah sisters who are secretly Team Rahvin and kill them.