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WOW. What a good episode. So, I am a little slow. Jen guessed Molly was a ghost a few minutes before the reveal, but the only thing I had noticed was that the car had no airbags when it crashed, and I thought that rather odd.

Aside from that, I was really impressed by the way this story was told. I adored Sam explaining the "why" behind the whole mythos of ghosts and why they linger. I really liked Dean as well, but what is new here? Not much. :P

Two more chapters to go. I swear, I used to actually read quickly.

So here's the thing I have noticed about the book. It is incredibly derivative of Tolkien. I mean, by the time Padan Fain is revealed as the not quite human creature dogging the fellowship - I mean, the group - all the way to Fal Dara, I almost rolled my eyes. But then Lan's story was told, and I was just fiiiine again. While the Tolkien elements are strong - and usually that makes me grumpy and ready to put down a book forever - the Aes Sedai element counters with originality, and the characters are compelling. I want to find out what happens to all of them, so I am willing to forgive the Tolkien lifting. After all, is you want to lift elements of fantasy, you might as well lift from the best.

I even dreamed a Wheel of Time dream featuring Lan, Moiraine, and Nynaeve (as I see them from their Mways icons). I think they were on the run, and they were hiding at an out of the way office building which was, of course, overrun by Darkfriends. Whee!