RELATED: The Wheel of Time: Who Are the False Dragons? The nearly four-minute-long scene also provided a rare introspective moment in the middle of an action-packed episode. 'I just fought for it every step of the way, through script and shooting and the cutting process because I felt that it was something that was part of the heart of Wheel of Time.'īoth fans and Judkins have commented on the fact that the 'Weep of Manetheran' scene marked a major departure from the tone of the series thus far. 'I think there's sometimes intangible things in books that make you fall in love with them and there's something intangible about this Manetheren speech that makes you fall in love with this world,' Judkins said. When Mat reveals he doesn't actually know what Manetheren is, however, Moiraine tells the story of an ancient stronghold that once existed on the Two Rivers. In the series, Mat (Barney Harris) begins singing the song while traveling with the Aes Sedai Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), Egwene (Madeleine Madden), Perrin (Marcus Rutherford), and Rand (Josha Stradowski). In both Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World novel and Episode 2 ('Shadows Waiting') of the series, the 'Weep of Manetheren' moment centers on an old folk song about something called Manetheren. RELATED: The Wheel of Time Boss Addresses Ubiquitous Game of Thrones Comparisons Every single person who encountered it throughout the process asked me to pull it.

'So, it was flagged by the other writers in the room, the studio, and the network. 'It was an uphill battle from day one to put that in the show because it is crazy to have your lead actor sit in a horse for an entire day and for four minutes of screentime doing a monologue about a city that doesn’t exist inside of the show,' Judkins told Decider.

The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins revealed in a new interview he had to fight hard to include the iconic 'Weep of Manetheren' song in Episode 2 of the Prime Video series.

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