Episode review net for Alexander - Page 2

I thought of that too.

In fact, I would bet that once he spots his mother's black magic, Alexander will immediately land up.in Paurav Rashtra, inform Puru and his family of what has happened, if possible make Olympias produce the counter spell, and then take his mother back with him, announcing that he fights face to face, not through black magic.

This could be the seed of mutual respect between Alexander and Porus.

Shyamala Aunty

QUOTE=Vaishnavi_]What if Alexander notices the effect of black magic on Puru and finds it similar to what he saw happening with Arrhidaeus? And this is how he guesses the whereabouts of his mother.. that would be epic! 🤣

Wow!! I would love this to happen!! Maybe, he would ship her back after this incident 😆

I agree it was a very boring episode. And what on earth did they mean by Alexander almost died when the bridge exploded? 😲

He nearly died of drowning when he jumped into the river to look for Porus, which was not part of Porus' plan anyway. What a load of rubbish! 😡

If I hear that one more time... 😡

Or even him talking to some scholars at Taxila to learn more about culture. Heck, get more dancers, drink more Rooh Afza and have a good time, or read more from the Illiad.

But wait! That would humanize him so no, we won't see it.

I was right! Ambhikumar is acting as a "double-agent", of sorts. 😆 Methinks his loyalty will change sides again, what with Alexander telling him that he has the right to it now. I had initially thought Alexander had sent Ambhikumar to PR as a spy/double agent, but that doesn't seem to be the case from the looks it.

As I've said in a previous post, if the CVs so wish then Alexander will spot the effects of black magic on Porus but how can this be at the campsite if Alexander isn't even there? It's possible Alexander gets wind of a fleeing Porus and races after him, and it's during this chase that the black magic takes effect.

So then Alexander finds Porus' behavior strange, remembers Arrhidaeus, and figures out it is his mother's doing. He may not immediately guess that she has been taken captive but might think she decided to leave Taxila to do all this in seclusion so that Alexander can't stop her like last time. 😉 And only then does he go looking for her and find out she's missing. Or maybe he sends Cleitus to find her, who comes back empty-handed, and then Alexander spears him. 😆 They really need to lock Olympias away somewhere she can't see and hear every single thing that the Pauravengers are planning.

There are a couple of things that Alexander said that made me curious about his true intentions. First of all, he tells Ambhikumar that he missed the memo about the alliance with the Dasyus and the bridge-building exercise since he wasn't in town earlier on. So if Ambhikumar didn't know about the Dasyu alliance, how could he have betrayed Alexander by alerting Porus about the bridge? Or was he referring to Porus' will to destroy a bridge that Porus knew Alexander wanted to construct anyway, never once imagining that the Dasyus would be involved? Maybe Alexander does believe Ambhikumar and sees through the ploy but won't let on or maybe he's just going to be prepared both at the site of the bridge and at the camp.

Secondly, I find it hard to believe that Ambhikumar's message didn't trigger at least a niggling doubt in Alexander's mind about Barsine and Co or at least a sense of deja vu of the rescue mission in Faras. Perhaps his instructions to Hephaestion are intended for all his men being on the alert, and not just the ones near the bridge.

In yesterday's episode we saw a shrewd Alexander who had prepared the treaty in advance, presumably because he could read the Dasyu rulers' minds, despite having met them only once. And now, he can't anticipate the moves of Porus, the enemy he should know far better and has met several times? 😕

As mentioned elsewhere on this thread, perhaps the fact that Alexander will not be paying attention to the camp will be the reason he doesn't fall into the trap/net, because "apparently" he doesn't know that the attack on the Farsi camp is the real plan. Putting nets in the river doesn't make sense to me, because even if the plan to attack the camp were to be discovered by Alexander or his generals, then why would the Macedonian soldiers swim across the river to chase Porus? And if crossing the river this way were feasible anyway, what would be the point of building the bridge? Surely Alexander's men won't chase Porus/Barsine by swimming across? They'd need horses or something.

Maybe the net is for the horses and not for Alexander. Or maybe Porus is now friends with crocodiles that will come out of the water to attack the trapped Macedonian soldiers. 😆 SidT probably wanted a return on his investment in training the actors in underwater swimming last year so the nets came in. 😕 And now the absentee King Hasti is going to support Porus with his absentee Sindhi soldiers too? 😉