I finally managed to watch the episode yesterday evening.

Quit interesting indeed.

The musical number felt a bit off, idk, there is so much music in the books and crowds do respond by joining in at various points, but it still felt stilted for the song.

Agree. On the hand I liked the song and the scene but on the other it kind if brought me out if immersion.

But seeng Thom again is a big plus.

Egwene immediately opening up to Bair and Melaine about being an accepted robs us of a nice moment later where

While I don’t remember the moment later from the books I was quit surprised that they just accepted that she lied to them.

The attempted resurrection didn’t hit quite as well as it did in the books.

I liked the acting in that scene, but for me it was one of the rare times where the special effects didn’t really grab me. So I agree that some other effects might have made it more “shocking”.

Overall I agree good episode but there are a few nitpicks.