This training from Zedd is too convenient however he teaches Richard how to "see what is unseen" just before Richard meets a wizard who can turn invisible. There is also a scene during Richard's training with Zedd that is almost a direct copy of Obi-Wan Kenobi teaching Luke Skywalker how to use the force in Star Wars. Richard accusing Zedd of making them up as he goes in order to fit whatever situation they are in was great, since that was my complaint as well from the first episode. I'm glad the show is acknowledging at least a little bit that the way these rules are delivered to Richard is silly. And at least Richard calls Zedd out on those rules in a humorous scene where Zedd gives him two different pieces of advice and calls them both rule number four. She tries to reason with Richard, rather than spouting off random rules as Zedd does.
I liked that the majority of Richard's lesson that magic should not be abused was delivered by Kahlan. Up until now most of the people they encountered have not been actively going against the Rahl, they have needed Richard, Kahlan and Zedd to convince them to stand up for what is right.
However, the fact that more people than Richard and his friends are out there fighting Darken Rahl is an interesting bit of information, one that will perhaps be developed further in future stories. It was a surprising twist at first that the villainous wizard Jeziah is a friend of Zedd's, but then the story takes a more usual route when he is not willing to give up the power he had gained in order to help Zedd fight Darken Rahl.
The morality of magic is an interesting discussion, both with Richard learning that magic is neither good nor evil, but can be abused, as well as with Zedd's experience with Jeziah. This use of magic as a way to make things easier, or to get things that they shouldn't have, is immediately seen as wrong by Zedd and Kahlan, the ones who have more experience than Richard in the difference between how the world is and how is should be. The title of the episode, " Elixir," refers to the potions the people in the village of Drendril have been taking.
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