| 1.01 - PROPHECY | Trailer |
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| Darken Rahl, a tyrant who wants to expand his empire into the Midlands, sends soldiers to obtain the Book of Counted Shadows, which is in the possession of a Confessor named Kahlan Amnell. Kahlan crosses the magical boundary into Westland, a land of no magic, in search of a wizard. In Westland, Kahlan meets Richard Cypher, a woodsman who helps her escape the soldiers. Kahlan finds the wizard, Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, and insists that he take her to the Seeker. Richard, who was sent by his father to Zedd, meets them and discovers that he is the Seeker, the person prophesied to defeat Rahl. One of the soldiers, Fane, kills Richard's father and takes the Book of Counted Shadows from Richard. | |
| 1.02 - DESTINY | Trailer |
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| After accepting the role of the Seeker, Richard formulates a plan with Zedd, Kahlan and his friend Chase to find Fane. Darken Rahl attempts to bring down the magical boundary that separates the Midlands and Westland, which will allow Fane to return with the Book of Counted Shadows. Fane kidnaps Chase's daughter and forces a sorceress to give him the Night Stone to cross the boundary. Richard and Kahlan pursue Fane to the boundary, where Richard kills him and retrieves the Book. Meanwhile, Rahl's soldiers destroy the boundary. Richard throws the Book into a fire to stop the soldiers from taking it. Together with Kahlan, he defeats them. Having recovered from his injury, Zedd joins Richard and Kahlan as they set off into the Midlands. | |
| 1.03 - BOUNTY | Trailer |
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| Richard, Kahlan and Zedd are attacked by a band of mercenaries, one of whom, they find, was carrying a map that tracks Richard's location. Soon after they discover that Darken Rahl is offering a reward for capture of the Seeker, a woman named Lily asks for their help to save her brother from the Shadrin, a mythical monster. When the group finds yet another map tracking Richard, Zedd sets off to find the mapmaker Sebastian (Ted Raimi). Richard and Kahlan follow Lily to find her brother but it turns out to be a trap. Lily wants to exchange Richard for her brother, who is to be executed by the Rahl's soldiers. Meanwhile, Zedd warns the mapmaker not to make any more maps to track the Seeker. He returns in time to save Richard and Kahlan from capture. Richard helps Lily's brother escape. In return, Lily helps to spread word that the Seeker is here to help them. | |
| 1.04 - BRENNIDON | Trailer |
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| While Kahlan performs her Confessor's duties, Richard returns to his birthplace Brennidon but is unnerved to find it under siege with D'Haran soldiers. A woman named Brigid claims to be Richard's birth mother and that her son Mark is his brother. After witnessing a woman almost getting killed for defying Darken Rahl, Richard is determined to save his village despite the D'Harans' intention to capture him. Meanwhile, Zedd convinces a woman that he is not the father of her son and reveals to Kahlan that Richard is his grandson. When both find out where Richard is, they rush off to Brennidon. They arrive in time to help Richard and the villagers fend off and kill the D'Harans. Brigid reveals to Richard that although she thinks of him as a son, she is not his mother and that his real mother is out there looking for him. | |
| 1.05 - LISTENER | Trailer |
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| Upon witnessing Darken Rahl's soldiers capturing a Listener, who has the ability to read others' thoughts by looking into their eyes, Richard, Kahlan and Zedd devise a plan to rescue him. After the rescue, Zedd uses the soldiers to find Rahl as Richard and Kahlan set about returning the Listener, a boy named Renn, to his step-father. Renn grows to trust Richard and Kahlan after they risk their lives to protect him. Using his abilities, Renn discovers Richard and Kahlan's secrets including their feelings for each other and reassures each of them that the feelings are mutual. Not wanting them to be harmed, Renn leaves with his step-father and is sold off again to Rahl's soldiers, who have captured Zedd for helping a D'Haran traitor escape. Richard and Kahlan find Zedd and Renn, and help them fend off the soldiers. They journey to Thandor, where Renn is then left in the care of the Sisters of Light. | |
| 1.06 - ELIXER | Trailer |
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| A boy named Jack steals Zedd, Richard and Kahlan's horses and sells them to Rymus, a magic peddler, in the village of Drendril. While tracking Jack in the village, Richard is aided by a bartender's magic potion that allows him to see Jack's precise location. Jack takes them to the peddlers, who start a fight, forcing Kahlan to use her Confessor's power on Rymus and Zedd to expose himself as a wizard. They discover that Drendril is being corrupted by a wizard's magic potions. The wizard captures Zedd and is revealed to be Jeziah, a past student of Zedd. Richard learns not to rely on magic and uses his woods guide skills to find Zedd. Richard, Kahlan and Rymus defeat Jeziah and the peddlers in a fight, but Rymus dies protecting Kahlan. Noticing Richard's feelings for Kahlan, Zedd reminds Kahlan that she has yet to tell Richard of her Confessor's power and how that will affect their relationship. | |
| 1.07 - IDENTITY | Trailer |
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| Richard ignores the warning of Shota, a sorceress who has had a vision of his death, and proceeds with his plan to capture Demmin Nass, Rahl's right-hand man, in Kalabra. Hence, Shota uses magic to temporarily exchange Richard's identity with that of a merchant's son, Gryff. Kahlan and Zedd leaves for Kalabra with Gryff, who they think is Richard. On the way, Kahlan reveals her feelings for Richard to Gryff and how they can never be together because of her Confessor's power. Meanwhile, Richard is forced to marry Gryff's betrothed, Bronwyn. When Bronwyn is eventually convinced by Richard that he is not Gryff but the Seeker, she leads him to Kalabra, where he reunites with Kahlan and Zedd, and saves Gryff's life. They learn from a document Kahlan took from Nass' tent that Rahl is looking for the boxes of Orden. Shota reveals to them a prophecy that foretells Kahlan betraying Richard. | |
| 1.08 - DENNA | Trailer |
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| Fearing that her feelings for Richard may compromise his mission to stop Rahl, Kahlan leaves Richard and Zedd to find another Confessor who can help them. Shortly after, Richard is captured by a Mord'Sith named Denna (Jessica Marais) who can manipulate any form of magic directed at her; Zedd is powerless to help. Denna reveals to Richard of Rahl's plan to torture him into submission. As she tortures him, Kahlan locates Lara, a Confessor who has abused her power to gain control over an entire settlement. Upon learning from Zedd that Richard has been captured, Kahlan goes to save Richard. Lara is killed by Rahl's soldiers and the people she confessed are freed from her control. Richard and Kahlan escape from captivity after killing Denna, who is brought back to life by another Mord'Sith. When Richard tells Kahlan that he knows of her secret, she reaffirms that they must focus on their mission and cast aside their feelings for each other. | |
| 1.09 - PUPPETEER | Trailer |
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| As Darken Rahl plans to obtain the third and final Box of Orden from Queen Milena of Tamarang, Zedd poses as a puppeteer at her daughter Princess Violet's birthday party while Richard and Kahlan attempt to delay Rahl's emissary from reaching Tamarang. Zedd befriends Rachel, a ten-year-old girl enslaved as Princess Violet's playmate. With her help, Zedd steals the third Box of Orden and replaces it with a look-alike. Meanwhile, Richard and Kahlan intercept a small party of Rahl's soldiers and discover that Rahl is travelling to Tamarang himself to retrieve the box. Rachel helps Zedd smuggle the box out of Tamarang with the assistance of a cook named Martha, and takes it to Richard and Kahlan. Rahl realizes that the box is a fake but fails to capture Zedd; he kills Queen Milena as a result. After Zedd rejoins Richard and Kahlan, Rachel is taken in by Martha. | |
| 1.10 - SACRIFICE | Trailer |
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| Richard, Kahlan and Zedd encounter a group of Confessors and their leader, Mother Confessor Serena, who are on their way to an island called Valeria to hide from Rahl. After discovering that her sister Dennee is alive and is being held at a D'Haran prison, Kahlan rescues her by disguising as a Mord'Sith and Richard as her prisoner. The Confessors' happiness at finding Dennee pregnant is short-lived when she gives birth to a boy. As part of their tradition, all male Confessors are killed at birth because they are unable to control their power. Serena confesses Zedd and retrieves Dennee's son from Richard, who does not want the boy to be killed. Deciding to help Dennee save her child, the remaining Confessors confess Rahl's pursuing soldiers with Richard and Kahlan's help and use them to distract Zedd while they confront Serena. Dennee's mate kills Serena, releasing Zedd from her control, and leaves for Valeria with Dennee and their son. The remaining Confessors name Kahlan as their new Mother Confessor. | |
| 1.11 - CONFESSION | Trailer |
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| When two resistance fighters against Darken Rahl die under suspicious circumstances, their leader, Connor, requests Kahlan's help. Zedd set off on a separate mission to retrieve the key to a crypt where they will hide the third Box of Orden from Rahl. Richard and Kahlan arrive at Connor's home to find him dead. Kahlan uses her Confessor's power on a thief named Niles, who tells them that he killed Connor. They discover too late that Niles, who was hung for the murder, was not responsible. When Kahlan finds Nile's sister dead and Richard convinced that he is the murderer, they believe that magic is being used by the real killer to give others the memories of killing the victims. The town's constable, Declan, brings forth evidence that Connor's wife, Nella, had committed the murders but he is revealed to be the murderer and a Rahl follower. Zedd rejoins Richard and Kahlan after obtaining the key and repairing his relationship with his brother. | |
| 1.12 - HOME | Trailer |
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| Using a rare astronomical alignment, Darken Rahl has his wizard, Giller, cast a spell that places Richard under a dreamlike trance in an attempt to reveal the hidden location of the third Box of Orden. Under the spell, Richard believes he is home in Hartland and begins to tell of his past months adventures. Darken Rahl, under the guise of a childhood infatuation, pushes him to disclose where he hid the Box of Orden. Zedd is powerless to break Rahl's hold over Richard so a desperate Kahlan admits the truth to Richard — she loves him. Kahlan's tears break through to Richard's dreams and he is able to at last see the truth and the face of Darken Rahl. He rips out of his dream state in time to recover the Box of Orden before it falls into Darken Rahl's hands. This episode is a clipshow. | |
| 1.13 - REVENANT | Trailer |
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| Zedd leads Kahlan and Richard to the tomb of a past Seeker named Kieran, where he plans to hide the third Box of Orden but they find Kieran's remains missing from his sarcophagus. After they are led by the spirit of Kieran's Confessor, Viviane, to his remains, Zedd undoes the spell that prohibits Kieran's soul from going to the underworld. Kieran's spirit possesses Richard and expels Zedd from the room. Kieran, in Richard's body, uses Kahlan as a vessel for Viviane. Zedd meets Kieran's former wizard, Amfortas, who explains to him that the thousand-year old legend of Kieran and Viviane is not as it was. After Viviane committed suicide to release Kieran, whom she had confessed, from her power, Kieran turned into a violent killer, forcing Amfortas to kill him and to keep his spirit from entering the underworld. With Amfortas' help, Zedd re-opens the door and forces both Kieran and Vivane to depart for the underworld. Zedd decides that the tomb is not a safe place to hide the Box of Orden, and that he will take it somewhere secretly by himself. | |
| 1.14 - HARTLAND | Trailer |
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| After reuniting with Chase, Richard and Kahlan return to Hartland to find that the D'Harans have taken control of everything. Despite the fact that most people in Hartland seem to think that the D'Harans are helping them, Richard, Kahlan, and Chase discover that the D'Harans have been taking dissenters prisoner, and feeding them to gars. Even though Michael, Richard's brother, first resists their efforts, he finally is convinced and helps them. Michael helps them, in particular, after the D'Harans discover that Richard is in Hartland by giving up his life to help them escape back to the Midlands. | |
| 1.15 - CONVERSION | Trailer |
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| Giller attempts to recreate the Confessor's magic for Darken Rahl by experimenting with ancient magic on Rahl's prisoners. Dismayed by Giller's slow progress, Rahl decides to pay a visit. Richard, Kahlan, Chase and Devlin, a resistance fighter, rescue the prisoners from Giller's keep. Chase is struck ill when his wife Emma, whom Giller had performed one of his experiments on, unknowingly unleashes a form of Confessor's power on him. Upon discovering that Rahl will be arriving at the keep, Richard and Kahlan head there in hopes of killing Rahl and capturing Giller. They are captured when Giller proves resistant to Kahlan's Confessor power and Richard is defeated by Rahl in a fight. As Giller works to take Kahlan's Confessor power, Rahl reveals his plan to use it on Richard, triggering Kahlan into the "Blood Rage". She kills Giller and confesses Rahl's minions, forcing Rahl to retreat. After returning to Chase to give him Giller's potion, which will keep him safe from Emma's power, Richard and Kahlan receive a message from Zedd, who tells them to meet him in D'Hara. | |
| 1.16 - BLOODLINE | Trailer |
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| Zedd reunites with Richard and Kahlan in D'Hara after hiding the third box of Orden near the People's Palace to lure Darken Rahl out. Rahl's minions locate the box but are unable to retrieve it due to a magical shield. Rahl sends Denna to recruit a young woman named Jennsen, who is immune to magic. Denna forces Jennsen to retrieve the box by threatening to kill her mother but loses the box to Richard, Kahlan and Zedd. After Denna escapes with Jennsen's mother, Richard discovers that Jennsen is his sister and Zedd is their grandfather. In exchange for the third box, Denna helps Richard and Jennsen to steal the two boxes in Rahl's possession. When she attempts to take all three boxes, Richard assembles them and obtains the power to command others. Finding his mother dead, Richard is overcome with vengeance, and commands Kahlan to kill Denna and Rahl's soldiers to kill each other. Jennsen, horrified by Richard's actions, separates the three boxes to cease their hold over him. To keep the boxes apart, Zedd gives two boxes of Orden to Jennsen to protect, while they protect the third. | |
| 1.17 - DECEPTION | Trailer |
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| Richard and Kahlan return to the Midlands and come to the aid of a group of rebels whose homes have been destroyed by a new weapon created by Darken Rahl called the "Whisperer". Kahlan manages to confess a D'Haran soldier named Carver Dunn, who helps them to deduce that the Whisperers are being stored at a fort nearby. Richard infiltrates the fort using Carver's identity and discovers that a cargo of Whisperers is being sent from D'Hara to replenish the fort's supply. As Richard befriends the fort's captain, Kahlan becomes protective of Carver, who is later killed by one of the rebels. When Kahlan learns of the rebels' plan to use the intercepted cargo of Whisperers on villages loyal to Rahl for revenge, she goes to the fort to inform Richard, and together, they are able to stop the rebels in time. As Richard and Kahlan destroy the Whisperers, they reflect on the choices they made to save the innocent D'Harans. | |
| 1.18 - MIRROR | Trailer |
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| Gwildor, a common thief, uses a magic mirror to change his appearance to that of a D'Haran captain. He also causes two other thieves named Clayre and Frytss to appear like Kahlan and Richard in order to rob the people of Midlands. Upon seeing Richard and Kahlan, the thieves hatch a plan to steal the Sword of Truth. Clayre and Frytss succeed in stealing the sword but are captured by D'Haran soldiers after Gwildor betrays them. Clayre and Frytss escape only to be found by Zedd, who discovers that they are not Richard and Kahlan. Meanwhile, Richard and Kahlan are captured by D'Harans after being tricked by Gwildor's lover, Bianca. Zedd uses the mirror to pose as Bianca and attempts to trade Clayre and Frytss for Richard and Kahlan. When that fails, he tricks the D'Harans again by having Bianca appear as him, while they escape. Zedd changes Frytss and Clayre back to their original appearances before continuing on his journey with Richard and Kahlan. | |
| 1.19 - CURSED | Trailer |
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| 1.20 - SANCTUARY | |
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| 1.21 - FEVER | |
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| 1.22 - RECKONING | |
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