That's true, but there will be other chances, I think. I was disappointed at first when Moiraine didn't tell the Emond's Fielders about Manetheren (It's my favorite scene in the first book), but when she told them about it because of a song on the road, I liked that too.
Oh, yeah. My mine gripe about book Mat is the way he treats people. I see his playfulness as annoying because he doesn't take responsibility for anything.
But tv Mat has a lot to lose, and he's much more sympathetic to me.
(I am also highly aware that this is likely an opinion that most fans...