Sorry, all I have is anecdotal. None of the people ‘out in the world’ that I ever discussed this story with likes the TV show. Not one.

Rafe isn’t ‘creating’ a TV show. He’s adapting novels to TV. It may seem like a minor distinction but it’s certainly part of the problem for me.

Amen brother. I’m going to try and avoid bitching on each and every thread…….. For the record, I did come back to try and watch season 2, even though I really disliked season one. Eternal hope for my favorite book series I guess. 1. Jordan’s books (the STORY) are why we are all here. He wrote an incredible story, with incredible characters. 2. This is NOT Jordan’s story. I can go along with Sanderson who said he looks at it as a different turning of the wheel. O.K. I can get there. However, this turning is not as interesting to me as the turning written by Jordan and it’s not close. 3. “It has to be adapted to fit the TV medium, blah, blah, blah….. Other works have been adapted well. Band of Brothers. GoT., etc. 4. The acting blows. I’ve always like Pike, but she won’t ever look back and call this her best work. No subtlety whatsoever. I turned off S2E2 after seeing Eqwene pout for the 80th time after hearing about Nyneve’s potential compared to hers. It was like watching a nikelodian after school tv show. 5. The casting is off. Sheriam is the only great fit for me so far. Moraine and Rand are O.K., but most of the rest are miles off. I will give props to the new Mat. At least I can understand this guy’s dialog. I had to turn on captions for the original guy. Uno is O.K. Too. 6. The characters are not generally like-able. Nyneve is like-able but she has none of the foibles that made the book Nyneve my second favorite character. 6. I’ll try and watch a few more episodes as it seems that folks here are writing that the episodes get better as they go. Let’s hope.