It's too bad that WOT is getting made in this era compared to earlier tv eras. Lost: 121 episodes averaging about 45 min per episode Sopranos: 86 episodes average about 55 min per episode I'd love to have seen a more faithful adaptation of WOT of the length of Lost or Sopranos instead of the highly compressed, quite altered version we are getting. Many book-lovers have waited decades for a faithful adaptation of the books to make it up onto the big/small screen. I could live with an adaptation that was as faithful as the LOR movies were. 9 hours to tell a much shorter story. Sure some things were changed, but many, MANY of the main plot points and character details were told faithfully, instead of the laundry list of reasons/excuses why it 'couldn't possibly' be done for WOT in this case. Sure, we can go back and re-read the book series again, but this was the best chance to finally bring Jordan's actual story to the screen and it's just not a faithful adaptation. Sure, if you squint and look at it sideways, some of the plot points and character details are sort of there and moved around a bunch, along with a bunch of stuff that was added for no great reason. And some changes that just flat out aren't needed, such as Perrin wielding a sword instead of an axe. Like, really, because of the season length only being 8 episodes, Perrin couldn't wield an axe that he has a strained relationship with? I don't buy it.