It was a bit over the top - and there had to be people hiding in there. Oops! Visually I just thought it looked awesome but I can see how it wouldn't work for everyone.

Improved marketing or word of mouth?

can being the operative word. They might still blow up the character. Just think there is potential there...

Thanks for adding specifics as to what you didn't like. I personally think this is one of the things Rafe got right. Mat is one of the good guys. Him coming from a dysfunctional family and having his own flaws makes him more interesting. In the books, the Congars and the Coplins were the black sheep in the Two Rivers - but they were barely tertiary characters without huge impact on the story. Having one of the main characters, Mat, be less than squeaky clean is more realistic to me. It adds tension to the story. Will he do the right thing when the chips are down? Will he betray Rand or others? Will he redeem himself? I loved Mat in the books, but I think his show character can be even better.

I'm with you in that Rafe and team did a piss poor job with the show. But you just wrote an entire paragraph without giving a single example of what you didn't like. Here are some of my dislikes: Super-ninja Nynaeve taking out trollocs solo Lan throwing his belt knife at a charging trolloc making it fly backward Terrible fight choreography in general, but specifically with Lan - a blademaster Healing explosions Perrin having a wife, killing her, then the subsequent arc... Adding characters, subtracting others, changing who does what... But I also liked some changes: Aging up the main Emond's Field characters Removing the Pollyannaish shine from EF Bringing Logain in early Moiraine using stones from the inn to blast trollocs And I could add more to each category. My long-winded point is - if you're coming here to complain about the show, give us something to talk about. Then we can agree, disagree, and have a conversation.

Yes - I loved the Tigraine scene.

Hell yeah. I'll tune in for that even if nothing else. But the fight choreography has to be there.

I liked it. Rand finally gets some sword training from Lan - though the little I've seen of Lan's sword play in the previous two seasons left much to be desired. Liked the Bangles for the trailer theme music. For those that don't know - check out 'Hazy Shade of Winter'.

Something bothers me about Rand's head, maybe the way he is leaning into Moiraine... Other than that, I like the image.