49 minutes ago, DaddyFinn said:

Amazon. Rafe has said he wanted a 2 hour pilot and 10 episodes per season

Bummer. That must explain why have have so much extra content to explain things. I hope the next few episodes really take off. If Amazon didn't think it deserved 10 episodes that doesn't show a lot of confidence in the show. Yes, I know they gave a big budget, but they are desperate for original content. Netflix did this for a while too, throwing money at anything just to add OC, but not necessarily committing to them.

I like it, but I think the showrunners are making a bigger mistake by rushing things than any of changes to the books they've made. E1 was just very badly paced. If I didn't love the books, I would have thought it was cheap cheesy garbage. E2 got better but still rushed. Episode 3 was much more compelling. For my partner (who knew nothing of WOT), this episode finally got her committed, but she wouldn't have made it there without me. Still don't understand why they are doing 8 episodes when slowing down a bit could have easily made it a satisfying 10, but we will see! I'd rather have them make mistakes in Season 1 than later seasons.