I’ve heard repeatedly that their own internal metric is whether or not this performs at the level of season 1. I don’t particularly care about Nielson or any other stats in particular, other than that it seems very clear that the show is not at that level. So yeah, I agree that this number isn’t the be all, end all, but I think it is a harbinger off the end.
I don’t have enough faith in these writers to foreshadow the next scene, let alone the end of the series. I’d say time will tell but also don’t have much faith in this show going another season, so we will probably never know.
I had to pick and choose what to talk about but I almost mentioned that the trollocs, especially the one chasing Aram, were about on par with the trolls from Willow.
So don’t worry, you’re not the only one.
It’s a moot point now, but the entire point of the waygates is that they were built on the edge of stedding so that male channeled could travel around without the taint. Every one of them was build on the border of a stedding.
Loial was underused in the show and his demise was heavily telegraphed. The “I can only destroy it from the inside” nonsense was so contrived and idiot that of course we knew he was dead. They may have wanted it to be the emotional punch, but the only emotions it elicited were probably not those intended by the writers.
I also honestly don’t remember - was there a scene in season 1 where Moiraine first teaches Egwene to channel and the latter really struggles to do a very basic thing?
That does not jive well with any untrained channeler, including children and elderly drunks, suddenly having abilities to rival all the trained channelers.
Part of the problem here is that is isn’t even just an overuse of “temporary peril,” but it is virtually the exact same thing - grievous penetrating wounds that are seemingly shrugged off. It’s the exact same “temporary peril.”