I’m in the camp that they are having to adapt 14 books into what appears to be at most 6-7 seasons. The books are the ultimate even Tolkien would be proud of Jordan and yes often looked to as the standard. The books are pure gold. The show is an adaptation, they are keeping most of the main story intact and that is the battle between the light and the dark, Rand vs The Dsrk One and the forsaken. A lot of sacrifices have to be made to tell that story much to the detriment of the larger richer world of the books. The characters, generally, are fairly consistent personality wise and motivations to the original works. A lot of details have to be glossed over or eliminated completely. I was quite the purist when season 1 came out but after bellyaching over it with 3 of my daughters who also LOVE the books they pointed out to me that I should enjoy it for what it is or not. One of the daughters is a PURIST and couldn’t make it through season 1 but the other 2 viewed it from that other lens and brought me around to their way of thinking. Is the show as good as the books, ABSOLUTELY not, but can I appreciate what they are trying to do and stick to the main story Rand gs the dark one and the forsaken. Through that lens they are doing as well as can be expected considering they only have 8 episodes of 70 min each season with at most 6-7 seasons to tell that story. A tall order in its own. Through that view they are doing a well-enough job.

Thank you oh moustashed one! Do you think this was there way of accounting for the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn? Last episode (7) they showed a hanging Mat after he drank Ishamael’s tea and in this one (8) he basically made an Ashiranda’i using the Dagger from Shadar Logoth. Then all of a sudden he knew how to use it.

I LOVED the books and introduced them to my 5 children as they each became 13 (the youngest will he 21 in Dec), 3 of them LOVED them just as much and have read them so often they’ve had to replace their own copies several times over. I’m not as much as a purist as many people here because from day 1 I knew they were adapting a 14 book series into maybe 6-7 seasons so a lot of characters will not be present and many will take on multiple roles. I have enjoyed the show for what it is. They are staying as close to the source as they can. What I’m curious about is what did Mat say in the old-tongue to the heroes I can’t find the translation but it was awesome