The Dark Along the Ways

Prime Video | Air Date: December 17, 2021

4.4	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 71 Ratings

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whisky3kDec 23, 2021

Sigh...our characters travel through something that looks like it was stolen from a game (Hall of Echoes, Divinity Original Sin 2), where they are accosted by a terrible entity that says mean twitter things to them. Luckily we have two MarySigh...our characters travel through something that looks like it was stolen from a game (Hall of Echoes, Divinity Original Sin 2), where they are accosted by a terrible entity that says mean twitter things to them. Luckily we have two Mary Sues in the group, who are able to to get them out and to their next destination. There they argue over who wants to be the dragon reborn, and a CW YA love triangle is revealed to the shock of book readers everywhere. Later the actual dragon reveals himself through a 30 second montage that shows scenes from previous episodes but now altered (I know, crazy isn't it?) to prove that the person is indeed the dragon reborn. The writers seem to get lazier and lazier the closer we get to the season's end.… Expand

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PupTDec 30, 2021

Everything about this was contrived. Absolutely no pay off in the Dragon reveal. Hard to believe they wasted so much effort on a pointless "twist"(?)

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SaintwhoJan 5, 2022

The writers must've had absolutely no enthusiasm or care for their work. Just trying to get a paycheck.

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Coyote_DDec 18, 2021

When the show is not deliberately rewriting strong, admirable male characters into misogynist strawman tropes for the feminist showrunner to use as a punching bag, it is wasting precious runtime by injecting weak drama with out-of-nowhere,When the show is not deliberately rewriting strong, admirable male characters into misogynist strawman tropes for the feminist showrunner to use as a punching bag, it is wasting precious runtime by injecting weak drama with out-of-nowhere, poorly executed love triangle plots. The episode started out with a fight scene that was so implausible that it should have had a laugh track, and the episode just got more and more cringey as it went on. This episode was the proverbial shark jump for a measurably underwhelming show. For seven episodes without fail, the showrunner has prioritized his own woke messaging at the expense of Robert Jordan's wonderful narrative, and there is no sign of that slowing down. The best that book fans can hope for at this point is an early cancellation.… Expand

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RoshimboJan 8, 2022

Bad pacing and incoherent story, most of the main cast has had their story changed.

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OnealbjornnJan 22, 2022

Slow story, clunky writing. It’s almost like the writers didn’t read the source material.

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ncsuandrewJun 11, 2022

As with the less-crucial Cauthons, Agelmar Jagad is depicted to be literally the polar opposite of everything he was in the books. Arrogant where he was deferential. Obstinate where he was helpful. Resentful where he was respectful. MachoAs with the less-crucial Cauthons, Agelmar Jagad is depicted to be literally the polar opposite of everything he was in the books. Arrogant where he was deferential. Obstinate where he was helpful. Resentful where he was respectful. Macho where he was gracious and poetic.

While Mat's omission was necessitated by real-world events, they did it in the most idiotic way imaginable. If only Mat had, say, been suffering from some illness that he needed to stay in Tar Valon to be Healed of or recuperate from... It's not like they could have just removed a scene and re-shot two other scenes to fix this. No, Mat stays behind because he's inherently evil. Mother's milk in a cup!

Another fan favorite character finally appears. She's about twice her book age, born in a different nation than in the books, and living in yet another different nation for no real reason. More importantly, her personality is completely changed. The enthusiastic, mischievous tomboy is replaced with a bitter middle-aged coward with less personality than a Zomara.

Lan gets even more character assassination by sleeping with a woman and rejecting her immediately afterwards.… Expand

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