The Eye of the World
Prime Video | Air Date: December 24, 2021
2.2
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 92 Ratings
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KungFuKennyDec 31, 2021
All male mentorship has been removed, this was a major theme in the source material.
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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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enk1duJan 25, 2022
As a huge fan of Robert Jordan's books I'm heavily disappointed how Rand's story was destroyed in the last episode. For me it was meaningless comparing to other characters. I started watching that TV show mostly for Rand's adventures and fromAs a huge fan of Robert Jordan's books I'm heavily disappointed how Rand's story was destroyed in the last episode. For me it was meaningless comparing to other characters. I started watching that TV show mostly for Rand's adventures and from my perspective that last episode was just awful.… Expand
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AthanasiosTJan 26, 2022
Kill this show and send it to Shayol Ghul to burn forever the eyes of the Dark Lord!!
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HughMBehaviorJan 9, 2022
SAAAAAAD TROMBONE WAH WAH WAH WAAAAAAAAAH
But it's a FEMINIST sad trombone, so it's like the bestEST sad trombone like EVARRRRR. It's so sad it's a HAPPY TROMBONE.
I totally deconstructed & subverted your sad trombone expectations right? TheSAAAAAAD TROMBONE WAH WAH WAH WAAAAAAAAAH
But it's a FEMINIST sad trombone, so it's like the bestEST sad trombone like EVARRRRR. It's so sad it's a HAPPY TROMBONE.

I totally deconstructed & subverted your sad trombone expectations right? The Holywood Reporter will probably give this episode review an A+++.… Expand
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tranceyanJan 15, 2022
The episode where they apparently decided to throw away the last semblance of actually adapting the book series and instead wrote some half baked fanfic. Blood and ashes!
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GhostMaker1Jan 5, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Episode took away all feats of the male characters, made the Aes Sedai Moraine seem completely inept and in way over her head, gave channelers (untrained woman absolute an touch Saidar) way to much power and abilities, and completely took away the logic for the potential for character development later on in the series b... why make woman train at the White tower now if they can level armies? Writing was absolute rubbish and literally acted like their was no source material to base the show off of.… Expand
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mortedeamorJan 6, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Poorly written bad costumes is rafe pocketing the money or what how did they spend 100 mill on this dumpster fire. Fans on YouTube could do better… 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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sohendoJan 13, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. By far the worst episode. Not even close to the story in the book. It’s like they sat down and said how can we make an episode that is the complete opposite of the book. In the book Egwene has weak healing skills and Nynaeve is one of the most skilled healers ever. Why in the world would they have Egwene heal Nynaeve? Just one example of how they changed the book for no apparent reason. I loathe this series.… Expand
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OnealbjornnJan 22, 2022
Just a bad adaption. CGI was noticeably bad. Story was clunky and had a bad flow.
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ncsuandrewJun 11, 2022
This episode is hands-down the worst edited and directed episode. Nothing makes any sense moment to moment. Moiraine has a "tell" that allows her to be tracked. Two characters hike so far that they need to sleep *twice* only to turn aroundThis episode is hands-down the worst edited and directed episode. Nothing makes any sense moment to moment. Moiraine has a "tell" that allows her to be tracked. Two characters hike so far that they need to sleep *twice* only to turn around and reveal their origin is perhaps 5 miles distant.

The show makers and the military characters have all the tactical understanding of a three-year-old throwing toy soldiers at a wall. For some reason the character known in the books to have little talent with Healing heals the character known in the books to have the greatest talent with Healing instead of the other way around.

A line from the books that revealed a hitherto-unseen side of Lan is used in amateur fashion as an easter egg by *Fain* of all people.

The Dragon Reborn doesn't save the world because it's right or it's his duty. No, he does it because the girl who's been treating him like her personal erotic yo-yo wants him to do it.

By the way, the Dragon Reborn is Lews Therin "reborn". This episode literally calls Lews Therin the Dragon Reborn. This episode literally includes "saidin" in the dialogue and STILL never so much as mentions that men and women channel different sides of the One Power, as though the showmakers are allergic to gender dichotomy, probably the most prominent theme of the books.

If I had the ability to use balefire and were locked in a room with the master copies of this show, The Last Airbender, Eragon, and a common ancestor of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, I would balefire WoT.… Expand
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metarraDec 24, 2021
Later GoT seasons pale in comparison to earlier seasons because they strayed from the author's story. The WoT show strays from the author's story from the beginning, which makes it feel like GoT season 8 and does not bode well for the rest ofLater GoT seasons pale in comparison to earlier seasons because they strayed from the author's story. The WoT show strays from the author's story from the beginning, which makes it feel like GoT season 8 and does not bode well for the rest of the series. It's very, very loosely based off the books, while GoT stayed close to the books early on, which is why it was good. TV writers are not as good as Robert Jordan or G.R.R. Martin... and it shows.… Expand
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RosseynDec 24, 2021
The episode had too many holes from a narrative perspective, and as a long time fan it was absolutely horrifying to watch. Rafe broke trust with readers hard.
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kabamaruDec 26, 2021
Are we still wasting time with WoT? The show has failed on every possible level.
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THRASYMACHUSDec 26, 2021
jesus only the names are the same! how the **** did they managed to accomplish that???
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rproulx710Dec 26, 2021
Watching episode 8 was like having a conversation with someone who doesn’t really speak your language, but they’ve seen a few commercials. They’re frantically pointing at a hole in the ground and saying, “Eye of the World, Eye of the World!”Watching episode 8 was like having a conversation with someone who doesn’t really speak your language, but they’ve seen a few commercials. They’re frantically pointing at a hole in the ground and saying, “Eye of the World, Eye of the World!” but then rubbing their stomach and miming driving a car, and you’re not really sure if they’re hungry or if they need gasoline but you’re pretty sure they need help, you want to give it but then they stab you. As you’re bleeding out you realize it was a mugging, but then they join a flash mob and they’re dancing, and you’re just back to being confused.… Expand
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FirantDec 26, 2021
What a mess. Poorly written. Terrible effects. A dud of a final battle. A bad end to a mediocre season.
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NormalPunchesDec 25, 2021
I rarely create accounts only to rate tv shows negatively, yet what Amazon and Rafe Judkins is doing to the late Robert Jordan's masterpiece is sacrilegious enough to make me do it and here I am. It's understandable TV shows need to makeI rarely create accounts only to rate tv shows negatively, yet what Amazon and Rafe Judkins is doing to the late Robert Jordan's masterpiece is sacrilegious enough to make me do it and here I am. It's understandable TV shows need to make small changes to their source material to accommodate for the medium because some stuff is just not possible on a screen. But with the budget this series has that is not an excuse for the **** that was episode 8. Up until now, I was hoping the show would get better but episode 8 has come to kill that hope. Tons of weird changes big and small that has no reason to exist, Loial dead? Moiraine stilled? Ltt is now a big jerk? A bunch of side characters with no training stealing the Dragon Reborn's much needed spotlight? Them calling LTT the dragon reborn yet he was the first dragon? The Aiel is now the Aiel Jungle? Agelmar, a war veteran dead in 30 seconds? Mat, the joy of the series and great fun to watch, becoming Bully Mattguire? Anticlimactic forsaken "fight"? Not to say the lazy editing, effects and cgi that does not belong to a show with 9 digits. I could say more but that's enough. I won't watch s2. Go read the books. Don't support this obvious appeal to feminism and who knows what their target audience was.… Expand
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PupTDec 30, 2021
Terrible finish to a bad show that got worse with each entry. I'm not sticking around for Season 2
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Lene93Dec 30, 2021
What a mess, what a total total mess. Show writers should be replaced, this is absolutely tragic writing, worse than GoT season 8!
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Rand_AlThorDec 30, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This series is not wheel of time. Every character has been assassinated and now only shares the name. Mat, a hero who's entire thing is he is reluctant but ALWAYS is the one to come to the rescue has been turned into a literal villian. That alone deserves a 1/10 but sadly there is so much more wrong with this show. Terrible pacing, no sense of space and characters teleporting wherever they are needed. No stakes because nothing is established, the danger of the Dark One, WHO KNOWS? An army of trollocs, Untrained non-sedai can handle that easy. The blight, touch everything, you'll be fine. This isn't an accident, it is intentional. This is the result of a show created by people that openly dislike the source material. Rafe stated himself half his writers hate the books and didn't read them. He himself believes the books aren't good enough for a general audience and that he was fine with losing book readers by completely rewriting the story to appeal to Twitter idiots. This isn't a show designed to be good, but one designed to check boxes, because Twitter cares more about "inclusivity" than about quality. So much so that the show has avoided touching on the magic systems rules because they are afraid it will lose them points with Trans people. So we are left with deus ex machina magic that just does whatever is needed when it is needed without any structure. This whole show is without structure, just a hodgepodge of scenes mashed together with terrible editing. Lacking tension, lacking substance. Lacking.… Expand
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FlashrickDec 27, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Aliens ? Lol really. And it got the last Jedi treatment so Egwaine can’t resurrect the dead so no real reason to fear anything lol.… Expand
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michaelwschaedlJan 2, 2022
I felt the episode was excellent, except for the amount of divergent cliff hangers that we have to trust will be sorted out. I know last of year episodes of most shows do the cliff hanger thing. So we'll just have trust for clarity goingI felt the episode was excellent, except for the amount of divergent cliff hangers that we have to trust will be sorted out. I know last of year episodes of most shows do the cliff hanger thing. So we'll just have trust for clarity going forward. Can't wait for the next season, bring it on sooner than later.… Expand
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gorblartDec 27, 2021
Wheel of Time appears to either be disappointing long time readers or disappointing that particular sort of fan who thinks the color of someone's eyes (among other trivialities) are relevant to the story. To the former, as a long time readerWheel of Time appears to either be disappointing long time readers or disappointing that particular sort of fan who thinks the color of someone's eyes (among other trivialities) are relevant to the story. To the former, as a long time reader myself, I understand. Change is hard. The books meander across the vast terrain and the characters may go long stretches where they don't appear at all. Actors need to work to sign a contract, and the adaptation needs to try to preserve that. Changes must be made. There are hundreds of important characters. Combining stories and splitting up tasks must happen to make it work. I think book readers are being far to harsh. I have really enjoyed this production and I believe the important character arcs are in fact being salvaged even if they are told differently. And beloved characters lost may not be lost- I would reserve judgment on that point. To the folk who fear a production representative of the broad look of humanity in all its diversity, I can't imagine your points of contention will do anything other than affirm that the show is doing the right thing in that area. Episode 8 was surprising to me because of some particular changes, but knowing that they need to preserve their cast for future seasons does necessitate changes that allow them to be in the story. People note changes to Mat, Perrin, and Morraine most specifically. The former two help place the characters on their paths in a way that helps non-readers get on board faster. I have no idea what WoT is going to do with Morraine's major change- a change I would have understood if it occurred later. I imagine, as stated above, that it's about keeping the actor on the show through story lines she wouldn't see otherwise. Since I understood the other changes, I choose to trust this one. This was a good episode. This was an easy 8/10 for me.… Expand
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JFaradayJan 3, 2022
While not a 0 as upset book fans claim (despite being one of those myself XD) the finale was still quite a mess. COVID & Barney leaving might have contributed, but I'd rather have had delays to the show than see an unfinished product. Here'sWhile not a 0 as upset book fans claim (despite being one of those myself XD) the finale was still quite a mess. COVID & Barney leaving might have contributed, but I'd rather have had delays to the show than see an unfinished product. Here's to hoping the next season learns from this one and goes on to develop stronger storytelling.… Expand
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PalandersSep 3, 2023
This was clearly the weakest episode of the season, with both the writing and production being so clearly affected in the negative by COVID.
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DawnshardSep 14, 2022
I really enjoyed the episode, but it was also a little rough around the edges. I've heard that they ran into some C0VID regulation issues that kind of messed up original plans. Too bad they hadn't just delayed to make it right. Overall aI really enjoyed the episode, but it was also a little rough around the edges. I've heard that they ran into some C0VID regulation issues that kind of messed up original plans. Too bad they hadn't just delayed to make it right. Overall a good episode.… Expand
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