Avery Christy

The writers have dumbed down characters, the plot, and situations. Mat Cauthon's character, for example. In the books, he was a lovable rogue. Life and hardship broke him, forcing him to rebuild himself and deal with some serious PTSD issues. In the show, he's a cookie-cutter, cliche thief with a good heart from a bad family character -- if the show had race cars, then Mat would be street racing them to solve crimes. Most of the other characters are also cliche, undermining Robert Jordan's literary opus. Also, Robert Jordan had a huge range of cultures and peoples in the WoT world, but the show has the tiny Two Rivers as a diversity-hire pot of confetti. So, I'd recommend giving this mess a miss, unless you like your characters as cliches, you don't mind exposition and plot jumps because of lazy writing, and you don't like to think too much about how cultures form and operate.

The show's writing and dialogue are intelligent and witty, and the voice cast is great. But, sadly, by the end of season one, you realize the show succumbs to lambasting male characters as too many other Netflix shows have trended (like the horrific new outing of She-Man, uh, He-Man Mistress of the Universe). Why is this wrong? Well, let's substitute any other gender or race into the category of who gets lambasted or belittled, and see how that goes. If you can ignore the discrimination, it's actually a good show with an interesting story and great dialogue.