Wheel of Time

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

You literally called it great in your post above mine. Ok, here I'll tone it down.

Season 3 of WOT isn't better than season 1 of HOTD, but it's just as good. It is much better than season 2 of HOTD.

Through 7 episodes the average episode rating on IMDB is 8.6. No episode has been below an 8.2 rating. 4/7 of the episodes are 8.6 or higher. If the finale sticks the landing, then it will finish with a top 30 highest ranked season ever on IMDB.

So it isn't just me that thinks the show is outstanding. This season has been incredible.

I'm not sure I'd consider IMDB scores a great metric on their own, especially for a show like WOT. When a show drives away all of the casual viewers and all that remains are the devoted fans, you see a lot of inflated scores. Over time, those scores fall to where they should be as more people watch.

Same thing happened with Suits. I remember back in its initial run, the last couple seasons kept getting episodes with these high 8s and 9s and anyone even moderately objective knew those scores were undeserved. Then when it experienced its streaming renaissance, and more eyes were on the show, those scores dropped to the 7s and 8s they should've been to begin with.

I am pretty confident the same thing is going to happen here. I mean, I'm not shitting on the show, it has certainly improved in quality, but you can't straight faced tell me you think this season is a top 30 season in all of TV history. That's just absurd.