11-12-2021, 03:28 PM
Actually, in thinking about the 'who is the DR' mystery they are framing in the marketing, and about your post about Rand's character journey CK, I wonder if the show's DR reveal will be quite early -- like by the end of episode 3. By which point the viewer will be invested in the break or save question of the prophecy, will have fallen in love with Rand's character, and will come back for each weekly episode drop on the strength of seeing that story play out. Either that or it'll come in ep 4 (quite literally called The Dragon Reborn), and ep3 will end on the kind of cliffhanger that makes it clear the reveal is soon -- but leave a week for water cooler conversation. It isn't unreasonable to think that the marketing is intending to push the 3 episode drop (after which the show will sell itself) and isn't necessarily indicative of the entire season's focus.