It’s hard to get a legitimate take on this show due to Apple fans. The consensus that I got was that it was not anything like the books, might be missing the point. But the veteran actors and Emperor plotlines are great while the new actors and Foundation plotline are weak.
I went through the book series again and was wondering if anything from the books does get adapted or is it pretty much the same as season 1?
I haven’t read the books, didn’t even know it was an adaptation, I only got into it a few months before season 2 started, and I’m enjoying it. Sure it has its dumb tv tropes that make you groan but the acting is overall very good, Lee Pace is his usual scene stealer self, and the story is intriguing, though I feel the second season less so. Now it’s all a revenge story on the empire side and an annoying magical religion type backstab story on the foundation side. Both seem like dead end fillers.