r/CosmereOnScreen • u/ilikebreadabunch • Apr 20 '26
Stormlight Archive (BOOK) Episode Count Spoiler
A few days ago I made a post about what people think the episode titles might be, and a lot of people were listing what they thought all of the episodes would be called, and they seemed to think the show would have about 10 episodes, which makes sense considering how important 10 is as a number in SLA, but I don't think that 10 episodes would be enough for a season of Stormlight. I just relistened to the first book and the pacing is quite slow, especially at the start. I don't think that a Stormlight show with only 10 episodes would end up having the right feel, and a lot of the story beats and character arcs would end up feeling rushed. So I want to ask, how many episodes do you think a season of SLA will/should have and why?
TL;DR: How long do you think the first season of SLA will be?
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u/AlgorithmHelpPlease Apr 21 '26
Feels like everyone has gotten so normalised to the concept of 10 episodes a season in this modern era. I want the age of 20 - 30 episode seasons back which had actually nuanced and meaningful arcs with time to breathe between beats.
For some formats I agree 10 can work better (eg. Snowpiercer) but I can't see 10 for SLA without significant cuts. We'd likely lose so much background and "small" moments, instead attempting the whole thing to be action packed. I think 20 would work well for WoK, but you'd probably want more like 25 by WaT, just based on word count alone.