[mehlmao]

I loved the book and struggled watching the show. You could tell which scenes were written by William Gibson, and which ones were written by the Westworld people. Around episode 3 or 4 the plot completely diverges from the book, and almost all of it is generic 'prestige TV' type writing. I would have dropped the show around episode 4 or 5 if it I didn't love the book. Can't really recommend it to anyone.

[mehlmao]

To clarify: so much of the show's runtime feels like filler. Every episode has 1-2 scenes of characters arguing which are completely inconsequential to the plot. Every once in a while a character will suggest an interesting idea for how the time travel technology could be used in a novel way. But every time characters have a conversation with any depth, the show runners feel the need to cut away to an inconsequential fight scene so a hypothetical viewer won't be bored.

[b800h]

Same, managed the first few episodes which were full of good ideas from Gibson, and then it meandered off into drivel. The adaptation of Neuromancer will be garbage, I plan on actively avoiding it.

[glenstein]

Looks like I stopped right about where you did, even though I was quite impressed with the potential in the first 2 episodes, while my hope really started to wane by episode 3.