Now that the big reveal has happened, I'm not sure if this will be appointment television for S2. The dialogue was hacky, the characters constantly made the worst decisions possible, and the timeline changes have been a detriment to the story. What should feel like a sweeping grand epic has been sacrificed to the altar of expediency. At this point, the Stranger's whole purpose was to serve as a misdirect, which really wasn't that effective had you paid even the slightest bit of attention. And too many of the moments have all the nuance of "The Eagles are coming". Big, cool, but entirely too convenient. Too much deus ex machina can ruin a story.