I really feel that Legend of the Seeker has been a little hit or miss in its first year on television.  I’m not expecting the level of consistency or wow plotting that you might see in Supernatural or Dollhouse, but it is hands-down better than Smallville this season.

I do like the show’s overreaching theme of personal responsibility, and on giving everyone a second chance which seems to touch on all aspects of the plot in some way.  Episode 17 -- Deception, is no exception.

To begin with I should warn anyone who is reading this review in the hopes of serious meta in lofty tones, you should probably look elsewhere.  I disliked substantial bits of this episode and so I deal with it with snark and irreverence.  Just warning you.

I've complained in the past about filler episodes of Legend of the Seeker: episodes that were entertaining bits of marshmallow that didn't really do much to advance the plot.  I'm happy to say that episode 1.15, Conversion isn't one of them.

Director Andrew Merrifield and writers Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux were obviously tasked with delivering a meaty, plot-pivotal story. In doing so they knocked one out of the park, not only with the twists and turns that the increasingly tense story delivered, but also in cinematography and the performance that he coaxed out of the actors – especially Bridget Regan as Kahlan.

If felt like old home week on Hartland, episode 14 of Legend of the Seeker, maybe that's what it was.  Kind of. 

I have a small quibble with Legend of the Seeker.  Lately it seems that the show that is supposed to be about the seeker’s quest to rid the Midlands of evil has become the show about the seeker, his confessor and the epic love that can never be.  Oh yeah, and the crazy wizard who does the evil thwarting over in the b-plot.

At some point in many popular series, the producers will come up with a clip show for newer viewers.  Both Lost and Desperate Housewives did this midway through their first seasons as a separate special.  Legend of the Seeker does it with an actual episode: 1.12, Home.

The news is good for the ABC/Disney syndicated Legend of the Seeker.  The series has been cleared to run for a second season in over 70% of US markets.

I’m a little bit confused with Legend of the Seeker.  But that’s not a bad thing. 

There are certain rules in story telling, particularly high-fantasy such as you see in Seeker.  One of the first rules is that you start with an innocent hero.  That hero goes through trials and learns from an older, wiser mentor.

But in Seeker, the ones getting the lesson are Zed and Kahlan, and it seems that our innocent hero, Cypher is the one giving them out.

This is once again obvious in episode 1.11, Confession.

It's always a gamble to include children in any show. If done right, the premise can prove quite magical – witness all the kids in the heyday of the Cosby show. If done wrong, the effect is more grating and annoying – for although he possesses Geek Chic in spades, even Will Wheaton couldn't salvage Westly Crusher.

It could prove even more disastrous in a show based on a book – such as Legend of the Seeker – where the tapestry is already woven and the most the show's creators can do is alter a little of the border.

Fortunately, Puppeteer, Episode 1.09 of Seeker manages to be cute without grating with not one, but two little girls. All thanks to Bruce Spence's slightly-eccentric wizard Zed.

I've got to say that I have been very interested to see what the creators of Legend of the Seeker would make of their tenth episode, Sacrifice. The episode is not based on any incident in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, as the episode's featured character, Dennee, has been killed by the start of the book.

Mostly I was curious what the series' creators would make of an episode in which they had complete freedom from the source material.

I'm happy to say that Seeker did not disappoint. The episode is a tightly written adventure in which our favorite three characters must wrestle with moral questions, and once again bolsters the show's overall theme of the rightness in freedom of choice.