The Witcher: Turn Your Back (2021)
Season 2, Episode 5
5/10
The Wish version of Game of thrones
20 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The white flame, the white flame, the white flame. Words that echo my ears like nails on a chalk board because it's mentioned so much. The white flame is portrayed as this major figure, but the truth is it's mentioned so much because it's all they have to go on. The story has begun to fall away into a mash up of random incoherent dialogue of which you have no explanation for who is who and what anyone is fighting for, and then it switches to Geralt killing a monster for a few minutes of the episode, roll credits. The lord of light in Game of Thrones is what "The White Flame" reminds me of but atleast in Game of Thrones they take the time to lure your interest into each storyline and weave a web of betrayal and intrigue, all while you have atleast 5 other major storylines running alongside. This show really has none of that.

I've lost all interest in the "world building" if you can even call it that because there is simply nothing that's exciting about it, tell me other than everyone trying to kill Ciri and finding out what happens at the conclusion of that storyline, what other plot points are even vaguely interesting ? Awful writing, confusion clustered with boredom and then a 2 minutes action sequence, one random episode of Game of thrones has more happening and more excitement than this entire season of The Witcher, and this is coming from someone who very much began to dislike the final seasons of Game of thrones. A shows main goal to keep you entertained and hooked, both of which is slipping away with the Witcher.
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