It seems like Geralt is with Ciri and every time they are together a monster attacks Ciri for her Elder blood, which was never the case in the books. The fight scene is kind of unspectacular and Geralt just kills it with one attack and lands unrealistically. I wonder why they do a scene like that if it's so poorly done and yes, Roach dies, which Geralt wouldn't have left her there in the first place and would have left her somewhere much further away to keep her safe.
The Temple of Melitele is the only thing in this episode that made me hope for a better episode. The teenage joke with Jarre was kind of out of place and really wasn't necessary. He also dies off, although he would show some interesting aspects later in the novels, which probably won't happen. I think the dynamic between Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri was good, but in the books Geralt sent Ciri to the temple where she learned to control her chaos with Yennefer over months, not just half a day. You would also see Yennefer and Ciri develop a real mother-daughter relationship. The fight scene was entertaining, but Geralt could have picked up a weapon much earlier to cut the fight short and help his loved ones in less time. Then Ciri knows how to open a portal in just half a day, which took even Yennefer some screen time in the previous season.
Then Kaer Morhen seems to be on the map for everyone, and Rience teleports there and grabs the bottle of Ciri's blood almost without resistance. Triss didn't really help, though she fought in Sodden and was obviously a help there, and Vesemir has no sword in hand and uses sticks. Rience burns the sticks while Vesemir is still holding them, which just seems illogical to me. Afterwards, Rience just teleports away, and they are shocked and look like sitting ducks.
Istredd also gets some screen time to introduce Codringher and Fenn, and those two characters were the highlight of the episode. And no, I don't mind that they used a female and a male character to represent Codringher and Fenn for the scene, but they were introduced much later in the books and they could have done the same to give the main storyline more screen time.
The part of the story used for the elves seems random and I was hoping to see Cahir and Filavandrel fighting , but they only show a white male acting like a jerk towards a colored elf, which doesn't make sense even from the leadership's perspective, because they want to cooperate with the elves and not dominate them, otherwise why would they team up with Nilfgaard in the first place?
It seems like the focus of the characters is all messed up again and the producers are trying to imitate a cheap, boring GoT version with the Witcher.
The Temple of Melitele is the only thing in this episode that made me hope for a better episode. The teenage joke with Jarre was kind of out of place and really wasn't necessary. He also dies off, although he would show some interesting aspects later in the novels, which probably won't happen. I think the dynamic between Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri was good, but in the books Geralt sent Ciri to the temple where she learned to control her chaos with Yennefer over months, not just half a day. You would also see Yennefer and Ciri develop a real mother-daughter relationship. The fight scene was entertaining, but Geralt could have picked up a weapon much earlier to cut the fight short and help his loved ones in less time. Then Ciri knows how to open a portal in just half a day, which took even Yennefer some screen time in the previous season.
Then Kaer Morhen seems to be on the map for everyone, and Rience teleports there and grabs the bottle of Ciri's blood almost without resistance. Triss didn't really help, though she fought in Sodden and was obviously a help there, and Vesemir has no sword in hand and uses sticks. Rience burns the sticks while Vesemir is still holding them, which just seems illogical to me. Afterwards, Rience just teleports away, and they are shocked and look like sitting ducks.
Istredd also gets some screen time to introduce Codringher and Fenn, and those two characters were the highlight of the episode. And no, I don't mind that they used a female and a male character to represent Codringher and Fenn for the scene, but they were introduced much later in the books and they could have done the same to give the main storyline more screen time.
The part of the story used for the elves seems random and I was hoping to see Cahir and Filavandrel fighting , but they only show a white male acting like a jerk towards a colored elf, which doesn't make sense even from the leadership's perspective, because they want to cooperate with the elves and not dominate them, otherwise why would they team up with Nilfgaard in the first place?
It seems like the focus of the characters is all messed up again and the producers are trying to imitate a cheap, boring GoT version with the Witcher.