Okay I know it's been a while since I watched the previous episode of this show, but I swear they just dropped a completely new character in, who seems to have a long-term relationship with Tissaia all of a sudden? Maybe my memory isn't sharp enough, but I don't remember this guy at all.
But aside from that, it's largely the same sort of affair that I remember the majority of this show being up until now - all the performances are good, the cinematography looks nice even if it's crying out for some better direction a lot of the time, decent soundtrack, and broadly speaking, the plotlines I cared about before are the ones I still do now, and the ones I didn't care about, I still don't, really.
I liked Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri's parts as is the norm for this season (even though Ciri says the nearest way to cross a river is half a day's ride away when you can clearly see a shallow part with rocks making convenient stepping stones not even half a mile away from her, like come ON), and seeing Geralt and Jaskier back together again did bring a not insignificant smile to my face.
But I still can't bring myself to give a toss about Nilfgaard even if Fringilla does do something interesting towards the end, or the magic brotherhood even if I am somewhat curious to see what Dijkstra's up to, so that's a good half of the episode I'm still not that interested in.
I guess it could all come together next time?
But aside from that, it's largely the same sort of affair that I remember the majority of this show being up until now - all the performances are good, the cinematography looks nice even if it's crying out for some better direction a lot of the time, decent soundtrack, and broadly speaking, the plotlines I cared about before are the ones I still do now, and the ones I didn't care about, I still don't, really.
I liked Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri's parts as is the norm for this season (even though Ciri says the nearest way to cross a river is half a day's ride away when you can clearly see a shallow part with rocks making convenient stepping stones not even half a mile away from her, like come ON), and seeing Geralt and Jaskier back together again did bring a not insignificant smile to my face.
But I still can't bring myself to give a toss about Nilfgaard even if Fringilla does do something interesting towards the end, or the magic brotherhood even if I am somewhat curious to see what Dijkstra's up to, so that's a good half of the episode I'm still not that interested in.
I guess it could all come together next time?