It's all starting to come together, thankfully the show doled out some much needed answers. But still in need of a few more key pieces. Great acting and some good plot moves.
27 Reviews
Everybody wants you
Calicodreamin29 December 2021
The title of this episode is enough!
ha77y73ad9717 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
That is one hell of a call back to the books with Geralts message to Yennifer starting off with Dear, Friend not in the context of this episode!
The series is picking up and up i cannot wait to see what else is to come. The fight scene was amazingly violent worthy of a Game of Thrones episode, the character development between Ciri, Geralt and Yennifer was perfection. The story moves one so well to keep everyone entertained.
Again another episode that just brings me into to waiting to chain watch the last few episodes but i want to truly watch this series and enjoy it.
The series is picking up and up i cannot wait to see what else is to come. The fight scene was amazingly violent worthy of a Game of Thrones episode, the character development between Ciri, Geralt and Yennifer was perfection. The story moves one so well to keep everyone entertained.
Again another episode that just brings me into to waiting to chain watch the last few episodes but i want to truly watch this series and enjoy it.
Good episode.
tfonias7419 May 2022
The episode is good and the branching stories interesting but the Netflix influence is getting beyond annoying.
This series has some good casting choices (Gerald, Yen, Jeskier,..) and some poor (Triss, Frigilla, The creepy Commander watch-his-name,..). I still haven't decided about Ciri.
This season has gone full PG-13 and it is really disappointing. Also this full on diversity drive of Netflix is getting on my nerves.
They have race swapped most of the characters and every scene must have a diverse character that the camera has to linger on every time.. I am trying to ignore it but they are relentless.
First season was better so far.
This series has some good casting choices (Gerald, Yen, Jeskier,..) and some poor (Triss, Frigilla, The creepy Commander watch-his-name,..). I still haven't decided about Ciri.
This season has gone full PG-13 and it is really disappointing. Also this full on diversity drive of Netflix is getting on my nerves.
They have race swapped most of the characters and every scene must have a diverse character that the camera has to linger on every time.. I am trying to ignore it but they are relentless.
First season was better so far.
What a fight.
jaqmeister20 December 2021
Amazing
agentsofsword19 December 2021
Best one yet
vacila19 December 2021
This was a best episode from all 6
Just can't get why they changed the story from the books. What for ???? Books are amazing, can't wrap my head around the reason why they needed to change so many things? What for? It's not better, so why try to come up with something new when the book source is amazing???????
Fight Fight Fight
moviesfilmsreviewsinc1 January 2022
It lays bare some of this season's weirder pacing issues, which to this point have been able to pass mostly unnoticed. In particular, it finally goes somewhere with Francesca, who has been mostly hanging out in Xin'trea being pregnant and doing little else. In this episode she's suddenly giving birth, which makes it seem as if the show forgot about her and is now scrambling to make up for lost time. The Francesca and Fringilla thread has been one of this season's stranger storylines, having been all but ignored since first being introduced in the season's second episode. It has mostly served to drive events elsewhere, both in Aretuza and Redania, while giving Cahir somewhere to go. Otherwise it's been little more than background noise as more interesting storylines have unfolded in the foreground. Now Cahir is in Xin'trea along with Dara, who looks as if he has aged about 20 years since we last saw him. Cahir's presence disrupts Fringilla and Francesca's domestic bliss, as he sheds his beard to return to prowling around in a cape and being villainous. Cahir wants to get back to hunting Ciri. Fringilla cares more about the plight of the elves and her new best pal, Francesca. The Witcher's first season is unconventional and messy. It's failed by its convoluted structure, which ultimately restricts character growth, and prevents the show from having any true sense of depth. This makes for an unsatisfying big picture, but thankfully there are plenty of things to enjoy in its individual components. Henry Cavill has found his perfect match in Geralt of Rivia, and his appreciation of the role helps elevate all of the White Wolf's storylines above their imperfections. Anya Chalotra's Yennefer doesn't get the depth of character exploration that her character deserves, but does demonstrate the show's ability to weave a complex, consequential journey. And, weak CGI aside, the show is filled with beasts - both human and monstrous - that give the show a unique, Slavic flavour. This eight-part season is effectively a prologue for the show's main story, which has only just begun in the finale's last scene. And while that does mean that these hours do feel somewhat inconsequential and exposition-heavy, they do establish a fascinating world worth exploring. Indeed, as the credits roll you'll almost certainly reach for a copy of The Last Wish or boot up the games to continue that adventure. But if you do, you'll likely discover that Netflix's The Witcher has a bit of work to put in before it hits the high quality bar set by the story's other mediums.
Great - But
doug2go22 December 2021
I rated season 1 a 10 but find season two slightly lacking - the paring back of the sex and nudity that spiced up season 1 is all but non existent in season 2 - this is another bate and switch on a first season grabber that captures an audience and is eliminated in the second season ala " Homeland and Outlander among others. Outlander realized its mistake after Starz wasn't happy with the ratings - Homeland survived , but with a new audience. Witcher is Henry Cavill series and he is nothing short of terrific - the story is terrific - to get my 10 back they need to re introduce Romance and some debauchery.
Good looking but extremently boring
85122227 February 2022
Greetings from Lithuania.
Season 2 started promising, and i enjoyed first episodes. But with the last two episodes this show came back to quality of bad season 1.
Last few episodes were boring as hell. This is due to extremely average writing and storytelling. Character development is very poor, acting is wooden by most of the actors but this is due to poor writing. Scenes do look good and set design is probably the best thing about this show.
Episode 5 and 6 were very disappointing ones. If this show will continue in this fashion, i highly doubt that i will be returning to season 3.
Season 2 started promising, and i enjoyed first episodes. But with the last two episodes this show came back to quality of bad season 1.
Last few episodes were boring as hell. This is due to extremely average writing and storytelling. Character development is very poor, acting is wooden by most of the actors but this is due to poor writing. Scenes do look good and set design is probably the best thing about this show.
Episode 5 and 6 were very disappointing ones. If this show will continue in this fashion, i highly doubt that i will be returning to season 3.
Eventful but fair to middling
alexxxlibra1 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
While taking Ciri outside Kaer Morhen Geralt realises (hears, smells or just feels) they are being chased by the flying monster he encountered at Cintra. Geralt calls it "some kind of chernobog" which is kinda strange as Chernobog ("black god') is a Slavic god of bad fate not a pterodactyl-like antropomorphic creature. He could just as well call it Lucifer or Hades.
Then we see the fight which is kinda good but still gives rise to some questions: What was Geralt's strategy for this battle? What was he gonna do after he had drawn out the monster? Why hadn't he taken his sword or was he going to knock it down with Aard sign? Why hadn't he told Ciri to hide back in the forest among the trees or rocks to make it harder for the flying creature to get her? As a result of the Witcher's inconsideration his horse, Roach, gets mortally wounded, and Geralt decides to use Ciri as a bait. (By the way, I liked the idea to show things with the eyes of the monster) Finally, he manages to kill "chernobog" with his inevitable knife and a sharpened stake (Indeed, where are the ***** his swords?!)
Meanwhile, Rience teleports to Kaer Morhen (which has definitely become a local tourist attraction as everyone and his brother knows its location) and attacks Triss and Vesemir. The latter does not only look but also acts as a pot-bellied innkeeper (my first association as I saw him in the second episode) now and gets his ass kicked by the fire mage without any effort: after Rience has parried his Aard attacks, he breaks a broomstick turning it into 2 clubs but fails to get the mage with a single drub. Then, as Rience manages to grab both (!!!) sticks, Vesemir just stares at him, pants and puffs until the mage turns clubs into red-hot coals so that the fail witcher has to leave hold of them and in a second is sent flying with a fireball. (Man, this Rience guy is really tough or is it just that Vesemir sucks?) After that, Rience takes the only bottle of mutagen (He seems to have some sort of telepathic powers as well) and disappears. Triss was of little use in this scene as well.
In Cintra Cahir defeats Dara at the fencing lesson - a skilled swordsman defeats a trainee, so what? I expected Cahir and Filavandrel to fence with each other and be equal in strength, but no.
Then we see Geralt and Ciri at Melitele temple where Nenneke says she has known Geralt from his teenage years which is weird but OK, since they don't mention the Witcher's age in the series. Ciri meets Jarra who leads her to some sort of flying globe (?!) that probably works as a magic sensor and here we've got a teenage joke about Jarra's tool size (they should have really added canned laughter at that moment). Geralt meets Yennefer, and I do not believe the actors there - there's no chemistry between them at all. Finally, we watch another fight which was supposed to be as good as the one at Blaviken that many viewers liked so much in the 1st episode: Geralt vs cut-throats Michelet brothers brought by Rience. At first the witcher just punches and throws them not even trying to take their weapons, but then out of nowhere he begins to massacre them but fails to get Rience (who teleports away) and prevent Yennefer from taking Ciri. The fight was rushed and illogical: unarmed Geralt is attacked by 4 assassins while his 2 heart blood people are in danger - he should have started to kill the outlaws in the first place.
As a result we got a very eventful episode with 3 fights that are fair to middling.
Fringilla still sucks, but I did like the characters of Codringher and Fenn.
Then we see the fight which is kinda good but still gives rise to some questions: What was Geralt's strategy for this battle? What was he gonna do after he had drawn out the monster? Why hadn't he taken his sword or was he going to knock it down with Aard sign? Why hadn't he told Ciri to hide back in the forest among the trees or rocks to make it harder for the flying creature to get her? As a result of the Witcher's inconsideration his horse, Roach, gets mortally wounded, and Geralt decides to use Ciri as a bait. (By the way, I liked the idea to show things with the eyes of the monster) Finally, he manages to kill "chernobog" with his inevitable knife and a sharpened stake (Indeed, where are the ***** his swords?!)
Meanwhile, Rience teleports to Kaer Morhen (which has definitely become a local tourist attraction as everyone and his brother knows its location) and attacks Triss and Vesemir. The latter does not only look but also acts as a pot-bellied innkeeper (my first association as I saw him in the second episode) now and gets his ass kicked by the fire mage without any effort: after Rience has parried his Aard attacks, he breaks a broomstick turning it into 2 clubs but fails to get the mage with a single drub. Then, as Rience manages to grab both (!!!) sticks, Vesemir just stares at him, pants and puffs until the mage turns clubs into red-hot coals so that the fail witcher has to leave hold of them and in a second is sent flying with a fireball. (Man, this Rience guy is really tough or is it just that Vesemir sucks?) After that, Rience takes the only bottle of mutagen (He seems to have some sort of telepathic powers as well) and disappears. Triss was of little use in this scene as well.
In Cintra Cahir defeats Dara at the fencing lesson - a skilled swordsman defeats a trainee, so what? I expected Cahir and Filavandrel to fence with each other and be equal in strength, but no.
Then we see Geralt and Ciri at Melitele temple where Nenneke says she has known Geralt from his teenage years which is weird but OK, since they don't mention the Witcher's age in the series. Ciri meets Jarra who leads her to some sort of flying globe (?!) that probably works as a magic sensor and here we've got a teenage joke about Jarra's tool size (they should have really added canned laughter at that moment). Geralt meets Yennefer, and I do not believe the actors there - there's no chemistry between them at all. Finally, we watch another fight which was supposed to be as good as the one at Blaviken that many viewers liked so much in the 1st episode: Geralt vs cut-throats Michelet brothers brought by Rience. At first the witcher just punches and throws them not even trying to take their weapons, but then out of nowhere he begins to massacre them but fails to get Rience (who teleports away) and prevent Yennefer from taking Ciri. The fight was rushed and illogical: unarmed Geralt is attacked by 4 assassins while his 2 heart blood people are in danger - he should have started to kill the outlaws in the first place.
As a result we got a very eventful episode with 3 fights that are fair to middling.
Fringilla still sucks, but I did like the characters of Codringher and Fenn.
Fire friender
TheCorniestLemur4 February 2022
Everyone really does want this girl now, huh?
Well you know what, I am slightly coming around to Ciri, so that's fine with me now. And (finally) we get to see Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri all in the same room, which is pretty nice to see at long last. I just wish they had done more of it, because those parts are definitely the highlight of the episode (the location they're in looking pretty cool doesn't hurt either), as all three of them have, by this point, been fairly well developed and are interesting enough now.
The problem is, there's also the opening scene that feels a tad bit pointless, the fact that I still don't give a single toss about anything or anyone in Nilfgaard, which takes up a decent-sized chunk of the episode, the fight scene at the end looking perplexingly more like a fight from the new Mortal Kombat games than anything from previous episodes, and Istredd's sub plot not particularly arousing any interest in me either.
But other than that, the usual occurrences: acting's all good, directing's fine, cinematography's nice, blah blah blah. I'm not tearing my hair out at every turn this show takes, but neither do I ever really feel wowed by it. It's entertaining enough, but I had really been hoping for this season to be much better than the first because of the weird structure the first season had.
And unfortunately, I don't really feel like I'm getting that yet.
Well you know what, I am slightly coming around to Ciri, so that's fine with me now. And (finally) we get to see Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri all in the same room, which is pretty nice to see at long last. I just wish they had done more of it, because those parts are definitely the highlight of the episode (the location they're in looking pretty cool doesn't hurt either), as all three of them have, by this point, been fairly well developed and are interesting enough now.
The problem is, there's also the opening scene that feels a tad bit pointless, the fact that I still don't give a single toss about anything or anyone in Nilfgaard, which takes up a decent-sized chunk of the episode, the fight scene at the end looking perplexingly more like a fight from the new Mortal Kombat games than anything from previous episodes, and Istredd's sub plot not particularly arousing any interest in me either.
But other than that, the usual occurrences: acting's all good, directing's fine, cinematography's nice, blah blah blah. I'm not tearing my hair out at every turn this show takes, but neither do I ever really feel wowed by it. It's entertaining enough, but I had really been hoping for this season to be much better than the first because of the weird structure the first season had.
And unfortunately, I don't really feel like I'm getting that yet.
[7.2] I can't or I won't...
cjonesas8 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Episode 6: A mild improvement because of the faster pace, more developing storyline plots, true to the books or not (writers' decisions or faults - not a bright result so far though), an above-average fight scene, at last!, with good VFX, not memorable enough, also the minimalistic romance between Y. And G. _who doesn't "listen" to him in the end.
All that result to an outcome that is slow, under-developed, lacking thrilling vibe and with two more episodes left in this season, so far we have been delivered a sub-par one in relation to the much brighter and suspenseful first "chapter".
All that result to an outcome that is slow, under-developed, lacking thrilling vibe and with two more episodes left in this season, so far we have been delivered a sub-par one in relation to the much brighter and suspenseful first "chapter".
This is a retelling advertised as an adaptation
ahmadsaad-0041519 December 2021
I'm trying to enjoy this and failing at every attempt. Don't get me wrong, this is solid entertaining mainstream tv. With that comes your typical lack of attention to details, plot conveniences, upped drama & visually pleasing action. As someone who read the incredible source material of the witcher though, I can by now clearly say that this is a mainstream retelling falsely advertised as a faithful adaptation.
The differences are not in any way, shape or form subtle. Yennefer, one of the 3 main characters of the series, has a widely different arc throughout this season than in the books and her arcs' climax in this episode is a betrayal to her character and her relationship with both Ciri & Geralt. Ciri can apparently open portals before training & learning how to control her chaos. And let's not start on Vesemir. The changes extend to the very lore of the continent with elves being able to reproduce now which would render some of the future conflicts with Ciri meaningless. That's just a small portion of the changes. Plot, lore & characters changes.
They had a perfectly apt source material with a huge fan base ready to love & support it. They advertised it as a faithful adaptation and spread stories on how henry cavill is making sure they're staying true to the books, which sounds ridiculous now. Then they either failed to follow up with their intentions or straight up decided the story wasn't good enough and needed their interference. Beyond disappointed.
The differences are not in any way, shape or form subtle. Yennefer, one of the 3 main characters of the series, has a widely different arc throughout this season than in the books and her arcs' climax in this episode is a betrayal to her character and her relationship with both Ciri & Geralt. Ciri can apparently open portals before training & learning how to control her chaos. And let's not start on Vesemir. The changes extend to the very lore of the continent with elves being able to reproduce now which would render some of the future conflicts with Ciri meaningless. That's just a small portion of the changes. Plot, lore & characters changes.
They had a perfectly apt source material with a huge fan base ready to love & support it. They advertised it as a faithful adaptation and spread stories on how henry cavill is making sure they're staying true to the books, which sounds ridiculous now. Then they either failed to follow up with their intentions or straight up decided the story wasn't good enough and needed their interference. Beyond disappointed.
This season is starting to feel a little meandering.
LegendaryFang563 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The further into this season I go, the less decent it seems. I believe the beginning of the season was pretty decent, yet now, it's like it has become meandering, the spark fizzling out. I guess Rience's fire magic is a little too powerful.
I'm not interested in Fringilla's storyline with Francesca in Cintra, alongside the latter's pure-blooded elf baby's birth. I feel like there hasn't been enough focus on all of that for me to care about it. The structure of everything going on hasn't been as good as it should've been. It's been too long since the second episode with a lot of other stuff happening; too little of a continuous focus on that aspect of this season. I can't suddenly care, now. Despite it about to be more focused on due to the imminent arrival of Emhyr.
I think the episode became worthwhile once Yennefer showed up. Everything afterward was also more enjoyable, not just when Yennefer was on-screen. Other than that, there wasn't much excitement to be gleaned. I hope the last two episodes have more excitement and that the season ends on a good/high note.
I'm not interested in Fringilla's storyline with Francesca in Cintra, alongside the latter's pure-blooded elf baby's birth. I feel like there hasn't been enough focus on all of that for me to care about it. The structure of everything going on hasn't been as good as it should've been. It's been too long since the second episode with a lot of other stuff happening; too little of a continuous focus on that aspect of this season. I can't suddenly care, now. Despite it about to be more focused on due to the imminent arrival of Emhyr.
- It wasn't much, but the "fight sequence" against the Chernobog was cool. The first/final attack, I mean. The VFX of the blood as Geralt was slicing through it was a little shoddy-looking: but not super bad.
- cont.) And it would seem like a chernobog is something that wasn't in the novels, or the games, even. I'm still in the process of watching this season: so as not to spoil myself; because of that, I haven't looked more deeply into that to know for sure. All I did was google the name. And from the little preview sections under one or two articles, it mentions how it's entirely new.
- After watching the episode, I read the summary, and it genuinely took a few seconds to figure out who the close friend was. That's how much Roach's death went over my head into outer space, never to be seen again. I wonder if the writers meant for people to be emotionally impacted by her death because I wasn't.
- cont.) There will be a new Roach, like always, I'd imagine. Geralt's pretty up there age-wise. I bet he's had quite a few horses in his time. Ones that were killed by monsters, as this one was. And ones who died naturally. Just because this time it happened on-screen doesn't automatically make it impactful.
- Huh. So, what Cirilla recited that time in the first season is Ithlinne's Prophecy. Interesting. But how did Geralt know about that? Earlier in the episode, Cirilla did bring up the instance where that happened; because of that, I guess we're to assume that's how he knows. Yet she didn't tell him about what she recited. Not to mention, I think this is the first time that we know she remembers saying it later on in the episode, even though she was in that trance-like state.
- It's obvious how Geralt knows about her reciting something. It's just that I find it weird how the writers wrote Cirilla to bring up that very instance and then have her not mention the words she said during that instance. I guess it happened off-screen for some reason. Maybe I'm forgetting/missing something.
- I thought Yennefer and Geralt's reunion was wholesome, alongside Cirilla's involvement. A good ol' family. Already. How cute. I also liked Yennefer's personality in this episode. Specifically in the scene with all three of them; her attitude. It was completely different than how she's been in previous episodes, how she was in the first season, even. I wonder if it has anything to do with having hope now: hope to get her magic back.
- cont.) I feel like it's a mixture of that, reuniting with Geralt, and maybe a subtle hint of motherly-ness towards Cirilla that may already be blooming. Being a mother was an aspect of this episode with Francesca. I liked this new Yennefer, and I hope it's a Yennefer presented a lot of times in the novels: one that the writers will do the same in this show's future.
- Perhaps an unpopular opinion: the fight sequence with Geralt against Rience's gang was cool. The choreography wasn't bad, and it was nice seeing a fight sequence with hand-to-hand combat. Those who had the most responsibility, though, could've done a better job, I'll admit. Particularly the VFX. Besides that, I thought the way it was done filming-wise, along with its choreography, was decently done. It certainly beats that fight sequence in the "Rare Species" episode in the first season, the fight sequence in the cave.
I think the episode became worthwhile once Yennefer showed up. Everything afterward was also more enjoyable, not just when Yennefer was on-screen. Other than that, there wasn't much excitement to be gleaned. I hope the last two episodes have more excitement and that the season ends on a good/high note.
Adaptation vs. entertaining TV?
Ucurian29 December 2021
All the time in the last years, when ever a streaming platform or a TV station is claiming to adapt a sucessful comic or book series in the comment section here and on other platforms there is a war between the lovers of the source material and those who don't know it and just want to have fun.
That happend to The Preacher, The Boys, Shadow & Bones, Y-the last man and now to the witcher.
I understand, that the viewers who don't know the source don't care about the complaints of those who love the source. But I don't understand while a lot of them don't care for plotholes and inconsistencies?
And I'm angry that every time the producers and showrunners claim, that they would make a faithful und truthful adaptation of the source material und every time with exception of the Lord of the Rings, Sin City or the first seasons of GoT they lied about this. Every time nearly nothing ramains of the source material. All the authors und producers think they could it make better then the prooven sucessful original authors... And no, you can't!
It is a no brainer, that an adaptation can almost never be a 1:1 thing. There are money and time restrictions and we have different media. But in the end all that remains are names, a few events and that's it, the rest is "new".
Who ever read the books of the witcher can't be staisfied with the first two seasons of the TV show. It would be much shorter to have a list of those things which are like in the books as those which aren't. They changed the whole plot and major things of the worldbuilding. I love Cahils Witcher, but that is it mainly. I tried my very best to keep an open mind and tried to watch it, as if I haven't read the books, but my disapointment is too big and the new plotlines have too many holes IMHO.
And you, viewer, who didn't read the books, please acknowledge that you could have fun with the show, even if the lovers of the books are disapointed. There is no need for a war...
That happend to The Preacher, The Boys, Shadow & Bones, Y-the last man and now to the witcher.
I understand, that the viewers who don't know the source don't care about the complaints of those who love the source. But I don't understand while a lot of them don't care for plotholes and inconsistencies?
And I'm angry that every time the producers and showrunners claim, that they would make a faithful und truthful adaptation of the source material und every time with exception of the Lord of the Rings, Sin City or the first seasons of GoT they lied about this. Every time nearly nothing ramains of the source material. All the authors und producers think they could it make better then the prooven sucessful original authors... And no, you can't!
It is a no brainer, that an adaptation can almost never be a 1:1 thing. There are money and time restrictions and we have different media. But in the end all that remains are names, a few events and that's it, the rest is "new".
Who ever read the books of the witcher can't be staisfied with the first two seasons of the TV show. It would be much shorter to have a list of those things which are like in the books as those which aren't. They changed the whole plot and major things of the worldbuilding. I love Cahils Witcher, but that is it mainly. I tried my very best to keep an open mind and tried to watch it, as if I haven't read the books, but my disapointment is too big and the new plotlines have too many holes IMHO.
And you, viewer, who didn't read the books, please acknowledge that you could have fun with the show, even if the lovers of the books are disapointed. There is no need for a war...
Stick to the books pls
ywj-2359119 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Francisca had a baby? Whaaaat? And she should be a wise, powerful, stunning QUEEN, not someone so easily manipulated and so shortsighted.
And Yen, like a helpless girl, hiding and running, made a deal with the demon to steal who would be her child, can anyone come up with a worse storyline?
Love Tissaia though, and Geralt, Dandelion also. Burn butcher burn is such a magnificent song, remind me of Wolven Storm in the games.
And Yen, like a helpless girl, hiding and running, made a deal with the demon to steal who would be her child, can anyone come up with a worse storyline?
Love Tissaia though, and Geralt, Dandelion also. Burn butcher burn is such a magnificent song, remind me of Wolven Storm in the games.
Hot garbage
TommySClark8 January 2022
Visually good, fun choreography, awful writing and terrible character development. The visual storytelling is an afterthought to the action scenes and production design. What a waste of resources if you can't even tell a story. I've liked Cavill's performance so far, Yennefer is ok, but the rest are unmemorable - I blame the writing not the actors. It should be widely known by now in the visual entertainment business that it is a cardinal sin to tell the story through exposition in dialogue - "show, don't tell" is basic knowledge! I haven't read the books, and I'll give it until the end of the season to see if the story makes any more sense, but I'll probably be done with it then. The writer needs a change of career.
So dissapointed
gkzffc17 December 2021
Why the hell am they trying to come up with something again when they already have it beautiful in the book? !!!! Tragedy, the Romans made a powerful magus, but such a person was not a second-class magicman. The whole story with the brothers mich. They just messed up again, they just lost it when they didn't. Just take the book and stick to it. I'm so disappointed.
Codringher and Fenn carry the episode
tju-0452217 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
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.
Continues to disappoint
forpassord18 April 2022
I am no fan of Netflix and usually find their movies flawed with plot holes, bad manuscripts and other annoyances. Another episode that was barely OK and a letdown after the first season and this seasons first episode! After the first episode of this season this series have become more and more disappointing to me.
I have played the three The Witcher games, but not read the books. But too much of this episode feels "off". Several of the characters seems to me to behave out of character, and that ruins much of the immersion for me. When it comes to action this episode had about one single minute of monster fighting, some other fighting, but not much else interesting in it! In a series about The Witcher I expect action and at least one proper scene with a monster being fought. I really hope that this episode at least is a part of a build up for something large, because except for the first episode, the second season have been a disappointment so far!
Other than that, the acting, some of the characters, the CGI, the music, were..................................good ;-)
I have played the three The Witcher games, but not read the books. But too much of this episode feels "off". Several of the characters seems to me to behave out of character, and that ruins much of the immersion for me. When it comes to action this episode had about one single minute of monster fighting, some other fighting, but not much else interesting in it! In a series about The Witcher I expect action and at least one proper scene with a monster being fought. I really hope that this episode at least is a part of a build up for something large, because except for the first episode, the second season have been a disappointment so far!
Other than that, the acting, some of the characters, the CGI, the music, were..................................good ;-)
The worst episode of all
jandbmurray31 December 2021
This episode stunk.... Like some child directed it and their schoolmate wrote it. Really, really, really, really bad! Have these people even read the books at all or just a speedread Zero care taken with a good story.
great fight scene
Lythas_8525 December 2021
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Yeap and cavill of course, awesome...
at least this time i dint have to skip whenever yen was on since she was interacting with geralt... but the betrayal.. lol
but of course, as we all know, when its a man getting backstabbed like that... stupid men usually forgives at the end.
I don't understand this showrunner
thomblackburn8920 March 2022
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Fire magic is forbidden? What is this Harry potter? Every Witcher can cast a simple fire spell in the books and games. Not only is it not forbidden, it's incredibly common. This really feels like a random fantasy trope to throw in and it sort of goes against the "shades of grey" narratives that the Witcher is known for.
Nenneke has a totally different personality. I will say that i like this character, but why make her nenneke? Gender swapped Fenn, which is fine, as he is a pretty minor character in the grand scheme of things in the books.
Oh, have you heard of Itheline's prophecy? Because they beat you over the head with it in 4 different plotines. Just in case you haven't yet understood that Ciri has elder blood.
Otherwise this episode has one of the coolest fights in the series thus far, puts out some new seeds of intrigue, makes us not trust a lot of people and wonder what crawled up Cahir's butt.
It's one of the better episodes that isn't a one-off monster hunt and it still isn't very good compared to any of the source material.
Nenneke has a totally different personality. I will say that i like this character, but why make her nenneke? Gender swapped Fenn, which is fine, as he is a pretty minor character in the grand scheme of things in the books.
Oh, have you heard of Itheline's prophecy? Because they beat you over the head with it in 4 different plotines. Just in case you haven't yet understood that Ciri has elder blood.
Otherwise this episode has one of the coolest fights in the series thus far, puts out some new seeds of intrigue, makes us not trust a lot of people and wonder what crawled up Cahir's butt.
It's one of the better episodes that isn't a one-off monster hunt and it still isn't very good compared to any of the source material.
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