Episode 7 Before a Fall is an odd duck. It’s about 10 minutes shorter then the usual hour-long runtime. It adapts no clear source material and retreads ground the show has already covered. Seemingly the only purpose of the episode is to indulge the Dunkirk Fuckery (Patent Pending). Being the…

Hope everyone savored the few drops of quality in the previous episode because it’s a steep downhill ride from this point on. Saying episode 6 Rare Species adapts the “Bounds of Reason” short story, is like saying The Lion King “adapts” Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Well yes…but technically no. Taken on its…

It’s happening! Episode 5 Bottled Appetites presents the first time two of the show’s protagonists actually meet. It finally brings a sense of cohesion that was sorely lacking from the series so far. This also presents the first real opportunity to dedicate an entire episode to a story without having…

Episode 4: Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials is the midpoint of the season and presents a good opportunity to take a look at the series so far. By this point, all characters have been established with varying degrees of success. Enough lore has been put forth about the world to…

Episode 3 Betrayal Moon adapts the short story The Witcher from the second book in the franchise, The Last Wish. But this story is actually based on the very first original short which Sapkowski penned starring Geralt of Rivia. He later reworked the story when assembling the second book. Furthermore…

From the makers of “two unrelated stories ungracefully crammed into a single 60 minute episode” now comes “THREE unrelated stories ungracefully crammed into a single 60 minute episode”. The plot begins with introducing Yennefer who will remain the main focus of the episode’s arc. Much like how they introduced Geralt…

Intro: There is no easy way to do this, so let’s just get right into the beginning. The witcher has had many introductions throughout the years. The very first one being the short story submitted by Sapkowski in 1986 for readers of the Polish Fantastyka magazine. The next possible introduction is…