Four Marks

Il just leave this headline here. All that is needed.

I should not have to read the book to understand what is going on. The show is not taking the time to explain things properly or at least this is how I feel at this point. Maybe things will come together, but somehow I feel like I am being cheated out of many aspects of the original story. I guess I will just have to read the book to fully understand it. This should not be the case.

I enjoyed this instalment quite a bit, the script focused much less on battles with nothing at stake and more on our characters, making us care for them so when the next battle or death does come round we are invested and effected. Yennefer and Tissaia were the highlight for me here. MyAnna Buring is delightfully hatable and Anya Chalotra brings a great and much needed humanity to the show. Unfortunately we don't get any of that incredible fight choreography this episode and we're still a little confused as to wether the show wants to commit to being gritty or light-hearted, the two don't mix. I'd also like to mention how fantastic the makeup is in this episode, really great stuff, reminded me of Pan's Labyrinth. Overall I'm going to give "Four Marks" a 7.9/10

I haven't read the books, nor have I played the game... Just clicked on the first episode on a whim... The first episode made a solid first impression, but this one was an even better follow up... Some of the scenes felt they were running to someone else's agenda... For example, watching the Yennifer/slash/Istredd gave me the impression I had nodded off and missed an entire chunk of them skipping over the awkward and straight to the engaging tongues...

A little more development wouldn't go amiss..

But the reveals were heartfelt and nowhere near as clear cut as was implied at first.

4 out of 5 stars.

Yennifer is introduced. A character that has a twisted spine. And joins a group for training. Her character is interesting. Geralt gets a tasked to stop a beast from destroying another mans land. And he meets a side kick. Which can be a little annoying. The script and direction continues with this world building. Good acting. Action. And storytelling.