Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials

For me the best episode so far A mix of emotions from scene to scene The most adventuring episode of the first half

This was the episode where it all clicked for me. The multiple timelines, the out of sync storytelling and how they are playing into one another. Once I realized that ....the show vastly improved for me! This episode explains the Law of Surprise, why it was invoked, how it binds Geralt and Ciri to each other and why the pull towards one another is unavoidable. As someone new to the Witcher world I found this episode to be quite fun and intriguing and it sets up the rest of the season.

Not having read the books or played the game - yet, it was a confusing start with the timeline. This episode made it a bit clearer with what was what. I find it fun to have those aha! moments when it clicks into place, plus it allows us to see all the characters at once. If it followed a linear timeline, it would be all one character for a long time until another came into the story. I do wish it was clearer with the different nations and how they relate to each other so I am hoping time will tell on that. Can't wait to finish the series, it has me pumped to play the games!

Some people are easy annoyed.

For others though, this is a fantastic way to loop around events and intertwine stories and people so that we see everybody and are introduced to them in equal measures. This is the only way to do this as if not we'd get a ton of Yennefer of Vengerberg story before we even see Geralt of Rivia nevermind Ciri. All of the context and The Law of Surprise are all in the books, but to put a TV show together that introduces us to the 3 main characters (4 if you include Triss Merigold) right away, you can only do it in this style. On to this episode though (I've only seen up to this one so far), but I thought it was excellent. It has some really great moments and I can't wait until the 3 storylines converge.

When you expect the scenes of banquet , the expectation is high. The episode gives in fair manner not only the image of the event but its status of seed for future stories. Henry Cavill proofs be a good Gerald and the game of the three narative lines is crafted in beautiful manner. So, a key - episode and a real good job.