Rare Species

I think most of what I had to say here was already covered by what I said about the previous episode: performances are all pretty great still, it's directed fine, there's some good dialogue (the bants are spicy here), and so far, I think this has one of my favourite little stories for any episode, on both Ciri and Geralt's fronts.

Because at long last, I feel like I'm actually being allowed inside the main character's head a little bit, and I like what is there. I also like his dynamic with Yennefer, I like the plot set up of a dragon hunt and the eventual reveal (kind of obvious plot hole of why the hell did the one with a secret bother taking them so far notwithstanding), and that "Damnit, Jaskier!" was pretty satisfying.

And the thing that Ciri gets up to here was also not too bad, with a little twist I didn't see coming, so while story-wise I still think the Cintra betrothal feast was the most interesting plotline, this episode kept my attention consistently the most.

So who knows, maybe Season 2 won't be as much of a slog as I was initially fearing. Still have to get to it though...

The virtues of episode - to define a convincing Geralt in very significant details and the conclusion than Henry Cavill did a real good job. Anya Chandra got each nuance for the realistic Yennefer and the dragon story is well crafted. So , ignoring the not easy problem of time lines between Ciri adventure and Geralt movements, a decent episode, a not bad adaptation.

I for one am living for those sweet moments between Geralt and Yennefer. It's been a long time since I've loved a fictional couple as much as this. There's something so... I don't know. Star crossed lovers, perhaps.

4 out of 5 stars.

Episode continues strong with its storytelling. Geralt and Yennefer being in a dragon hunt. Some twists and surprises. It is slow with its direction but the epic storytelling is awesome.

Seeing some negative reviews, some from the Witcher book readers. I did enjoy the episode, as someone who didn't read the books and played the games, but I felt that something was missing here. I liked the design of the dragons, something lizardy, the CGI could be better, but I don't care much about it if's it's not really, really bad. We're finally seeing the relationship of Geralt and Yennefer, one of the enjoyable parts. The action scenes were weak, too much cuts, I didn't understand a thing of what was happening. It was a good episode, the perfomances are keeping the quality, the soundtrack is good as well. the bad guy of the season isn't convicing me unfortunetely, so I think they will develop him in season two, if they don't kill him in this one, that would be disappointing. Two more episodes to go, I expect that things escalate from now on.