Before a Fall

I am no fan of Netflix and usually find their movies flawed with plot holes, bad manuscripts and other annoyances. But this episode was still GOOD! There can never, or at least "never" be to much action in a series like this, but I would say that more action would have been more or less the only thing that could improve this episode.

What little this episode lacks in action is mostly compensated for with a great story. I particularly liked how it complemented some of the stories from the games. Even if the series is not based on the game, both the series (and most of) the games are based on the same books.

On top of that, the acting, the characters, the action that were in the episode, the CGI, the music, the plot, the atmosphere were..................................you guessed it: Good ;-)

Ive been waiting for things to burn up like this from the first second of this show. I actually admire the work they put up in this episode 👏🏻

Finally, all the storylines are in the same period, and it happened in a great episode like this one. Geralt and Yennefer storylines are the better one by far, both Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra have really good perfomances in this series, this episode just solidifies this. Can't say the same about Ciri, I like her character, but Freya is not that good portraying her, but she's new in this, and I know trough the series she will improve. It's was a shorter episode, so the pacing here was one of the high points, some of the previous episodes just felt longer than needed. It was a nostalgic episode as well, revisiting previous memorable moments of this very season, a decision I don't like, but it was necessary. Before a Fall, the penultimate episode of Season One, is one of my favorite episodes and I expect that the last episode is as good as this one.

This episode of The Witcher is greatness personified. The answer to all the lingering questions lies in this. The opening 20 minutes gave me goosebumps. Such is the power of the great storytelling. All the prices fall into place. Well directed.

I love how they use different timelines for telling the story. At first it might be a bit confusing but it's so satisfying to see all the pieces coming together. The episode was too short for my taste, but there was definitely put a lot of effort into it.