Before a Fall

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.

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.

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 👏🏻

Yes!! Finally we get a little glimpse at the Witcher's world and kingdoms!! A map!! The producers doesn't seem to understand that a show with sooo many kingdoms and places needs a map to make that world feel real. To give this world cohesion and help the audience understand it.

Apparently the producers of the show don't play RPG games. World maps are one of the most important aspect of this kinda games.

Contrast this with GoT that showed the Westeros map in every single episode. The audience knew the names and locations of all the kingdoms.