This is the problem with Netflix. Great for creators, bad for viewers. Anyone with a camera can put content on there. There's no quality standard, no curation or vetting process (unlike HBO) so you have poor storytelling, poor writing, and general wishy-washy storytelling. The first episode was all over the place. Characters weren't introduced properly (it was like they expected you to know who they were) and the world of the witcher was barely explored. Fights start happening with little reason, dialogue is flat, and some set pieces were way too sterile (the castle was so clean it might as well have been a hospital). The only good thing was the sword fight scene near the end and the creature CGI at the beginning.