The potential that has spread around the world via the books and games is being publicly screwed here.

1. the only good decision was to have Henry Cavill play the Witcher. The rest of the roles are also well cast, but just don't fit their characters at all. Acting wise they are very good, however what this series should live on is the monsters and the wild chase and not diversity and inclusion.

2. The story is getting further and further away from a real story. The potential as mentioned was to use the fables and stories from the Witcher and as the main story the history around Ciri. From action with monsters to mysteries and magic to chaos and the overarching power, all this would have been possible, but disappointingly, the momentum of the first season was completely wasted in the second and third.

3. The third season is no longer a Witcher. Apart from the fact that the screentime of the Witcher himself is immensely reduced, one feels by now like in a mixture of House of Cards only in the GoT age. Politics is more important, keeping the story of the "real" villain alive is more important, wanting to rake in money from many more seasons is more important.

Conclusion: Witcher is only worth watching to see an angry, grumpy and taciturn Henry Cavil as our all time favorite character. In principle, you should stay away from the series from the second season on.