To the showrunners: please do not get influenced by what TV critics say and listen to the viewers instead ! You got it right with this show's first season and you need to keep doing the same great job for the second season please.

Currently The Witcher has a very difficult to understand 59% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Although this rating is slowly increasing, after watching the show, I did not understand why it was so low and also why it was so different from the Audience Score at 93%. So I went and read some of the reviews that supported that 59%. Believe me that we have to completely ignore most of these reviews written by so called "TV experts". From reading them it was very clear to me that most of the reviewers only watched episode 1. I admit episode 1 of the Witcher is a bit confusing. But it is not so without purpose. There is a well designed reason for this. In interviews, the showrunner Lauren Hissrich explains why this choice was made, both to offer balanced story time to important characters Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri and also to follow a plot device inspired by Christopher Nolan. It all makes a lot of sense by episode 3 and you feel satisfied by the way it was told. After all this is an adaptation and the show writers can diverge from the original work. I thought their view was both original and interesting. We live in a world with a massive amount of TV shows. The quality of most are poor and they are repetitive. I think a show that uses the original material in interesting ways even to those who know them should be encouraged. Do we need to have everything made simple, generic and boring ? Certainly not ! Another frequent thing TV reviewers said was that... the Witcher was not Game of Thrones... So I guess they were expecting to see another season of GoT but did not get it... so they poorly reviewed the Witcher. This to me is reason enough to totally dismiss their reviews. The Witcher is NOT GoT. It comes from a very rich work at least on par with Tolkien or Martin's works. It is an universe on its own and although middle-earthesque, it has its own logic and complexities. The show does a great job in the first season at explaining this world if you give it a chance. And the show becomes increasingly compelling and the season finale is stunning... It is ok to compare shows but it has to make sense: the Witcher's writing, acting and visuals are top notch, excellent and I would say the best I have seen in 2019. For instance, the Mandalorian also has top notch visuals. But the writing is not on par with the rest. That show's season finale was somewhat disappointing because we don't understand most of the motivations behind people's actions in the show, at least they don't seem logical to me. It's not the case with the Witcher... it all makes perfect sense. I also have to applaud the choices made with the music and singing. I think they are courageous choices. Jaskier's songs a definitively bold and modern in their form and they give a very special touch to the show ! They are also very entertaining and funny.

Finally Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra do a great job as Geralt and Yennefer. Please keep up the good work in the second season and keep us entertained and surprised !