Usually I disagree with professional reviewers but this time they got it about right. This show has huge problems:

The different timelines were a bad idea. I could follow them because I know the books quite well. But I can imagine many people unfamiliar with the source material will tune out after the second episode. This change by Netflix is infuriating because it is totally unnecessary. A little realignment of the scenes into different episodes would have done wonders.


CGI is mediocre and the costumes are horrible at times. This show will age badly and probably be unwatchable in a few years.










Some positive notes:

+ Some casting (Henry, Joey) was great

+ Sword fight choreography was too notch

+ Shooting locations were great

+ Show was entertaining when it followed the source material

All in all there is some potential for Season 2 and I am hopeful. But this was unfortunately mostly a mess. And I believe that many of the Witcher fans that gave it a 10 or a 9 know deep inside, that this show does not deserve that high rating.