Before I begin this review, I would like to clarify that I have never read the books or played the games on which this tv show was based. Despite that, I went into it with high expectations, due the praise received by the source material and my personal experiences with the genre. I'm six episodes in, however, and this has been a huge disappointment. Starting with the good things, the visual effects and acting were pretty solid, as expected. Aside from Cavill's horrible wig, everything production-wise was according to what is expected of a production of this scope and budget. That is where the compliments end, unfortunately. The plot, to start with, is at times non-existent and at others, incomprehensible either due to poorly written dialogues or to Cavill's low growling (drinking game: take a shot every time Geralt says ''hmmm''). Speaking of dialogue, all of it seems to have been extracted from the game without any editing, so you get these cheesy, clichéd lines delivered in the most unnatural way possible. At some point, me and my sister, whom I was watching this tv show with, made a game of guessing what the characters would say next, in which we were both surprisingly successful. It's also interesting how exposition is simultaneously ineffective to explain the world and delivered in an in-your-face kind of way. The characters, too, brought nothing new to the table. Geralt's apathetic and brooding mood would make the likes of Edward Cullen envious and his macho atributes are a perfect reflection of a 16 year old's idea of manly. What makes it worse is that he gets virtually no development over the 8 episode season, and soon becomes a very boring protagonist to follow. Yennefer, who initially was the character I was most interested in, was poorly developed and the actress who portrayed her origin so well seemed to struggle as her story arc unfolded. Princess Cirilla, on the other hand, was the most boring part of the entire season for me. I simply could not bring myself to care for her at all. All that said, the biggest problem with The Witcher is the structure. The chronology is so unnecessarily hard to follow and the tone is so uneven you might as well be watching three completely separate shows, one for each of the main characters. Overall, I would recommend this to fans of the books/games, as they seem to have liked it, 14-16 year old boys who will be delighted at the amount of nude women (7 just in the first episode) and sleeping around that Geralt gets to, and people who are absolute fans of fantasy and have no scruples.