Hmm. Henry Cavill, an interesting title, and I like fantasy. I then watched it once. Didn't understand half of what was going on, or what was being said! Something wrong with my TV speakers? Because it was Henry Cavill, I then watched it again. A little better, but not much. I really wanted to get into this series so I bought the recommended first book. Oh. OK. Now I understand. Back to a third viewing of the first episode. Finally success. So, even though I'm still having trouble understanding what some of the characters are saying (are they speaking a foreign language? Why are they mumbling so fast?), I can easily fill in the blanks because I read the book. And I am better able to understand the jumps back and forth in time, only because I read the book! So, having said this, I can certainly understand the poor ratings by some, only because they didn't know that the book should be required reading beforehand. My only suggestion for the next series is to tone down some of the heavy regional English dialects to make things more understandable for us Yanks. Loved the amazing characterization job Henry Cavill did as Geralt and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer.