Well what can I say about The Witcher? I have no background to have had a previous bias. I had never heard of the... video game? Book? Whatever it's based on I have no idea. As for the comparison to GOT I have never seen that show. Would like to someday but as of this review I know squat about GOT other than it was great but they blew it in the last season. So I hear. Anyway, back to the review. I really enjoyed this 1st season. Cavill is fantastic as Geralt. The fight scenes are great, really well coordinated. There really aren't any weak performances. Some are great some are pretty good but none bad or even sub par. The costumes, set designs, cinematography and CGI are all top notch. They clearly put a lot of money into this production. The flow is excellent. Not a whole lot of wasted screen time. It was hard to follow the time lines but upon a second viewing it all came together for me. It's even better after a second viewing. It seems to me that it's an allegory that sums up the corruption of our own world. Powerful nations do terrible things but justify their actions by saying it's for the greater good. There's xenophobia but it's aimed towards the different types of creatures that are oppressed. Especially the Elves. People of different color don't discriminate against each other. While some woke people will scoff at this I found it refreshing and interesting. It's not earth and it's more interesting to me that they pit Elves and nations against one another more than worrying about skin color. It's a nice break from all the terrible xenophobia we deal with in our own existence. History is written by the winners. It's all pretty aligned with the Roman/British/American rule that we have seen in our own existence. They do a good job of showing class systems. The fairly rich complain about the Royals while they beat their slaves and tell themselves they are better. Again this reminds me of the real world I live in and reflects properly how full of it a lot of people are. The story is very interesting. There are only a few things that don't seem to add up to me but I won't spoil it. It's nothing that ruins the storyline. There's just a character or two that are weirdly hypocritical about certain things. Which again reflects us, we're certainly hypocritical but still there's one thing a character complains about that this character made happen then acts like said character was forced to do. Maybe I missed something or the book or video game or whatever explains better. Again it doesn't ruin the show it just seems odd to me. Looking forward to season 2. I hope they don't screw it up!