

Geralt says he'll return if Ciri is in danger. King Eist, who has just returned from Skellige, criticises Calanthe for not honouring the Law of Surprise. If he never lifted Urcheon's curse, she might never have gotten married, and she might still be alive. Geralt confronts Calanthe and she's unapologetic about the ruse. From here on, this episode has some fairly heavy crossover with the first episode of The Witcher, so it might be worth revisiting it to remind yourself of a few things. This moment was our introduction to Ciri in episode one-although we never saw Geralt back then. Prepare for The Witcher season 2 with all of our episode guides: Jaskier can be annoying sometimes, but man, I wish he'd turned up here to tell a joke or strum his lute. This is a mostly forgettable episode, with little in the way of revelation, a lot of retreading of old ground, and a distinct lack of humour. If you've been paying attention to my episode scores, you'll notice this is the lowest number of stars I've given the show so far. The Witcher's freeform chronology is particularly evident in this episode, which jumps between time periods like Yennefer leaping through those portals in episode four. A kindly woman offers to give her a roof over head head and some food Ciri repays her by stealing one of her horses and galloping away. We also check in with Ciri, long after the invasion, looking for passage to Skellige in a village. We're witnessing the beginnings of the invasion. Geralt crests a hill and watches an impossibly long train of black-clad Nilfgaardian soldiers marching through the Amell Pass-which, as we learned in episode one, leads directly to Cintra.
