The Witcher

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Season 3.5
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 20, 2019
Season #: 4, 3.5, 3, 2, 1
User Score
1.8

Overwhelming dislike- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 49
  3. Negative: 39 out of 49

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  1. Daigoust
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    Why people, why? they start so good... Now a disposable and forgettable production, I never thought I would ask for this, but I hope they cancel the series.
  2. ozymandias79
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    Not worth reviewing. All the criticisms are the same. It's like beating a dead Roach.
  3. theBMC
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    Shockingly bad, also the producers decide to blame the audience. How you can mess up something as amazing as the Witcher is beyond me.
  4. Angar
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    I was too dumb to understand plot, please dumb it down more. +1 point because of Henry Cavill still beeing Geralt.
  5. bertobellamy
    Aug 8, 2023
    4
    Very messy. A lot is supposedly happening, but all the subplots lead to a very underwhelming conclusion. Henry Cavill's send-off was anti-climatic.
  6. twistsanny
    Jul 31, 2023
    4
    ''I'm confused'' thats what most people will be thinking during these episodes. The writing is so chaotic, more so than the rest of the season. I'd say the other episodes were pretty good, but these last 3 are garbage. Cavil is doing his best with what he's given, but the producers and writers clearly were busy with other things
  7. chumpwithnoname
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    This show should be renamed to "The Gachimucher". It's so bad it became a parody of itself.
  8. Weidenwiesel
    Aug 17, 2023
    0
    Henry Cavill (the Witcher in a show called the Witcher) has 16% screentime in this. If this isn't red flag enough for you, I don't know what else to tell you. Avoid. Garbage.
  9. busiek
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    I heard that the series finally has reached the level of "Blood Origin"? Is it true?
  10. imthenoob
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    They really delayed the release of a few episodes for this trash? Good luck with Season 4. No one is going to watch it after this freaking disaster.
  11. helohe
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Henry Cavill not wanting to have anything to do with this show tells you everything you need to know.
  12. Tentei21
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Was this **** written by a 12 yo child?

    How the hell a whole pack of mages lost to a group of elves?

    How the hell the most powerful mage, Tissaia, used one of the most powerful spell and not penetrate a goddamn shield?

    How can locking the door be a counter to a group of mages?    … Expand
  13. Neeedles
    Jul 29, 2023
    1
    Another proof that the writers think they can do a better job then Sapkowski. While kinda following the book events this time, they still have to change stuff in a way that makes no sense. And Thanned coup should have been the season finale.

    Coupled with bad and cheap looking sets and costumes, average looking cgi, and at points amateurish editing and camera placement. This season should    Another proof that the writers think they can do a better job then Sapkowski. While kinda following the book events this time, they still have to change stuff in a way that makes no sense. And Thanned coup should have been the season finale.

    Coupled with bad and cheap looking sets and costumes, average looking cgi, and at points amateurish editing and camera placement. This season should be the last of this abomination of a show.    … Expand
  14. PlayingCoy
    Jul 31, 2023
    1
    Wow. Just wow. That was so so bad. Get new writers. Get back to the books. Even good acting can't save this one. This adaptation was embarrassing. Honestly, as a writer, have some pride and just quit after failing that badly.
  15. atorado
    Aug 6, 2023
    2
    How hard is to adapt a great story ??
    Bad script...,I'll try to make sure those writers wont write ever again
  16. random-dude
    Aug 1, 2023
    0
    No. Just... no.
    I'm done with this metaforical r**e of Sapkowski's books. They've done irreversible damage to the lore and characters in this series that can't be undone within the confines of this adaptation. They should either cancel or reboot completely. To continue would only ruin it further.

    Even Cavill's performance in S3 has been tired and resigned, and no wonder.
  17. Onlyclassicvg1
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    Better than season 1, and enjoyably paced, I see an unfortunate number of bad reviews by people claiming black people and people of color broke their immersion in a show that happens in a different universe with magic and monsters... Why would this universe speak in English, let alone
  18. mspurgeon
    Aug 20, 2023
    2
    This is so hard to watch. The first couple of episodes were decent. Made it to episode 4 where I could not finish it. This show could have been one of the best series on TV and instead turned into this...

Awards & Rankings

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Johnny Loftus
    Jul 31, 2023
    80
    Sometimes it’s nice to just let a show cook, and The Witcher continues to make weird meals with its oodles of diabolical double crosses and inevitable “there’s a spell for that” moments that bang the story off in another new direction. (Seriously, there are portals everywhere.) There’s a bit of uncertainty creeping in, given the backstage drama of Cavill’s departure. But everybody else in this series is fully invested and really, really good.
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  2. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Louise Griffin
    Jul 27, 2023
    60
    The finale, meanwhile, has some beautiful moments here and there. Once again, plenty of our cast shine, with some threads being wonderfully tied together. Cavill's final scenes are, unfortunately, somewhat inconsequential, and while the very final moments of the season set up season 4, we have to wonder how much viewers really care.
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  3. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Laura Bradley
    Jul 27, 2023
    65
    If nothing else, this season, which has placed so much emphasis on the loving relationships between its core three characters, has distilled what made Cavill so wonderful for the role.
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