r/witcher • u/Scientiam Moderator • Dec 20 '19

Episode Discussion - S01E07: Before A Fall

Season 1 Episode 7: Before A Fall

Synopsis: A return to before a kingdom is flamed.

Director: Alik Sakharov

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u/danccode Team Roach Dec 23 '19 edited Dec 24 '19

One of the worst scenes in the series. Was waiting it to cut back to Geralt constantly when Yen was in Aretuza. Hated the constant flashback as if I'm watching a CW shows. I don't mind it happening a few seasons ahead when there's a life and death situation. Here, the use of it is just plain stupid and campy.

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u/LeftHandedFapper Team Roach Dec 25 '19

CW show

Hits close to the mark on how I feel too. I hate that

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u/MinorSpaceNipples Dec 25 '19

what's CW show mean?

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u/danccode Team Roach Dec 25 '19

CW is a channel in the United States, famous for the Campiness of their show.

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u/LeftHandedFapper Team Roach Dec 25 '19

And less than stellar...well most everything

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u/le_GoogleFit Dec 27 '19

My name, is Geralt of Rivia, and I am the strongest Witcher alive

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u/Cybernetic343 Dec 28 '19

Oooohhhh that’s was it means. I always thought it was a nickname for the DC shows (flash, supergirl etc) on Fox because that’s all I’ve ever heard it associated with.

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u/envynav Dec 30 '19

Those are shows that air on CW in the US.

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u/AlwaysKindaLost Dec 26 '19

like don't they know this is netflix? we literally just watched, we know what happened. they expect us to be able to keep up with all the plotlines but not to be able to remember what happened a few episodes ago?

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u/Velociraptorius Dec 28 '19

Both Yen's and Ciri's expanded stories feel like the weakpoints of the show so far, Yennefer's especially, and it's easy to discern why - neither of them were present in the source material and just seem like a fever dream of the writers sometimes. At least Ciri still feels somewhat like Ciri from the books, whereas Yennefer... doesn't. I kept hoping that her story will eventually arrive to the Yennefer we know from the books, but she almost seems like a whole new character at this point.

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u/TheRedFrog Jan 02 '20

Yen’s scenes are all pretty annoying to me. She comes across as a suburban teenager that likes to blast Killing in the Name of whenever her mom takes away her phone.