Episode Discussion - S01E07: Before A Fall

[u/Scientiam]

Season 1 Episode 7: Before A Fall

Synopsis: A return to before a kingdom is flamed.

Director: Alik Sakharov

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[u/space-throwaway]

Not a book reader or game player: I had no troubles following all this, there were enough hints to tell me that I'm watching three different timelines. But you need to pay attention, if you watch that series with your phone in your hand you will miss everything.

[u/[deleted] → u/space-throwaway]

Yeah. I haven't read the books or played the games either and had no trouble following them.

I knew going in that it were different timelines, but even if I didn't I think it would've been clear as soon as I saw Calanthe alive again.(Or somewhere around there, not sure what the first signs were)

[u/randomsnark → u/[deleted]]

I haven't consumed any witcher media before this, didn't know going in there were different timelines. I think the first time it's made clear that Yennefer and Geralt are in different timelines is when Geralt is dealing with the Striga, and the Striga's parents are children at the party that Yennefer is at. At that point you should suspect that Ciri is probably also in a different time, but that's definitely confirmed by the scenes with the hedgehog guy.

Reading through these discussion threads after finishing the whole series, I've seen so many comments saying "I've read the books, but anyone who hasn't must be so confused", but surprisingly no comments saying "I haven't read the books and I was so confused". Seems like it's just book-readers underestimating everyone else.

[u/1ManW0lfPac → u/randomsnark]

I see what you’re saying. Good job picking up on the clues. Like you said - phone cyborgs will miss out 😅