It makes sense from a metatextual perspective why there’s no need to discuss it, but because of that, it completely alienates the audience. Nearly every character is familiar with the concept, so there’s no need to explain it to anyone in attendance. But I have to put my foot down with the Law of Surprise. We’ve slowly learned about the history and treatment of witchers for the past four episodes, we’ve spent an entire episode learning about the chaotic nature of magic, and we’ve seen the brutality of Nilfgaard as a country as they slaughtered all of Cintra. I’ve been fairly lenient so far with The Witcher’s world-building and how it’s slowly introducing viewers to concepts that aren’t easy to explain. ![]() However, outside of a passing line here and there, there’s no specific definition of what the Law of Surprise is. While there, a knight named Lord Urcheon (Bart Edwards from State of Happiness) interrupts the proceedings and invokes what’s known as the Law of Surprise to take her hand in marriage. Geralt is conscripted by Jaskier (Joey Batey), the bard from episode 2, to come with him to the betrothal feast of Princess Pavetta (Gaia Mondadori making her television debut), daughter of Queen Calanthe (Jodhi May) - aka Ciri’s mother. Yes, it’s time to talk about the Law of Surprise. It’s a combination of the episode being too long, replacing worthwhile content with pointless sequences that didn’t need to be as long as they were, and inserting lore clumsily. And Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) are involved in plots that tease excitement, but most of the fun drains away the more the episode goes on. But Ciri’s (Freya Allan) story continues to feel absolutely worthless. In theory, the three individual stories told in this episode are fine, like in previous episodes. ![]() That is, until “Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials.” Most of the events of each plot are so far removed from each other that the skewed timeline hasn’t mattered all that much. Up until this point I would say that The Witcher has been relatively easy to follow overall, despite all three characters’ plots taking place across different time periods. ![]() This review contains spoilers for The Witcher, episode 4, “Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials.”
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