Jumping timelines...
I'm 5 episodes in and it is as confusing as hell. I finally found out that there are 3 different timelines going on. I'm sorry but that's just piss-poor production. I don't know when's going on!
shareyeah, they just throw you in and let you try to figure it out, like I thought that character was dead? Is that her mother? Or her when she's older? What, 3 decades pass in a week? Huh?
I sort of figured it out by the 7th episode
Omg yes totally confused me too. It’s a good series but they did an awful job of making you aware of the jumping timelines. I didn’t realize this was going on until a scene played out almost exactly from the beginning of the series (with a few variations).
shareYou see this more often in European cinema, American productions usually go out of their way to drop clues so you realize when a time jump has occurred. This show makes no effort to let you know when it happens though - or even how many distinct time periods there are. You have to figure that out on your own and it really takes a second viewing of the series to fully appreciate the story.
Season 1 of Westworld deliberately avoided calling attention to its two distinct time periods because that was going to be a reveal later on (for those who hadn't already put it together). But The Witcher doesn't spring that on you as a surprise. I think they should've made more of an effort to mark the transitions for viewers. My one serious criticism of an otherwise excellent show.
Takes a second viewing to appreciate the story ...
That might be OK for a 90 minute - 3 hour movie. But this series is 8 episodes, adding to almost 9 hours total altogether. Ain’t nobody got time for a second viewing
If you don't feel like a rewatch, just check this out:
https://i.imgur.com/WzIJSp6.jpg?1
It's an official timeline that shows the exact ordering of events, including the year - I'm assuming year zero corresponds to the Conjunction of the Spheres, the event responsible for allowing humans and monsters to cross into this world.