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The Witcher Recap – Season 1 Episode 1: The End’s Beginning
December 27, 2019 - I’d like the first storyline in The Witcher to be a little more confident in its audience. Right at the beginning, Geralt slays his first monster, and plods out of the pond to find a small deer that had been injured in the fight.
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r/witcher on Reddit: Episode 1 of Witcher.... what? Please Explain.
June 13, 2020 -

So I just wanna specify that I haven’t read the books prior to watching the show, but I have played the third game up to a certain point (not really made progress though). But that doesn’t matter. In short: I haven’t played the games really either.

I want to watch the show first before I do anything Witcher related remotely. This is because I hear the show is an adaption of the books, and takes place right before the games. And what way to start the games if you haven’t known what’s happened previously?

Anyways, I have a couple of concerns and questions regarding episode 1.

• Who is Renfri and how does she know Geralt’s destiny with Ciri? It makes no sense. Also side note: pretty sure they never said Ciri’s name in episode one, or maybe I’m just deaf.

•What did Renfri do? The dream sequence? This too. What was that dream sequence? Did they actually kiss? Was it all a dream?

•Was Strogobor right or wrong? This pretty much. Was Renfri just tricking Gerald the ENTIRE time? Because Strogobor did say her mutation was luring people in and that it got Geralt too. Or was she the “good” guy in all of this? By that, I mean, was there really a “lesser evil” thing going on? I want to say that no, she is not evil and she is good, just because of the constant foreshadowing that, “Humans are no different than the monsters Geralt slays” shtick, but still.

•”Find Geralt of Rivea” How in the god damn fuck does the Grandma know who Geralt is?? And why would he be her “destiny”? It makes no sense. It seems as though both Renfri and the Grandma were just one big plot-device for Geralt and Ciri to find each other. Now listen, if this DOES get revealed in future episodes, then PLEASE don’t tell me. I just want clarification, not spoilers.

Other than that, that’s pretty much it. I loved the first episode, it was really good and intense. However, I’m just confused on a lot of things presented to me. So any clarification would be nice. Thanks.

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IMDb
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"The Witcher" The End's Beginning (TV Episode 2019) ⭐ 8.2 | Action, Adventure, Drama
December 20, 2019 - The End's Beginning, first episode of The Witcher, give to us a good introduction to his world.
Director   Alik Sakharov
Rating: 8.2/10 ​ - ​ 28.3K votes
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Netflix
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Watch The Witcher | Netflix Official Site
December 20, 2019 - Geralt takes on another Witcher's unfinished business in a kingdom stalked by a ferocious beast.
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Vulture
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‘The Witcher’ Premiere Recap, Season 1, Episode 1
December 20, 2019 - Meet Geralt of Rivia, a witcher just doing his best to not kill anybody despite everybody wanting him to kill somebody. A recap of “The End’s Beginning,” episode one of Netflix’s “The Witcher,” starring Henry Cavill.
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Let’s Discuss Netflix’s The Witcher Season 1: Episode 1 | by Jake Austen | Medium
December 18, 2021 - Geralt’s story in the first episode of Netflix’s The Witcher, “The End’s Beginning,” is an adaptation of “The Lesser Evil,” a short story by Andrzej Sapkowski. On first viewing, it acts as an opening to the show and its themes — or, in my case, an introduction to The Witcher universe. But after the rest of the season, we see the impact of events set into motion during this episode.
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The Witcher Season 1 - watch full episodes streaming online
December 20, 2019 - Currently you are able to watch "The Witcher - Season 1" streaming on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
Directors   Gandja MonteiroLoni Peristere
Rating: 92/100 ​ - ​ 7.02K votes
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The Witcher Netflix Season 1 Review: Episode 1: "The End's Beginning"
December 23, 2019 - One of the most pressing concerns of Netflix's The Witcher series was whether or not Henry Cavill could pull off the role. The Geralt of the games is a grizzled, dry-witted, stoic man who hesitates to take sides or make friends. He simply wants to do his job and move on, until he's forced against his will into political events beyond his control. This is only the first episode, but so far Cavill is doing a pretty solid job with his portrayal of the White Wolf.
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The Witcher: Episode 1 Review — The Great Geek Refuge
January 5, 2021 - We begin the first episode with a battle between Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill, Man of Steel) and a monster. It is well shot and exciting, a good beginning to the series. Following this, he enters the town of Blaviken, where he is immediately ...
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The Witcher (TV Series 2019– ) - Episode list - IMDb
October 30, 2025 - Geralt takes on another Witcher's unfinished business in a kingdom stalked by a ferocious beast.
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The Witcher: an easy breakdown of season 1’s complicated timelines
December 31, 2019 - Queen Calanthe of Cintra, Ciri’s grandmother, does not want to give Ciri to Geralt, so she tries to trick him and later jails him. When the Nilfgaardians arrive at Cintra’s doorstep, the queen changes her mind, but Geralt is gone, leaving Ciri to escape as we saw in episode 1.
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Quora
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Who is the girl in Episode 1 of The Witcher? - Quora
Answer: This girl? Her name is Renfri, a young woman who is at Blaviken in order to hunt down the sorcerer Stregobor and kill him out of revenge. This is Stregobor: Stregobor enlists Geralt’s help in finding and killing Renfri as he is aware ...

2019 fantasy drama television series

The Witcher is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired … Wikipedia
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The Witcher (TV series) - Wikipedia
4 days ago - It stars Henry Cavill and Liam Hemsworth as Geralt, with Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was released on Netflix on December 20, 2019, starring Cavill in the lead role.
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The Witcher: Season 1, Episode 1 | Rotten Tomatoes
December 20, 2019 - Hostile townspeople and a cunning mage greet Geralt in the town of Blaviken; Ciri finds her royal world upended when Nilfgaard sets its sights on Cintra.
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The Witcher Season 1 Episode 1 Recap
December 23, 2019 - While Stregobar still concedes killing her is an evil task, in order to prevent bringing about Lilit, it is the lesser of two evils and tries to convince Geralt of the same, but the witcher chooses to abstain and when given the choice between two evils, he’d rather not choose at all.
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Watch The Witcher: A Look Inside the Episodes | Netflix Official Site
8 Episodes · ⁨TV-MA⁩ · Documentary · With series creator Lauren S. Hissrich as your guide, take an in-depth journey into the stories and themes powering the first season of "The Witcher." Starring: Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan · 5m · 1. Episode 1 · Series creator and showrunner Lauren S.
Actors   Henry CavillAnya ChalotraFreya Allan
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The Witcher: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes
December 20, 2019 - Watch The Witcher — Season 1 with a subscription on Netflix. ... Though the world of The Witcher at times feels only half-formed, Henry Cavill brings brawny charisma to a series teeming with subversive fantasy elements and dark humor. Read Critics Reviews ... Each episode gets stronger as ...
Director   Alik Sakharov
Rating: 88/100 ​ - ​ 10K votes
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What is the plot of the first episode of The Witcher? What happened in that episode? It all seems so confusing. - Quora
Answer (1 of 2): Thanks for the A2A Hochi Moon. I never read the books, or played the games, so I also found this confusing, the main problem for me was that the episode (and the rest of the season) does not follow a linear timeline. Think of what is happening to Ciri as the present day, when w...
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The Witcher season 4 episode 1 recap and review: "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger"
October 30, 2025 - The season begins with a scene we've been anticipating for quite some time: the introduction of a traveling storyteller named Stribog (played by Game of Thrones veteran Clive Russell), and a young girl named Nimue (Eve Ridley).
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Watch The Witcher • Season 1 Full Episodes Online - Plex
TIME MagazineRaisa BrunerEach episode gets stronger as the season progresses, and ultimately satisfies the fantasy itch. ComicBookMovie.comJosh WildingHenry Cavill reinvents himself as Geralt, while Anya Chalotra steals the show from start to finish in The Witcher, an epic fantasy series that will definitely fill the void in your life left by Game of Thrones.