Home > The Witcher > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Witcher: Season 1 (2019) Want to see Episode List Season 1 The Witcher Critics Consensus The world of The Witcher still only feels half-formed as it gallops onto screens, but Henry Cavill brings brawny charisma to a series teeming with subversive fantasy elements and dark humor. 65% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 77 93% Audience Score User Ratings: 17461 More Info × Close Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 The End's Beginning Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt receives a lacklustre greeting upon his arrival in Blaviken. Ciri's world is overturned as Nilfgaard approaches Cintra. More 2 Four Marks Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Yennefer comes upon an escape after enduring harsh treatment. Geralt mission to find a devil goes awry. Ciri seeks support from the group. More 3 Betrayer Moon Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt finishes another Witcher's mission. Yennefer embarks on a new future. More 4 Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt and Jaskier attend a royal event. Ciri enters the magical forest. Yennefer helps her charges. More 5 Bottled Appetites Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Yennefer searches for a cure to fix her problems. Geralt puts Jaskier in danger. The hunt for Ciri continues. More 6 Rare Species Air date: Dec 20, 2019 A strange man tries to lure Geralt into hunting down a dragon. Ciri wonders who she can trust. More 7 Before a Fall Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Nilfgaard's rising strength threatens the Continent. Yennefer looks into her past while Geralt considers his obligations. More 8 Much More Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt lays low to avoid a group of enemies. Yennefer and the mages get ready to strike back. Ciri receives help from a stranger. More The Witcher: Season 1 Videos 2:09 The Witcher: Season 1 Trailer 2:49 The Witcher: Season 1 Featurette - Geralt of Rivia 5:17 The Witcher: Season 1 Featurette - Henry Cavill Reads The Witcher 1:36 The Witcher: Season 1 Final Trailer 2:48 The Witcher: Season 1 Featurette - The World of The Witcher View All Videos (5) Tv Season Info Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Dec 20, 2019 Creator: Lauren Schmidt Exec. Producers: Sean Daniel, Jason Brown, Tomasz Baginski, Jarek Sawko Cast Henry Cavill Joey Batey as Jaskier Eamon Farren as Cahir Tom Canton as Filavandrel8 Lars Mikkelsen as Stregobor Maciej Musial as Sir Lazlo Royce Pierreson as Istredd Anya Chalotra Wilson Radjou-Pujalte as Dara Anna Shaffer as Triss Amit Shah as Torque Judit Fekete as Vanielle of Brugge Freya Allan Jodhi May MyAnna Buring Mimi Ndiweni Björn Hlynur Haraldsson Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Witcher: Season 1 8 Things To Watch for in The Witcher Season 2 The Witcher Showrunner Tells Us How to Build a Monster Series The Witcher First Reviews: Henry Cavill Is at His Monster-Fighting Best View All The Witcher: Season 1 News Episodes 1 The End's Beginning Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt receives a lacklustre greeting upon his arrival in Blaviken. Ciri's world is overturned as Nilfgaard approaches Cintra. More 2 Four Marks Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Yennefer comes upon an escape after enduring harsh treatment. Geralt mission to find a devil goes awry. Ciri seeks support from the group. More 3 Betrayer Moon Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt finishes another Witcher's mission. Yennefer embarks on a new future. More 4 Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt and Jaskier attend a royal event. Ciri enters the magical forest. Yennefer helps her charges. More 5 Bottled Appetites Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Yennefer searches for a cure to fix her problems. Geralt puts Jaskier in danger. The hunt for Ciri continues. More 6 Rare Species Air date: Dec 20, 2019 A strange man tries to lure Geralt into hunting down a dragon. Ciri wonders who she can trust. More 7 Before a Fall Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Nilfgaard's rising strength threatens the Continent. Yennefer looks into her past while Geralt considers his obligations. More 8 Much More Air date: Dec 20, 2019 Geralt lays low to avoid a group of enemies. Yennefer and the mages get ready to strike back. Ciri receives help from a stranger. More Critic Reviews for The Witcher Season 1 All Critics (77) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (27) It is messy, and absurd, but also -- it is fun. Jan 2, 2020 | Full Review… Helen Lewis The Atlantic Top Critic The batshit energy driving a slew of increasingly odd choices makes for a pretty entertaining spectacle. Dec 20, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic And although "The Witcher" is more fantasy balderdash, it's also somewhat addictive fantasy balderdash. Bring on the blood-spilling, the orgies, the haunted forests and wizards: It seems we can't get enough. Dec 26, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review… Tom Long Detroit News Top Critic Who was that character? Which group do they belong to again? What timeline are we in? The whirlwind of scarcely explained backstory turns you into your hopelessly lost parent who just can't seem to figure out how to DVR Criminal Minds. Dec 20, 2019 | Full Review… Brandon Katz Observer Top Critic ...if it sounds like that could be fun, you're right. The Witcher has a lighthearted sense of humor. Dec 20, 2019 | Full Review… Mike Hale New York Times Top Critic An enjoyable romp with spectacular effects and impressive battle sequences, but as it stands it doesn't have the same grip as some of its fantasy predecessors. Jan 10, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Joseph Walsh The Skinny I am fascinated by this show. Jan 7, 2020 | Full Review… John Campea The John Campea Show It effectively introduces a credible and realistic fantasy world, populated by characters who can't be defined as either good or bad. [Full review in Spanish] Jan 7, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Sebastian Zavala Kahn No Es En Serie Proves very rewarding for audiences willing to invest without preconceived notions on how it should play out. Jan 7, 2020 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review… Jeffrey Lyles Lyles' Movie Files Even with the hardcore fantasy elements and mesmerizing sword fighting, The Witcher feels like both a high stakes fantasy drama and a bit of a western, nailing down the lone ranger trope with Geralt fairly easily. Jan 7, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review… Katey Stoetzel The Young Folks The Witcher, for all its convoluted inanity, manages to buck expectations of female characters in a TV fantasy series simply by writing them the way men in the genre normally are... Jan 10, 2020 | Full Review… Melissa Leon The Daily Beast Violent medieval monster mayhem is mature fun, has nudity. Jan 9, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Joyce Slaton Common Sense Media View All Critic Reviews (77) Audience Reviews for The Witcher: Season 1 33m ago Fantastic series! My parents even loved it and they don't watch fantasy shows. Can't wait for the next season! Henry Cavill is the perfect Witcher! Colin E 46m ago I decided to watch one episode late in the evening, and next thing I knew, it was 7 in the morning. Absolutely loved it, and will probably be reading the books soon as a result. Some aspects of the timeline ordering were a bit confusing, but nothing the average person can't piece together by the 8th episode. Abel M 1h ago The show is AMAZING!!!!!! Edison R 1h ago This series spat in the face of fans of the Witcher, I hope this series will be closed after season 1, and the writer will be fired ?? 2h ago Honestly I ignore what access media has to say. They try to belittle the fans and make us think we're stupid. Witcher is an amazing show. It's a little jarring the first episode but you know what, it gets better. So much better. Great job Netflix for getting this produced. Bottom line, don't listen to critics. EVER Murtaza A 3h ago The first season of the show is entertaining and fun. It does a good job at adapting the soul of the short stories by Sapkowski and presenting characters. Some changes were on point: adding to Yennefer's origin and making her a bit more likeable, diversifying the cast where possible, and toning down some of the womanizing that we see in the books. Other changes, like cutting Ciri's and Geralt's blind encounters, diminished the emotional depth of the conclusion. The protagonist trio worked nice, although Ciri's questioning, lively and bold personality was turned into a classic princess type. Jaskier (Dandelion) is a gem. Script could be a little more subtle with the constant theme of destiny, leaving a little more meaning in subtext - a flaw in the books that I wish the showrunner had changed, but did not. Regarding production and CGI, the quality of the show is a bit mixed, with very nice production, figurine and CGI in some episodes, cringy in others. I hope that in the second season they have the budget to CGI the eye colors of the three main characters, as they did with Anya Chalotra. These characters say a lot with their eyes and it looks more natural. Overall, a nice fantasy series that I binge watched, and was sad to see ending in 8 episodes. I can see the potential for 5 stars and will definitely watch season 2. Carol X 3h ago Everything was awesome. The art direction, the performaces, the dialogues, narration... dmn it, even the costume design was awesome. The only issue I see with this serie is that you won't be able to wait for the next season... oh and you will be singing the theme song in your head all the time. Toss a coin to your witcher... Joao P 3h ago While confusing at some points due to some time jumps, the movie was very fun to watch with an excellent performance by the main lead. Derik F 3h ago What a piece of crap. The only reason anybody watches or likes the show is out of loyalty to nerd culture. The most common phrase in reviews is: 'Sure it has its flaws'. That is wrong and should be modified to: this show is one big flaw Boris B 3h ago The Witcher was as fun to watch a second time as it was the first. The story played out very well and well worth catching up on the information gap I had going in to this universe. Ben W See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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