The Witcher is back! Season 2 is here and I’m just going to go ahead and tell you, it’s absolutely amazing! If you are a fan of The Witcher books and the video games, then you are in for a real treat because season 2 finally connects all of the characters to one another. As you saw at the end of season 1, Geralt meets Ciri. Season 2 is about him training her and while she is one her way to fulfilling her destiny. I honestly don’t really have any complaints about season 2. It’s everything I expected with how the character’s stories are progressing. The performances are fantastic. Of course, it helps that Henry Cavill who loves the video games is playing The Witcher and knows all the little details to perfectly portray Geralt. Plus, season 2 will lead us into the Wild Hunt storyline which if you played the video games is probably the best storyline of The Witcher series. Season 2 starts off with Geralt taking Ciri to the Witcher’s home. That is where he begins to train her and help her harness her power. Unlike the first season where you have a lot of interaction between all of the characters, season 2 is about their separate journeys after the great battle at the end of season 1. Yennefer is without her magic and it seems everybody is looking for Ciri because of her power. I can’t really tell you anything more without spoiling season 2. But it’s season 2 where we see Ciri starting to fulfill her destiny and if you know the story, you know what direction that they’re heading in, which if you’re like me, you can’t wait for future seasons of this series.

As I said before the performances are amazing. I’ve always thought Henry Cavill is the perfect actor to play Geralt. And we get to see more of Freya Allen as Ciri, we got glimpses of her character in the first season, but this is the season we get to see her more of main character. Nothing against Freya Allen’s performance in season 1, it’s just there wasn’t much to her character compared to this season. The action scenes were wonderful, we get to see more slaying of monsters and great fight scenes. There’s definitely a lot more action in season 2, but more importantly we get to dive more into the mythology of The Witcher which is more important. As a fan of the video games, I felt like I was finally catching up to the games that I’ve played with season 2 and when I was done not only did it make me really yearn for season 3, but I wanted to go back and play the games. Anya Chalotra was great as Yennefer and it was more interesting to see her character deal with situations while not having the use of magic. Although, her character is not always the most trusting of characters and can be quite devious at times, I found myself hating her intentions this season, but loving her character more and more by the end. So everything that we love about The Witcher from action, to drama, to great character development was right there in season 2 and we got to see more of it as the story unfolds especially diving into the story of the elves.

I won’t say the season 2 is perfect, I do have a few complaints. It does start out kind of slow but that is to be expected when you are telling a story where all of your characters are on their own separate journeys. However, the action more than makes up for it. And sometimes the pacing can’t be slower when you are focusing more on care to development and really trying to tell their individual stories so it’s only really a minor complaint. I did miss the fact that all of our characters don’t really come together until the end. The last three episodes is where most of the action really picks up so if you’re one of those that finds a little slow going, trust me the payoff is worth it. Let’s just say that a certain witch will make an appearance and that’s as much of a spoilers I can give you. My biggest complaint is the season was too short and I will have to wait another year for season 3. So, the only fault that I can find with season, it is a little slow in the beginning, but it does pay off by the end, with the bigger character developments compared to season 1.  And, we finally get to see Kaer Northern, the headquarters for the Witcher’s guild, which definitely makes season 2 better. So the first season was great at setting up the story of The Witcher and how he is connected to Ciri, season 2 allows you to dive more into the mythology so all the minor issues aside, it doesn’t affect the story.

Yes, season 2 of The Witcher is fantastic and should be watched immediately. I won’t give it a perfect grade, but it’s easily a 9 for me and I can’t wait to start it over. The producers did a great job of diving more into the overall story that will lead to the Wild Hunt storyline and Ciri’s destiny. You start to see her character come into her own and be the warrior that she will become. Season 2 is no short of great action and really does expand upon the story of The Witcher that we have seen from the books and the video games. And as I’ve said before, Henry cavill’s just perfect for this character. It’s a shame that the storyline had to diverge, and you didn’t get to see more of Yennefer and Geralt, but that’s what season 3 is for. If you loved the first season, then season 2 is even better and will not disappoint. It’s almost perfect and they do a great job of telling this part of The Witcher story in eight episodes. But I also have to say that any true Witcher story is not as good unless you have more of Jaskier… Unfortunately, he wasn’t in every episode, so we’ll see what happens in season 3 for his character. But in the meantime, start watching the new season today, trust me, it’s worth watching even if you stay up till 4:00 in the morning to finish it. And now, I must be going because it’s time to start watching the season2 over again.