Yes, yes and yes!
Episode starts strong with one of my favourite characters, Dijkstra. It was a great scene too, almost perfect. They did great job with the casting; I immediately recognized who it is, though in my head I somehow imagined him bulkier, on the fat muscular side. Not that the actor here looks small by any means.
And then, I'm really pumped that we get to this side of Cahir this early in the show. It took so long in the books and he is, with all his faults, one of the best characters, up there with Dijkstra in my books. The show really did him dirty in the first season. I really really hope we don't go back to that.
The scene with the elves and relieving was so good too. The actor playing the Temerian soldier had a very tiny role, but oh my god how well that scene played out. It's tragic, of course, but the actor really was fantastic there.
And Batey as Dandelion is as strong and exciting as ever. In the books he makes most things he's involved in just that much more entertaining. The same is true for this show, which I really do appreciate. The meta commentary with the song with multiple timelines was such fun. I just wish they did the book's sequence with the trap door and all, but that's a minor complaint. This elf arc really fits the overall tone of this show and in this episode, it is well executed and tied together. And the moments towards the end of the episode felt really real. Great acting from all.
Triss arriving at Kaer Morhen, too. It played so well, very faithful to the books in the atmosphere of it, even if a lot of the actual content was based in different things. While I liked the Triss in season 1 too, I do have a soft spot for lighter orange hair and it just makes the actress shine and somehow resemble the image of Triss I had when reading a bit better. Though I never imagined Triss this redheaded. I must have missed some detail somewhere or just mistook words (I read in English, though it's not my native tongue), because the games went this way too as I understand.
And Geralt teleporting was a hilarious scene. They really outdid themselves here, everyone involved.
Also, getting more of Vesemir is great, in this episode it actually works so well too. This whole mutagen restoration idea seems like an actually great branch for the story (if done well, mind you).
All in all, this episode had a bunch of bangers and I think they maybe should have spread all this greatness across the two previous episodes a bit. But I won't complain. This was really a fun and entertaining episode.
Episode starts strong with one of my favourite characters, Dijkstra. It was a great scene too, almost perfect. They did great job with the casting; I immediately recognized who it is, though in my head I somehow imagined him bulkier, on the fat muscular side. Not that the actor here looks small by any means.
And then, I'm really pumped that we get to this side of Cahir this early in the show. It took so long in the books and he is, with all his faults, one of the best characters, up there with Dijkstra in my books. The show really did him dirty in the first season. I really really hope we don't go back to that.
The scene with the elves and relieving was so good too. The actor playing the Temerian soldier had a very tiny role, but oh my god how well that scene played out. It's tragic, of course, but the actor really was fantastic there.
And Batey as Dandelion is as strong and exciting as ever. In the books he makes most things he's involved in just that much more entertaining. The same is true for this show, which I really do appreciate. The meta commentary with the song with multiple timelines was such fun. I just wish they did the book's sequence with the trap door and all, but that's a minor complaint. This elf arc really fits the overall tone of this show and in this episode, it is well executed and tied together. And the moments towards the end of the episode felt really real. Great acting from all.
Triss arriving at Kaer Morhen, too. It played so well, very faithful to the books in the atmosphere of it, even if a lot of the actual content was based in different things. While I liked the Triss in season 1 too, I do have a soft spot for lighter orange hair and it just makes the actress shine and somehow resemble the image of Triss I had when reading a bit better. Though I never imagined Triss this redheaded. I must have missed some detail somewhere or just mistook words (I read in English, though it's not my native tongue), because the games went this way too as I understand.
And Geralt teleporting was a hilarious scene. They really outdid themselves here, everyone involved.
Also, getting more of Vesemir is great, in this episode it actually works so well too. This whole mutagen restoration idea seems like an actually great branch for the story (if done well, mind you).
All in all, this episode had a bunch of bangers and I think they maybe should have spread all this greatness across the two previous episodes a bit. But I won't complain. This was really a fun and entertaining episode.