xLetalis | Critique of The Witcher: Season 2, EP 1 - Grain of Truth - Netflix @xLetalis | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
My review and reaction to The Witcher - Season 2 - Episode 1 - Grain of Truth. The story of the True Love between Nivellen and Vereena. Talking about the good and the bad, positive and negative, and lots of comparisons to the books. Overall this is likely the best episode of season 2.

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0:00 Fancy trailer footage!
0:14 My review in 5 seconds
0:18 Season 2 looks much better. (Even Triss)
0:42 Other than that, however…
1:24 Dialogue is Terrible (Especially Yennefer’s)
2:11 Turning people into Leshens…
2:21 Season 2 is very loosely based on the books.
3:02 Episode 1 Review begins! (spoilers ahead)
3:16 Someone is screaming, something is missing
3:39 Everyone is screaming for Yenenfer
4:16 Geralt makes a peculiar face
4:50 They removed the sword of destiny…
5:00 Ciri doesn’t know who Yennefer is
5:04 Ciri can’t pronounce Skellige
5:08 Empty words.
5:45 Fringilla abandoned all rules of chaos
6:07 Yennefer’s dialogue in a nutshell
6:17 My favorite type of story
6:34 Nivellen charges in… but wait!
6:55 Bath! Hehehe
7:07 Geralt can’t sense the bruxa in the attic!
7:29 I like how Nivellen looks! Actor is good too!
8:00 More comedy than the original.
8:14 Good changes to Nivellen’s life story
8:45 Questionable changes to Nivellen’s story
9:09 The truth in the books
9:34 One of the best parts is missing…
11:39 Tissaia messing with poor Cahir
11:51 Fringilla and Yen measure their chicken bones
12:00 Nivellen, Ciri and Lara Dorren
12:12 Emhyr and a Boar
12:30 Wild Hunt Name-dropped again
12:44 Was Ciri’s Grandpa a drunk!?
13:12 Episode 1 is the best of Season 2
13:20 Vereena shows up! She’s cool.
13:36 Ciri and Vereena philosophise
13:52 There be a bruxa in the house
14:06 Vereena is a 1-trick pony
14:20 Vereena goes into bat form, but…
14:36 It’s over.
14:52 A theory.
15:13 Not a big fan of Vereena’s changes
15:50 Why Vereena killed these people?
16:05 Sad witcher nerd moment…
18:45 Read the Grain of Truth story!
18:55 Nivellen bad, Vereena good.
19:12 Face to face vs rotating face.
19:36 Decent scene with Geralt and Ciri.
19:55 Yennefer: I’m better than you.
20:18 Everyone dies.

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