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I thought it was good. Very entertaining.
Anyway I wanted to rant a little about the timeline because I keep seeing people (elsewhere) on the interwebs saying it's confusing and all over the place, but it's really not.
Spoilers for all 8 episodes:
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Okay, so a short tldr: All three main characters have their own timeline, but their own timeline *is* chronological. Yennefer's timeline starts before Geralt and Ciri, but her first appearance is her timeline's start and every episode is after the previous one. Same goes for Geralt, whose timeline starts after Yen but before Ciri. And of course, same for Ciri, whose timeline starts last.
How can you tell? It's a few obvious clues spread over the episodes.
So here's Geralt's timeline:
Episode 1 - his starting point. The whole Renfri situation where he earns the title "Butcher of Blaviken".
Episode 2 - He meets Jaskier. You can tell it's after episode 1 because people call him the Butcher of Blaviken.
Episode 3 - He's not with Jaskier here, but you can tell it's after episode 2 because the prostitute at the start mentions a few ballads and "the bard".
Episode 4 - Now, I'll admit there's no 100% way to tell this one is after episode 3 from what I recall. This is, however, the point where you realise Geralt's timeline starts long before Ciri's. He's at a party in Cintra where Ciri's not even born yet. The reason I think it's after episode 4 is..
Episode 5 - Geralt is restless because he's ignoring his child of surprise. Jaskier mentions that at least a decade has passed since they met. This is also where Geralt and Yennefer's timelines converge by virtue of them, well, meeting.
Episode 6 - This one's obvious, Yennefer and Geralt already know eachother, therefore it's after episode 5. At the end of the episode, Geralt splits up with Jaskier and realises he has to check on his child of surprise, which brings us to...
Episode 7 - Geralt is in Cintra to check on Ciri. He's closing in on Ciri's timeline, as you witness his side of events that transpired in Ciri's timeline in episode 1.
Episode 8 - Well, obvious one, direct continuation of episode 7. He's trying to track down Ciri after the fall of Cintra. Their timelines converge in this episode.
So there you have it, for Geralt, episode 3 and 4 could theoretically be in reverse order, but there's no point, it doesn't matter and episode 5 gives you the subtle implication that 4 was the last one before it anyway.
Now for Yennefer:
Episode 2 - Yennefer's starting point. A stressful situation causes her to subconsciously open a portal and she's found by Tissaia, who starts teaching her about magic.
Episode 3 - Direct continuation of episode 2, she continues her training. This is where you find out her timeline started before even Geralt's; Foltest is present as a little boy. She undergoes the transformation and seduces the king of Aedirn to become his advisor.
Episode 4 - Timeskip for Yen, she mentions having spent three decades as advisor for Aedirn.
Episode 5 - Again, Geralt and Yen's timelines converge here as they meet.
Episode 6 - Same as Geralt, a little dragon-hunting adventure where they reunite and at the end of the episode have a falling out.
Episode 7 - Goes to see Istredd after the fallout with Geralt. Returns to Aretuza and decides to help against Nilfgaard.
Episode 8 - Continuation of episode 7, sorceresses vs Nilfgaard. The timeline converges with Ciri's here, they don't meet but the battle is concurrent with geralt and Ciri's episode 8.
And as for Ciri's timeline, well, we already established she starts way after the other two, and her story is very straightforward since she's on the run. No real need to elaborate much there since we even already established that her timeline finally converges with the other two in the final episode.
Alright, rant over, carry on.
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