The priority for the first season of The Witcher, showrunner Lauren Hissrich said in November, was setting up stories "that really capture audiences for years at a time." With the show now live and a second officially locked down, Hissrich gave GamesRadar some insight into what fans can expect in season two.
"What’s great about season two, I can tell you, is that, in what we’ve written, the story becomes much more focused. There’s a stronger drive in the story, because all of the relationships that we’ve been setting up in season one actually start to come into fruition in season two," Hissrich said.
"Characters start meeting and interacting more. That goes well sometimes. It doesn’t go well sometimes. But it’s kind of like, all of those building blocks that we set up for the world finally start to come together into something a little more concrete."
I haven't been able to watch any of The Witcher series myself yet, but several PC Gamer staffers quite like it. Last week, James wrote that our worries could be set aside, because Henry Cavill actually kicks ass as Geralt. Meanwhile, Andy Kelly has been recapping each episode (here's episode 1) in case you need refreshers between viewings.
jimflaigle on December 23rd, 2019 at 21:16 UTC »
Geralt sets off on a mission to collect all the rare armor sets.
-GregTheGreat- on December 23rd, 2019 at 20:16 UTC »
Makes complete sense. Season 1 was always going to be a bit disjointed, simply due to the structure of the first two books being loosely connected short stories, which would have to be wrangled into a coherent narrative for a TV show. Plus, they made the decision to introduce Ciri and Yennefer off the bat, which benefits the show in the long term (letting 2/3 of your central characters get developed right at the start instead of only showing up in a couple of season 1 episodes), at the expense of having to add some timeline fuckery in Season 1 to make it work.
From season 2 onwards, the source material switches from short stories to a single narrative, so it should be much smoother to adapt.
cory120 on December 23rd, 2019 at 20:04 UTC »
I actually really liked Geralt having multiple adventures throughout the season, I hope they'll keep some of that rather than doing just one long story per season.