Spoilers, obviously
I didn’t thinkNetflix’s recentWitcherTV show needed a timeline per se to explain its nonlinear narrative, but here we go.Vague spoilers from here on out.
So if you, like millions of others, watchedThe Witcher, you might have been a tad bit confused even if you played the games and read the books. The Netflix show handles things a bit differently so a lot of the focus could remain on Geralt, so the showrunners jumped around timelines a bit.
Repackaging everything you just saw, Yennifer’s storyline, taking place in the year 1210, is the first thing that’s covered. After that, from a chronological standpoint, Geralt’s adventures (in the first episode) begin. Beyond those events the rest is pretty straightforward, with everything happening in-between running up to 1263, where Ciri enters the story. All the while her tale is playing out through the course of the series.
It’s a long wait until the end when everything is made clear, but I get where some people might feel lost. If you’re one of those people, the showrunners have announced that further seasons will be told in a more linear fashion. Hopefully it’ll get a script quality bump too! I’d love to see what this show could do with a little more bite.
