The Witcher

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So she pulls the old switcheroo (or witcheroo?)

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The plan doesnt work, because the girl immediately runs off and says goodbye to theactualPrincess Ciri.

We already know, of course, that Cintra will fall and that the queen will die.

But this episode presents an intriguing new wrinkle.

Nilfgaard grew in power and aggression under the sorceress Fringilla, who was one of Yennefers classmates.

But there are logical consequences for that, too.

Back in the present, Ciri is relieved to come across her old friends from the kingdom.

But when she reveals herself, she finds that the politics of the times have changed everything.

Per Queen Calanthe, Pavetta and Duny died at sea sometime after the banquet.

(If, of course, theyre dead at all.)

This time, he turns her down.

Ciri walks by a street puppet show mocking the Cintran royal family.

Queen Calanthe doesnotseem to have been very popular at the end of her reign.

What kind of crazy person talks to a horse?

Ciri, youre going to get along with Geralt just fine.

Geralt was once offered 3,000 orens to kill a vukodlak.

No Jaskier in this one!

We missed you, buddy.