S4E8
Baptism of Fire
The Witcher Β· 2025-10-30 Β· 52 min
FLICKFEEL
55
from 42 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
As the Continent sinks deeper into war, Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri each meet their fate on the roads they took to avoid it.
how it went
Left to right is this episode β its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
11
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
56
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score β the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 42 comments β 28 said when.
β steady β Holds one level all the way. Hard going most of the way through.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0β100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below β what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are β wider means fewer people described it
β steady β holds one level all the way
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
βBattle of the Bridge bad. No weight to it whatsoeverβ
coupriskineemaβ² 70about 75β100% inread it β
βBonhart fight actually pretty goodβ
coupriskineemaβ² 70about 75β100% inread it β
βWorst part of the series for me.β
moonsicleβ² 57about 75β100% inread it β
βBattle of the Bridge bad. No weight to it whatsoeverβ
gridlock32404β² 30about 75β100% inread it β
who made it
- directed
- Jeremy Webb
- written
- Mike Ostrowski
guest cast
Billed for this episode only β the turn people remember an episode for.
Mecia Simson as Francesca Findabair
Clive Russell as Stribog
Simon Paisley Day as Xarthisius
Rebecca Hanssen as Queen Meve
Sharlto Copley as Leo Bonhart- TTherica Wilson-Read as Sabrina
- SSha Dessi as Nimue
Ed Coleman as Ferryman