Geralt and his companions are at a literal crossroads. One path promises the same difficult terrain they’ve been treading all season: the razed villages and refugee camps left behind by Nilfgaard in a conflict that remains very volatile. The other poses its own dangers: a trek through the mysterious Ysgith swamp, which contains no human threats but plenty of monsters. After a brief debate, the group settles on the swamp. This is why you keep a witcher around, right?

As The Witcher barrels toward its season finale, an episode like this feels a bit like busywork, built less around satisfying storytelling than ensuring every character is where they need to be before the curtain call. Fortunately, this episode’s thematic centerpiece (and the thing that redeems an otherwise by-the-numbers in

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