Well, the day that fantasy fans have been waiting for since December 2021 has finally arrived, as The Witcher has returned for its third season to all with a Netflix subscription. As fans know, there’s a lot riding on these episodes, because not only are Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer trying desperately to keep the ever more skilled princess safe from the many different factions who want to use her for their own nefarious purposes, but it’s the final season for star Henry Cavill in the story’s main monster-hunting role. The good news is that it sounds like he makes great work of it in the first volume of his last outing as the White Wolf, but fans might not get to see enough of what makes him shine in the part.
With Liam Hemsworth set to take over as our live-action Geralt of Rivia after The Witcher Season 3, those who work behind the scenes have been going to great lengths to convince the, pissed to the point of starting a petition, fandom to stick around. They’ve noted that the third season will deliver a “heroic sendoff” for Cavill, is “very close to the book” it’s based on (The Time of Contempt), and offers a “strong” exit that easily takes us into the Hemsworth era. According to Jack Seale at The Guardian, that appears to be true, as he praised Cavill as being “the groove upon which the show maintains its course,” and added:
