Netflix’s recent decision to split some of its biggest shows into two (or more) volumes hasn’t always paid off. For every Stranger Things season 4 hitting fever pitch, a handful of series have limped across the finish line after what felt like an arbitrary cut in a cohesive story.
The Witcher season 3’s second chapter falls somewhere in the middle. An incredibly frontloaded volume, the final three episodes’ short, sharp, and concentrated dose of magic and mayhem starts strongly before eventually fizzling out.
