The 6 Best And 6 Worst Things In The Witcher: Blood Origin
By Rachel Davis
Cut down from its original order of six, "Blood Origin" is made up of only four episodes — a mere 206 minutes to tell the story of seven central heroes, their quest, their obstacles and adversaries, plus the creation of the first Witcher and the Conjunction of the Spheres. There's too much. Even in a six-episode season, it would be hard to make sure everything was adequately covered, but four episodes are simply not enough. Add on the fact that "Blood Origin" is only going to be a self-contained miniseries, with no later seasons or episodes to supplement it, and we're left with a tale truly epic in scope that's been essentially whittled down to bullet points.
Unsurprisingly, this leaves large gaps in the narrative, as well as whole characters and plot lines that are wildly underdeveloped. Take, for instance, Brother Death (Huw Novelli), a fun and fascinating character that sadly doesn't get enough attention to flesh out his backstory, his talent with cleavers, his motives, or his love story with Zacaré (Lizzie Annis).
Zacaré herself is barely more than a sketch, and her big emotional scene with her celestial twin Syndril (Zack Wyatt) is built on events the audience knows nothing about and has no investment in. Syndril, too, has many of his most influential actions told in exposition or glossed over entirely. That's three whole members of the Seven. The list of other underbaked details across the series is extensive indeed.
