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s04e03 — Trial by Ordeal

The Witcher — s04e03 — Trial by Ordeal

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Runtime: 51 min.
Release Date: 30.10.202530.10.2025 15:00
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4 season
s04e03
s03e07 - Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan
s03e08 - The Cost of Chaos
s04e01 - What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
s04e02 - Dream of a Wish Fulfilled
s04e03 - Trial by Ordeal
s04e04 - A Sermon of Survival
s04e05 - The Joy of Cooking
s04e06 - Twilight of the Wolf
s04e07 - What I Love I Do Not Carry

Discussion: Season 4, Episode 3
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MacLeoddd
MacLeoddd
30 Oct 15:20 #
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an_khv
an_khv
30 Oct 16:10 #
Interestingly, when Ciri is shown, the picture is bright and warm.
And when Heralda is ordinary, even cold.
Hidji
Hidji
31 Oct 03:47 #
@an_khv: Ciri runs wild in the steppes and deserts of the south, although there are swamps there. And Geralt is coming from the north. It's like Texas and Wyoming, if you've watched Sheridan's series). Or like the Perm Region and the south of Kazakhstan
IDNOI
IDNOI
PRO
30 Oct 17:40 #

Emhyr. Well, the creators did with it. He was smart, cold-blooded, calculating, and most importantly, until the last moment, no one knew who Ciri really was for him and why he needed her. And the fact that he was a Hedgehog was first understood only by Geralt, which, by the way, amused Emhyr very much, and here he became emperor, it seems, thanks to Vilgeforts, and not independently raised the poorest and most useless kingdom of Nilfgard (which no one even considered a kingdom). The Nilfs are portrayed as some kind of beaten-up scum who kill left and right, although this is not the case. The creators decided to change the main feature of the Nilfgaardians — order. For such antics, the soldiers were hanged by their own commanders. It's a pity, they changed the scene, how Ciri got a tattoo. Maybe they decided not to show how far she was from the image of a proper girl (she was under a lot of drugs and alcohol during the tattooing). Although they haven't done the tattoo, maybe they will, but I don't believe it. Enchantresses are completely past me, and not because it was different, but it just looks either stupid or funny, I conjured a headset (well, yes, Yennefer was never in the Box, there was the main Filipe (although the voice was visible to everyone), and she was turned into a figurine Ian (after Tanedde and was in it for several weeks, which led to a not very pleasant sight in the fountain), not Frances). Geralt found out that Regis was a vampire on his own and before the others.

On the plus side: Skelen is the same scum, but he didn't seem to give the order to kill Ciri. I also liked Leo's appearance — I hope the actor and the screenwriters will be able to convey how cruel and cold-blooded he is (although, it seems, he is no longer in the series) the murderer and what he did to Ciri.

Hidji
Hidji
31 Oct 03:51 #
@IDNOI: here I agree on all points. There were enough of them for 2 episodes without major deviations and outright lies.😒
Социофоб
Социофоб
02 Nov 09:01 #
@IDNOI: Yes, Niltgard is the epitome of evil. In fact, there should be an analogue of the German Empire, militarists-yes, they value order and discipline - yes, the thirst of the emhyr to conquer the north, yes. But to conquer, not to destroy, the point of ruling over corpses? And here they are satisfied with genocide.
IDNOI
IDNOI
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02 Nov 09:45 #
@Sociophobe: I would say that Nilfgaard is an homage to the Roman Empire, and Emhyr himself is the local equivalent of Caesar. The funny thing is, if we don't kill Radovid and Dijkstra in the game, then Emhyr will be killed by his own (with a reference to Brutus). But if we help, then Nilfgaard will be a prosperous, peaceful empire with Emhyr/Ciri at its head.
рsylоckе
рsylоckе
02 Nov 12:07 #
@IDNOI: I also want Bonnart to be shown as very violent, because according to the book, even I was afraid of him.
gkalian
gkalian
30 Oct 18:07 #
Sharlto Copley as Leo is very colorful, again, I imagined him differently, but I liked this version.

I didn't really like the change in Emhyr's character, as IDNOI noted. Not only did Vilgeforet make a fuss here, but the emperor was also shown to be somewhat hysterical, who in a fit told him why he needed Ciri. Well, what is it.
Социофоб
Социофоб
02 Nov 09:02 #
@gkalian: outwardly, he is a direct copy of Vesemir from the game.
Choly_Cavel
Choly_Cavel
05 Nov 18:03 #
@gkalian: he reminded me of Daniel Day-Luce in this image, who, of course, would not star in the series)
Serialkiller_402
Serialkiller_402
PRO
30 Oct 19:19 #
So far, this is the only reaction I have to everything that's happening this season. 😅
GingerUnicorn
GingerUnicorn
PRO
30 Oct 20:44 #
@Serialkiller_402: Geralt from Lustful and Yennefer from Trakhenberg. Everything is clear. Everything is clear. Closing time.
AlexSok18
AlexSok18
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Yesterday, 01:39 #
@Serialkiller_402: No, well, this guy is good, I hope that by the end of the season he will find Geralt and the series will finally be closed.😄😄

But seriously, thanks to the authors for the intriguing character. I hope he will.
musicliveinus
musicliveinus
PRO
Yesterday, 01:51 #
@AlexSok18: just watch it to the end)
рsylоckе
рsylоckе
Yesterday, 11:49 #
@musicliveinus: It's better to read the saga
musicliveinus
musicliveinus
PRO
Yesterday, 14:34 #
@ryloke: Of course, but also the games to pass
Zlogorek
Zlogorek
30 Oct 20:54 #

The showrunners of the series still treat the audience like idiots.
It would have been better, really, if they had already shot something in the spirit of that parody production on the "rule 34" from the beginning of the series. After all, in fact, it's what they do anyway. ⠀
GingerUnicorn
GingerUnicorn
PRO
30 Oct 21:25 #
And I can't, Philippa looks like a man, a Frenchwoman, as if a bunch of men had her, here she is a Daisy from the Valleys, the most beautiful elf. Okay, I know it sounds weird. But that's not how you imagine enchantresses.

But for some reason, what Ian turned into a statuette of Francesca, and not the other way around, went to me.

Emhyr seems too young to me.

Oh, Leo, I hate him with all my heart.
Hidji
Hidji
31 Oct 03:55 #
@GingerUnicorn: Since the first season, there have been tears about the circle of sorceresses. And they are, according to the book, the most beautiful women in this world. Not all of them, but most of them). But with Frenguilla, on the contrary, I want to laugh every time I remember that in the book it was "the pale mouse" 😆
LDRey
LDRey
02 Nov 21:54 #
@GingerUnicorn: I dare to object! Philippa came out very good and colorful in her role. Look at how she acts out in the mise-en-scene. The actress plays her role very well. I want to admire this Philippa, despite the fact that she is a bit of a mystic.
GingerUnicorn
GingerUnicorn
PRO
03 Nov 22:41 #
@LDRey: Unfortunately, I just don't like her at all after the game. Plus, I hate their friendship with Ian. Maybe you need to watch this series without comparing it to the book and the game, but unfortunately it's difficult.
zsendi
zsendi
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30 Oct 21:46 #
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kate_archer
kate_archer
31 Oct 01:06 #
The fact that Ian, not Philippa, gathers the box is okay, it's not a pity. But turning into a figurine in the opposite direction is already a mockery. There's no Sheala, by the way, or I didn't notice. I can't stand her, so I'm not sorry either.
Who was this wretched witcher fighting with Bonart? Yes, Bonart had three medallions, but they shouldn't be as easy for him to get!
flaxman
flaxman
03 Nov 03:19 #
@kate_archer: It was the witcher-skoof 😂😂😂
Hidji
Hidji
31 Oct 04:11 #
In the cancelled series about Rats, they seemed to want to cast Lundgren for the role of Bonart. Or was it just a funcast?
gkalian
gkalian
31 Oct 04:23 #
@Hidji: The series has turned into a full-length movie, already available for viewing. Lungren plays the witcher Bregen there.
Hidji
Hidji
31 Oct 04:30 #
@gkalian: thanks for the info. Maybe I'll even take a look, but not now, for sure, the rats are hurting past me. Especially considering what we've already seen here, it's kind of trashy).
gkalian
gkalian
31 Oct 04:37 #
@Hidji: Yes, I didn't get into it either, but they were already planning a series about them for some reason.
zsendi
zsendi
PRO
31 Oct 09:24 #
Despite some differences from the book, the series captures and makes you worry about the characters. Good episode!
miccmira
miccmira
PRO
31 Oct 12:32 #
What a nasty daddy Ciri is.
SvetikWolf
SvetikWolf
31 Oct 15:42 #
Gerald from Lust and Jennifer from Trakhenberg. Oru)))
The name of the new series)))
skiorh
skiorh
31 Oct 16:45 #
@SvetikWolf:
Geralt's wig is even better than the real one. 😏
Oksana_Gol
Oksana_Gol
PRO
31 Oct 15:43 #
Leo Bonhart impressed me. A good cast, kmk. I hope they'll show you all his hard work here.
skiorh
skiorh
31 Oct 16:39 #
And this episode just came right to me.

I'll also mention the dudes who seized the moment and nailed the vile priest (or whoever he is, well, coded as a priest anyway)
skiorh
skiorh
31 Oct 16:41 #
@skiorh: The gray-haired mustachioed pepper is nothing like that either, and - suddenly - he was given a rather interesting fight (if you close your eyes to the fact that this witcher fought about like me)
skiorh
skiorh
31 Oct 16:44 #
Francesca is so beautiful, in general, enchantresses are gorgeous
flaxman
flaxman
03 Nov 03:22 #
@skiorh: Are you trolling like that? 😂
kamikaze
kamikaze
04 Nov 08:12 #
@flaxman: Well, everyone has their own standards of beauty. To whom and the mare bride
Hidji
Hidji
04 Nov 21:28 #
@flaxman: if you think about it, then against the background of the rest of the magic cast, she is very good😏
АдскийЗритель
АдскийЗритель
31 Oct 21:43 #
My impression of the new season is still unclear. Have you changed any other actors besides the Herald? I don't recognize many of the characters.

A new antagonist appeared at the end of the campaign... the actor was poorly chosen, the witchers' hobby was to blame, well, yes 🙂↕️
I wasn't impressed with the production at all, and neither was the actor
АдскийЗритель
АдскийЗритель
01 Nov 02:31 #
@Hellseeker: The first opinion is deceptive.
I won't spoil it, I'll just say that it's playing normally.
umaryan
umaryan
PRO
01 Nov 18:22 #
@Hellseeker: You won't recognize them because they won't be remembered. And they create a complete game on the screen.
w1semc
w1semc
01 Nov 21:14 #
I didn't expect such a start to the series) 🫣
bloodyhell
bloodyhell
PRO
01 Nov 23:39 #
Социофоб
Социофоб
02 Nov 00:21 #
What a creepy caste of magicians. So many seasons, but it's killing me. The most beautiful women in the universe according to the canon. Yeah...
kamikaze
kamikaze
04 Nov 08:15 #
@Sociophobe: here, for the sake of justice, it seems like Triss was somehow tampered with with makeup and became not so scary, Jennifer is an Indian, okay, plus or minus, too.
Fringilla is the original fakap, and there's nothing you can do about it, although since the GG has been changed, you could have sent this fat black woman out into the cold and taken someone better.
Социофоб
Социофоб
04 Nov 08:49 #
@kamikaze: No, Ian is successful both as an actress and externally. Sabrina looks like a hit. That's it.

In general, with such a cast, they kill the whole essence of enchantresses. That many of them were ugly or at best just unattractive (the authors themselves showed this perfectly on the story of Yen). And magic helped them solve this problem, too. Yes, they used their newfound beauty to charm the strongest of the world. Enter their yard, trust them. That is, there was no beauty for the sake of beauty, it made sense, including their survival. But at best they just have an ordinary appearance, at worst they pull a herbalist from the village. Not the royal sorceresses who ruled the royal courts.
KT_YURINA
KT_YURINA
07 Nov 13:06 #
@Sociophobe: is skipping a preposition a trend of some kind? This is not the first comment in this application without it.
Blew
Blew
02 Nov 11:59 #
So far, this season has only been dragging Purefoy for me. I'm just catching some nice flashbacks from the TV series Rome, in which he played Mark Anthony. After all, there were all these military-throne intrigues there too.
karinabuzia
karinabuzia
PRO
02 Nov 14:43 #
Monsters have many heads, one of them is ignorance)
НадеждаТ
НадеждаТ
02 Nov 18:48 #
Geralt from Lustfulness and Enifer from Schluhenberg, I already looked up at the screen because I can only listen – so many African-Americans are not mine.

It was such a shame for Geralt – he saved Beata, brought her to his sister, and all in vain.
shipisvar
shipisvar
02 Nov 20:04 #
Well, probably, just because they saved Ian from a lot of bullying in this part of the books, the screenwriters can be forgiven a lot. The statuette move was amusing, but Francesca got off lightly. In the books, Jennifer had to lie down decently in this state until they decided to return her.
Hidji
Hidji
03 Nov 00:27 #
@shipisvar: and why should the scriptwriters be forgiven for shifting almost all of Ian's suffering onto other characters, creating from her a heroine who had not suffered much, who broke through pain, blood and hell in her goal, who became a truly ready-for-anything mother, into a sad, empty Mary Sue, who seemed to succeed in everything? It's not right.
Ангел_огня
Ангел_огня
PRO
02 Nov 20:11 #
Three seasons Buttercup "can we help" Herald "it's none of our business"
Fourth Buttercup"we're eating by", Herald "no we will help"😁
flaxman
flaxman
03 Nov 03:24 #
@Angel_ogna: Untalented screenwriters have bipolar disorder, there's nothing you can do about it
Svetvokne
Svetvokne
02 Nov 20:18 #
I can't look at Ciri and this professette with a tattoo on her ass, but ugh, you don't have to tell me that she's already a lesbian, it doesn't make me feel any better 🤣
LDRey
LDRey
02 Nov 21:52 #
@Svetvokne: Don't look. And best of all, lock yourself in your apartment and never leave it.
Svetvokne
Svetvokne
02 Nov 23:41 #
@LDRey: also a sucker lover?
LDRey
LDRey
03 Nov 00:49 #
@Svetvokne: Yes, I can get into jepu, but it has nothing to do with the series. Ciri and Mistle are canon, so stop pretending to be a pseudo-fanatic? Satisfy yourself and insert something phallus-shaped, you see, it will help (:
flaxman
flaxman
03 Nov 03:26 #
@LDRey: 🔥🔥🔥
Svetvokne
Svetvokne
03 Nov 06:38 #
@LDRey: Who builds a fan base anyway? To do something that is sick in the head
Paramelion
Paramelion
03 Nov 01:34 #
So far, without any epic, the third episode has already ended, but for now only the exposition. The witches are still gathering. The Witcher is moving along the path a little bit, political games are not developing either. At this rate, only by the end of the season will any serious changes begin to occur.
But the series itself has retained its level of quality, I don't care about the cast, all the actors act well. Well, you still have to get used to the Witcher himself)
Владислав-95
Владислав-95
03 Nov 14:10 #
Oh, a father has to sleep with his daughter?
Game of Thrones hello)
ZiZu1710
ZiZu1710
PRO
04 Nov 12:22 #
@Владислав-95: not to sleep with him, but she must conceive from him. But the ancient prophecies are so very strange.
alexander444
alexander444
04 Nov 18:39 #
@ZiZu1710: Well, don't jerk off to the emperor
ZiZu1710
ZiZu1710
PRO
04 Nov 21:28 #
@alexander444: We didn't know then, but I mean, one time might not be enough for a prophecy.
kate_archer
kate_archer
05 Nov 12:24 #
@ZiZu1710: It's funny that you said that.. 😏
ZiZu1710
ZiZu1710
PRO
05 Nov 12:27 #
@kate_archer: a strange remark from a stranger.
kate_archer
kate_archer
05 Nov 12:28 #
@ZiZu1710: this is related to the discussion material, nothing personal. Who knows, he understood.
mrsfreedom
mrsfreedom
04 Nov 02:07 #
Many people here say that the witch caste is terrible. That they do not correspond to the status of "the most beautiful women in the universe."
I honestly don't understand. Do they all have to have toned lips and boobs to meet the standards of current beauty?

For me, they are so beautiful women, completely different.

Although, mind you, not one plump one. Everything is how the modern world likes it
kamikaze
kamikaze
04 Nov 08:17 #
@mrsfreedom: Grungy, yeah, slim.
kate_archer
kate_archer
04 Nov 10:48 #
@kamikaze: Marguerite too, well.
alexander444
alexander444
04 Nov 18:37 #
@mrsfreedom: Since when have inflated lips been related to beauty?
id8204560
id8204560
04 Nov 11:09 #
It was difficult to make Ciri even more unpleasant, but the screenwriter is indefatigable and drips deeper and deeper.
musicliveinus
musicliveinus
PRO
04 Nov 22:36 #
It's kind of a filery series, only Leo Bonhart made my eyes happy at the end.
Liyuuuuunder
Liyuuuuunder
PRO
06 Nov 13:03 #
The Herald from the porn parody is more of a Witcher than the Witcher himself
Jennifer's face🤣🤣🤣

Otherwise, it's a pretty brutal series.
bison23
bison23
PRO
Yesterday, 21:54 #
An interesting interpretation of the theater of a young spectator with a unicorn at the beginning of the series
Candramelekh
Candramelekh
PRO
Today, 00:19 #
The most rotten episode of the season so far
TIC_TAC
TIC_TAC
Today, 01:41 #
Okay...It could have been worse.
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