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Season 3, Episode 8 Recap: The Finale
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - September 04, 2023 08:00 - 2 hoursAfter a brief delay, we're recapping the final episode of Season 3 of The Witcher, The Cost of Chaos, where we end not with a bang but a whimper. Henry Cavill's swan song as Geralt is interrupted by bad casting (Milva), bizarre plot choices (Yennefer's whole storyline, Francesca and Fringilla), ...
Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - August 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourIs it just us or does Brokilon look a little different these days? This week, we're recapping the penultimate episode of Season 3 of the Witcher, Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan, where Ciri wanders across the desert and we get told, repeatedly, that Geralt is dying. So, grab your horse berr...
Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Everyone Has a Plan 'Til They Get Punched in the Face
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - August 15, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourWho doesn't love some light treason? Grab your magic staff and brace your femurs for impact, and get ready to meet with fate at the Tower of the Gull – it's time to recap Season 3, Episode 6 of The Witcher, Everyone Has a Plan 'Til they Get Punched in the Face. Follow along with us as we recap ...
Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Art of the Illusion
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - August 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourGrab your best Jafar cosplay and get your villain energy ready. It's time to recap Season 3, Episode 5 of The Witcher, Art of the Illusion. Then make your way to the dance floor to mélange but don't forget: all is not *clap* *clap* as it seems. Follow along with us as we recap Season 3 and, if y...
Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: The Invitation
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - July 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourThis week, we recap Season 3, Episode 4: The Invitation, in which Yennefer forgets about Ciri for half of the episode in favor of politics, Stregobor's eyebrows put in work, and Ciri, Geralt, and Jaskier prepare for a bard off on a ferry, The question is: Are you ready for this? Follow along wit...
Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: Reunion
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - July 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourGet your rant shields up: It's time to make our thoughts known on Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri's respective mommy issues as we wade into the madness that is Season 3, Episode 3 of The Witcher on Netflix. Plus, Cahir's confounding arc, Francesca's self-righteous platitudes, and travel logic! Follow...
Season 3, Episode 2 Recap: Unbound
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - July 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourJoin us as we recap Season 3, Episode 2 of The Witcher, Unbound, where we encounter Cahir and Gallatin, lords of exposition, veiny girl conglomerates, and dominatrix therapy sessions. Follow along with us as we recap Season 3 and, if you're new to the world of The Witcher, be sure to catch our r...
Season 3, Episode 1 Recap: Shaerrawedd
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - July 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourJoin us as we recap yet another season of The Witcher, starting with Episode 1, Shaerrawedd, where we catch up with Yennefer, Ciri, and Geralt on the road, meet a wannabe Batman, and get our lute back from Radovid comma prince. Follow along with us as we recap Season 3 and, if you're new to the ...
The Witcher Season 3 Precap
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - June 27, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourWe return after a long meditation to break down the The Witcher Season 3 trailer and deliver our predictions, hopes, and, let's be honest, our complaints (it's mostly complaints). Follow along with us as we recap Season 3 and, if you're new to the world of The Witcher, be sure to catch our recap...
Episode 4: Darkest Timeline Fraggle Rock
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - April 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hourThis week, we bring it on down to goblin town in an action-packed chapter of The Hobbit, Under Hill and Over Hill. What will happen when Bilbo and company encounter the very mean, very bad Goblin King? That's for Gandalf to know and you to find out. Subscribe or follow along on Apple Podcasts, ...
Episode 3: Elrond's House of Whimsy
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - March 19, 2022 17:46 - 1 hourThis week, we visit the fair valley of Rivendell, home of elves and Elrond as we recap Chapter 3 of The Hobbit, A Short Rest. We learn all about moon letters, the storied relationship between dwarves and elves, and where all of Elrond's good fainting couches are. Subscribe or follow along on Ap...
Episode 2: A Wizard Is Never Late
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - March 11, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourThis week, we set off with burglar Bilbo and the dwarves and get into some minor troll-related trouble. Plus, Gandalf disappears, just when he would have been most useful – and not for the last time. Subscribe or follow along on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher so you never miss an episod...
Episode 1: Down the Hobbit Hole
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - March 05, 2022 21:07 - 1 hourJoin us as we embark on an unexpected journey that all begins with an unassuming hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. Along the way, we'll encounter dispossessed rulers, secret mountain passages, and a fearsome dragon named Smaug. Get your riding cloaks on and we'll away 'er break of day. Subscribe or ...
Bonus: Predicting The Witcher Season 3 and Beyond
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - February 17, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour[Warning: This episode contains spoilers for The Witcher book series throughout. Proceed with caution.] This week, we get out our crystal balls to predict where the writers may be going for The Witcher Season 3 and beyond. Join us as we contemplate how the show will handle Time of Contempt, spe...
Season 2, Episode 8: The Witcher on Netflix, Family
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - February 10, 2022 09:00 - 2 hoursS02-E08 | Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we learn that there's nothing more important than family as we recap Season 8. We'll talk about the end of the Deathless Mother arc, Francesca's idea of justice, and what's next for Geralt, Yennefer, ...
Season 2, Episode 7: The Witcher on Netflix, Voleth Meir
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - February 03, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourS02-E07 | Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we recap Episode 7, Voleth Meir, where our story goes off the rails in more ways than one. Get ready for rogue storylines, confounding betrayals, and, of course, infanticide. Subscribe or follow alon...
Season 2, Episode 6: The Witcher on Netflix, Dear Friend
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - January 27, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourS02-E06 | Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we recap Episode 6, Dear Friend, where we say goodbye to an old friend, lose a very important vial, head to the Temple of Melitele, and question if our *ahem* dear friend Yennefer is here for the righ...
Season 2, Episode 5: The Witcher on Netflix, Turn Your Back
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - January 20, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourS02-E05 | Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we recap Episode 5, Turn Your Back, where Istredd and Geralt start a new chapter of the Yennefer Lonely Hearts Club and chaotic neutral patriarch Vesemir ropes Triss into a plan to harness Ciri's hidd...
Season 2, Episode 4: The Witcher on Netflix, Redanian Intelligence
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - January 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourS02-E04 | [SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains some spoilers for the book. Proceed with caution.] Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we recap Episode 4, Redanian Intelligence, where we are collectively bullied by Lambert, personally victimized ...
Season 2, Episode 3: The Witcher on Netflix, What Is Lost
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - January 06, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourS02-E03 | Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we recap Episode 3, What Is Lost, where Ciri begins training as a witcher, Geralt encounters a new centipede goat creature, and Yennefer gets sucked into the weirdest plotline yet. There's something f...
Season 2, Episode 2: The Witcher on Netflix, Kaer Morhen
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - December 30, 2021 20:35 - 1 hourS02-E02 | Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we recap Episode 2, Kaer Morhen, where we encounter a great deal of witchers (20?!), a baba yaga type figure, and a new kind of tree monster. Plus, cryptic nightmares from Yennefer and bonding between...
Season 2, Episode 1: The Witcher on Netflix, A Grain of Truth
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - December 24, 2021 01:48 - 1 hourS02-E01 | Join us as we recap Season 2 of The Witcher on Netflix episode by episode. This week, we recap Episode 1, A Grain of Truth, and find Geralt and Ciri quickly finding new danger and Tissaia de Vries searching to the ends of the earth for Yennefer in the aftermath of The Battle of Sodden....
Episode 63: Something is Ending
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - December 16, 2021 08:00 - 2 hoursB07-E13 | Join us as we recap the final chapter of Lady of the Lake/The Witcher series and we'll find out together how it all ends. In fair Rivia, where we lay our scene, ancient grudge will break into new mutiny and civil blood will make civil hands unclean (or something like that). So don't mi...
Episode 62: General Harlotry
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - December 09, 2021 09:00 - 2 hoursB07-E12 | This week, we're covering Chapter 11 – the penultimate chapter of Lady of the Lake (and of the entire Witcher series) – and, trust us, it doesn't disappoint – join us as we travel with Ciri, Yennefer, and Geralt, revisit Toussaint, and attend an execution that doesn't end how you migh...
Episode 61: Fake Princess Diaries
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - December 02, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourB07-E11 | This week, we're tying up loose ends and finding out just how many minor characters died a horrible death as we recap Chapter 10 of Lady of the Lake. Join us as we coronate Fake Ciri and narrowly escape an assassination, all while exploring what peace between Nilfgaard and the North re...
Episode 60: Emhyr Söze
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - November 18, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourB07-E10 | Join us as we recap the second part of Chapter 9 of Lady of the Lake, in which Geralt and Yennefer face off against Vilgefortz, reunite with Ciri, and run into Emhyr var Emreis, the White Flame dancing on the Barrows of His Enemies. Strategic incest, murder, twists – this chapter has i...
Episode 59: Of Gods, Demons, & Monsters
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - November 12, 2021 20:11 - 2 hoursB07-E09 | It's all come down to this. Join us as we recap the pivotal showdown between Geralt and company, Yennefer, Ciri, Vilgefortz, and Bonhart in the first part of Chapter 9 of Lady of the Lake. We discuss Regis' bloodlust, the reunion between our OTP, and all the surprising twists and turns...
Palate Cleanser: The Hexer, The First Witcher Adaptation
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - November 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourNineteen years before The Witcher on Netflix, there was The Hexer, a Polish film adaption of Andrzej Sapkowski's hit fantasy series. The only issue? The budget, the script, and the choreography. Join us as we delve into the finer points of the film that critics aptly called "a movie." Subscrib...
Episode 58: Pile o' Limbs
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - October 28, 2021 08:00 - 2 hoursB07-E08 | Join us as we boil down the largest and perhaps the most pivotal battle between Nilfgaard and everyone else in Chapter 8 of Lady of the Lake. Many will die, countless others will lose limbs (in increasingly creative ways). Grab a bone saw and meet us in the field surgeon tent – just ho...
Episode 57: Time Chaser
Midnight Book Club: The Witcher - October 21, 2021 08:00 - 2 hoursB07-E07 | Come along with us as we explore time and space and try to find our friends and our destiny in Chapter Seven of Lady of the Lake. Just steer clear of the Red Riders, old men in forests, and time-hopping fleas – simple enough, right? Content Warning: Some discussion of sexual assault t...
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