The Witcher Season 2 Episode 7 Recap: Change Your Mind
In the penultimate episode of the second season of “The Witcher”, all the hells are broken, and there is betrayal in every aspect. The friendship between Nilfgaard and the elves broke, Yen and Ciri eloped, Jaskier sang a lovely a cappella together and said goodbye to his new mouse friend. There was warmth everywhere, but as we reached the end, the action began to accelerate.
Yen and Ciri appeared in the house of the woman who took Ciri in the first season, near Cintra, near where she met Geralt. She felt safe there, but it wasn’t like that anymore-damn Rience was here all the time. Once again, the person who helped Xili died, she was swallowed by grief and worried about Geralt’s safety. As an opportunist, Yan convinced her that Geralt might have been captured by Nilfgaard and imprisoned in Sintra-the black gate where she needed to sacrifice Ciri was there.
Episode details
Episode 7
“Walter Meir”
Author: Mike Ostrovsky
directed by: Louise Hooper
★★★★★
They encountered a broken bridge and Zhen encouraged Xili to try to erect the bridge, but soon discovered that she was not ready to accept the magic because her eyes were bleeding. Hiri screamed in frustration, and then led them to the other side of the river, giving us a glimpse of Hiri’s teleportation ability. When Ciri found out that Yen was going to give her to her, they shared a telepathic moment, but Yen told her to run if she wanted to, because she couldn’t. Ciri screamed that she could not trust her and warned the Nilfgaards of their existence.
At the same time, Geralt left the temple, looking for Jaskil, who had been singing ever since. They hug each other tenderly, and Geralt apologizes for keeping him on the mountain before they set off to find Yen and Ciri. Before that, they discussed Yen, Jaskier revealed that she suddenly disappeared while in the whispering hut, and Geralt realized who they were dealing with: Voleth Meir, the undead mother. She appeared in the early stage of the confluence of celestial bodies, when the monsters attacked, it was an ancient and dangerous existence.
They met Alpen Zieglin and his dwarf squad on the road, and they decided to join their secret mission-to save Hiri. You may remember them during the dragon hunt in the first season. He was just as dirty as before. Jaskier stated a related line: “I don’t remember any of these people”, which is an important sentiment in 2021.
Soon, the convoy met Yen and Ciri outside Sintra, fighting the Nildgaardians. Geralt rescued Ciri and pulled his blade out of Yenefa’s neck, instructing Jaskil to take him back to Kyle Morhan. Geralt was obviously worried that Yan would betray him and Ciri in this way, but the two still went to find Vores Meir. It was too late for them; after eating enough pain from Yen, Ciri, Fringilla, and Francesca, she broke free and started looking for ships. I don’t know who it will be.
After the baby was born, the elves decided not to fight for Nilfgaard anymore. Fringeira deals with more barbaric acts from Huck, and eventually, she briefly appears in Aretuza, seeking help from her uncle Attorius. Like Hake and Cahir, Artorious said he was happy that she realized that she was beyond her depth and not that strong, and she saw it as a threat. So far, Fringeira has been seriously underestimated, so she did what every powerful female warlock would do: she used potions to paralyze Cahill, Huck and other soldiers, and then slowly killed them. She slowly pierced Huck’s eyes with a knife, which was really disgusting. She spared Cahill, saying that she hoped that he would praise her when the emperor arrived. Maybe you should let her be the leader, Huck.
Francesca and Filavandrel spent a day or so with their children, and then everything turned into a pear shape. Remember when I said that Voleth Meir feeds on despair? Francesca was told that if she stayed with Nilfgaard, she would give birth to a child. Well, now she changed her mind and she was punished for it. Sadly, this coveted baby was murdered at night. Grief swallowed both of them, and it was obvious that this alliance was over, because Francesca was likely to seek revenge.
Now Voleth Meir is out of prison-although the intention of the first wizard is to keep her there forever-she seeks Ciri on the road to Kyle Morhan and takes her. Grab all the pills you can get, because it looks like there will be a big battle in Kyle Morhan.
Geralt of Trivia
- Jaskier’s favorite singing mouse is called George.
- Francesca wants to call the baby Fiona, but does not know the existence of Ciri.