The Witcher's Score Sinks to an All-Time Low as Season 3 Ends
It always seemed inevitable that Henry Cavill’s exit and the showrunner’s attitude would lead to The Witcher sinking, just…not this low, you know?
The Witcher from Netflix was largely anticipated when it was first announced — even more so after the audience learned that Henry Cavill was to portray the legendary Geralt of Rivia. At that point, it was obvious that the show would become an instant success as the people have never been more ready to embrace the Witcher’s adventures.
This picture-perfect scenario quickly fell apart with the first season’s arrival. It was largely stated that Henry Cavill was borderline the only silver lining in the entire show as it deviated horrifically from the source books, made a ton of questionable choices plot-wise and design-wise and turned out to be consumed in an internal conflict.
Fast-forward a few years, and here we are. Henry Cavill left the series after his conflict with the showrunner became absolutely unbearable; the production team kept dressing their medieval fantasy characters in Zara clothes; and The Witcher lost the vast majority of its initial fan base due to constant mistakes and ignorance.
Still, the show has managed to hold some of its audience: it was even already approved for Season 4 and has a brand-new Geralt actor lined up and ready. Just how many of the viewers have stayed with The Witcher until now, you may ask?
Well, no more than 22%, according to S3’s Rotten Tomatoes audience score.
That’s right: S3 was bashed by 78% of its audience and is now sitting on a solid “Rotten” score of 22%. Against some fans’ hopes, the majority of the people decided against supporting the show further, it seems. Things don’t look particularly good for The Witcher’s future, but to be honest, the show had it a long time coming.
Pretty much every fan was demanding, begging, or trying to convince the showrunner online that letting Henry Cavill go was a terrible idea and that his approach to tackling the show would work way better, but the creators didn’t listen.
Now, they’re left with that underwhelming 22% score, and we can’t even imagine how low will the new low be as the first season without Cavill comes out.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes