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Derek and John are back to discuss the Rats A Witcher Tale. A special feature length episode featuring Ciri's companions from the Witcher Season 4. We chat all about it in full spoiler filled detail.

Spoilers for The Rats A Witcher Tale.

Based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski and the game series "The Witcher" from CD Projekt Red

Showrunner and Lead Writer: Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich

Written by Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich and Haily Hall

Directed by Mairzee Almas

Synopsis: Following the events of the Season 4 finale, Leo Bonhart recounts to Ciri how The Rats first crossed his path. The tale centers on Mistle, a highborne woman secretly in love with her handmaiden Juniper. Their lives are torn apart when Emehr, Emperor of Nilfgaard, sends his mercenary Bert Brigden to purge towns outside imperial control. Believing Juniper dead, Mistle narrowly survives with the help of Asse, her stablehand, who escapes with her and eventually leads them to join The Rats.

As the young thieves’ opportunities dwindle, their leader Giselher proposes an ambitious heist: infiltrate a new fighting arena established by Dominik Houvenaghel and rob its vault during a major event. The vault, however, is guarded by a Jalowick, a monster that only a Witcher can kill. Desperate, The Rats recruit Brehen, a disgraced and alcoholic former Witcher infamous for abandoning a striga contract.

Training under Kayleigh and Reef, Asse prepares for his fight, but everything unravels when Mistle discovers the arena’s true purpose. It was built by Brigden, who, eager to earn Emehr’s favor, has been conducting horrific experiments to create a new kind of monster—using human subjects, including Juniper. Determined to save her, The Rats and Brehen attempt to restore Juniper’s humanity while evading Bonhart, who is hunting them to claim Brehen’s Witcher medallion.

The story culminates in a brutal clash. Brehen sacrifices himself so The Rats can escape, thwarting Bonhart—for the moment. Their flight across the Continent continues until fate brings them to Princess Cirilla of Cintra, and toward the end of their road.

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Derek and John are back to discuss the Witcher Season 4 for the second half of the season in full spoiler filled detail.

Spoilers for The Witcher Season 4 Episodes 5 - 8.

Based on the books "Baptism of Fire" and "The Tower of the Swallow" by Andrzej Sapkowski and the game series "The Witcher" from CD Projekt Red

Showrunner and Lead Writer: Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich

Episode 5 - The Joy of Cooking

Written by Matthew D'Ambrosio

Directed by Alex Garcia-Lopez

IMDb Synopsis: Catching their breath before attempting a river crossing, Geralt and his party regale each other with stories and song, revealing a shocking truth.

Episode 6 - Twilight of the Wolf

Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Directed by Alex Garcia-Lopez

IMDb Synopsis: Out of options, Yennefer rallies her novices in a deadly battle against the army of Vilgefortz. A dangerous foe catches Ciri's scent.

Episode 7 - Trial By Ordeal

Written by Clare Higgins

Directed by Jeremy Webb

IMDb Synopsis: A trek through treacherous swamp lands confronts Geralt with troubling visions. Emhyr discovers what he must do in order to claim absolute power.

Episode 8 - A Sermon of Survival

Written by Mike Ostrowski

Directed by Jeremy Webb

IMDb Synopsis:

As the Continent sinks deeper into war, Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri each meet their fate on the roads they took to avoid it.

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It's been a very long time and there have been some changes but John and Derek are back in the Continent for our Witcher Season 4 Podcast as we discuss the first four episodes in full spoiler filled detail.

Spoilers for The Witcher Season 4 Episodes 1 - 4.

Based on the books "Baptism of Fire" and "The Tower of the Swallow" by Andrzej Sapkowski and the game series "The Witcher" from CD Projekt Red

Showrunner and Lead Writer: Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich

Episode 1 - What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

Written by Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich

Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

IMDb Synopsis: Geralt sets out to save Ciri from the claws of Emhyr, unaware of her true fate. Beset by Vilgefortz, Yennefer attempts to uncover his plan.

Episode 2 - Dream of a Wish Fulfilled

Written by Tania Lotia and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

IMDb Synopsis: Ciri gets a chance to prove herself during a robbery. Geralt gains an unlikely ally, as does Yennefer when she visits Montecalvo to look for sanctuary.

Episode 3 - Trial By Ordeal

Written by Rae Benjamin

Directed by Tricia Brock

IMDb Synopsis: A witch trial pulls Geralt away from his quest. Ciri taps further into the darkness of her new life. Yennefer brings more recruits to her cause.

Episode 4 - A Sermon of Survival

Written by Rae Benjamin

Directed by Tricia Brock

IMDb Synopsis: Yennefer's conviction starts to waver. Ciri opens up to Mistle about her true identity. Geralt finds himself at the mercy of Dijkstra.

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The Sandman universe on Netflix ends with Death The High Cost of Living a special episode of the series. Our The Sandman 212 Review is spoiler filled from the start so make sure you've watched the episode before you listen along with us.

The Sandman 212 "Death The High Cost of Living" Spoilers

Episode teleplay by Neil Gaiman, Allan Heinberg

Episode directed by Jamie Childs

Synopsis: Journalist Sexton Furnival writes a suicide note to his ex-girlfriend, Sylvie, convinced that the world is heading to an inevitable end. 

He falls while on top of a tipped rubbish dump and meets Death. They head back to her apartment where Death reveals herself and tells him it is her day off, though Sexton does not believe her. As he leaves Death's apartment, he bumps into Mad Hettie who asks for Death's help to find her soul. 

After agreeing Death takes Sexton with her out on her day off and they go to a club, where they meet Sexton's roommate Billie, her girlfriend Amelia and their friend Jackie. While Sexton seems hung up on his ex-girlfriend he becomes interested in Jackie as she gets to know him. 

As Sexton's friends are enjoying the club, unlike him, Sexton introduces Death as Didi and they meet the club owner Theo. Theo becomes interested in Didi and asks her to come upstairs with him, though she brings Sexton along. They realize it is a setup, as Theo has realized who Didi is as he had summoned Death to the club to bring back his girlfriend Natalie. 

They try to talk to a distraught Theo, who ends up falling and injuring himself before being taken to a hospital. The next day, Didi buys a locket and asks Sexton to give it to Hettie. Didi suddenly dies after her day off and Hettie reveals that the locket contains her soul with it containing a picture of her daughter inside. 

Once back at home, Sexton asks Jackie out. While Didi wakes up in Death's realm and tells Death she loves mortality and doesn't want it to end.

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This is how it ends. John and Derek discuss The Sandman Season 2 Episode 11 "A Tale of Graceful Ends" in spoiler filled detail. A beautiful end for the series, unthinkable that it would ever have been made and what the team have achieved is incredible.

The Sandman 211 "A Tale of Graceful Ends" Spoilers

Episode teleplay by Allan Heinberg

Episode directed by Jamie Childs

Synopsis: Unsure of his purpose Daniel, the new Dream of the Endless, brings back Abel and Merv after their death at the hands of the Kindly Ones. He attempts to restore Fiddler’s Green, but Gilbert refuses and tells him it does not give their sacrifice meaning. 

Meanwhile the Endless siblings and many friends of Morpheus including Johanna Constantine, Alex Burgess, Hob Gadling, Queen Titania, Cluracan, Calliope, Rose Walker, Mad Hettie, Nada, Lyta Hall, and countless others attend the first dream king’s Morpheus' funeral. 

Destruction does not attend but visits the new Dream secretly and assures Daniel that he will figure out everything eventually. 

At the service each Endless and Lucienne speak on how they will miss Morpheus and wish that they had a better relationship with him, but are glad they got to see him change for the better. 

Following the funeral, Death chats with Hob Gaddling and asks if he wants to finally finish his long life. Hob tells her he is still not ready to die, which Death accepts. 

Inspired by the speeches, Johanna tells Corinthian she wants to give their relationship a shot and they kiss. Matthew, Merv and Nuala decide to stay with Lucienne. 

Lyta meets Daniel and makes peace with him and he promises to meet her in her dreams. He makes Lucienne the new Prime minister of Dreaming, decides to continue his meetings every hundred years with Hob, and meets the Endless siblings. 

The post-credits scene shows The Kindly Ones discussing how fate is inevitable and that no one, whether human or Endless, can escape it.

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