Henry Cavill announced he was leaving Netflix's "The Witcher" back in 2022. Three years later, here's the why, and how Liam Hemsworth replaces him.

This article contains spoilers for “The Witcher” Season 4, now streaming on Netflix. There’s a new witcher on the hunt in the Continent. Liam Hemsworth steps into the monster-killing shoes of Geralt in Netflix’s “The Witcher” Season 4,

The Witcher Season 4 ends with Geralt and his friends helping a bunch of Northern soldiers defeat Nilfgaardian troops. To honor his heroism, Queen Meve (Rebecca Hanssen) knights our guy Sir Geralt of Rivia. However, this gift soon becomes a curse as Meve adds that Geralt must serve her and only her for the rest of his life. Geralt says, “Fuck.”

In The Witcher Season 5, this is a huge question for the fans because Yennefer is actually the only mage who truly understands the danger of Vilgefortz on a deeper level. In Season 4, she was rebuilding trust between sorceresses. She wanted this new Lodge to protect magic and also make the Continent safer for Ciri.

Instead of the season's final episode being the reason why my jaw hit the floor, it was season 4 episode 5. Just when we think we've got our heads around the ever-growing Witcher lore, we're thrown the ultimate creative curveball at the halfway mark.

Liam Hemsworth does a fine job taking over for Henry Cavill on The Witcher, but uneven writing makes season 4 the weakest entry in the franchise so far.