Horses are good company -- The Witcher

I have also only watched the first episode. My hunch right now is that the death was accidental, the trap was meant for caribou, and the ritual was a way to cope with the feelings of "this is terrible, but we have to do it in order to survive." And also to make sure that everyone shared the guilt, and no one would talk about it if they did survive.

Even so, I think I might regret watching the rest! There is definitely too much terrifying situations & body horror me of thirty years ago, but I find I am less sensitive to horror now. And I will watch a lot of stuff for Melanie Lynskey.