The two of them are about to embark on a new journey, one that will take them to places they never thought possible. They’re going to be stars in the game of their dreams, but there’s more than just fame and fortune at stake.
Diana and Matthew take a giant leap in the discovery of witches season 2 episode 1 recap.
Diana and Matthew’s adversaries pose a bigger danger than they have ever posed before in episode 8, the season finale. Friends, loved ones, and new allies gather behind them to discover methods to stop the Congregation’s species-separatist wing. They need to locate a secure location for Diana to learn how to solve both problems since her magic and the Book of Life remain the key to a long-term solution.
Recap
Juliette confronts Diana and Matthew in the Bishop barn in Upstate New York, and we continue up where we left off. As Matthew understands that an adversary is threatening Diana’s life, Juliette takes her by the neck and rushes to the barn to evaluate the situation. He inquires whether Gerbert is also present.
“I’ve left him,” Juliette says, her eyes welling up with rage. You’ve forgotten about me! And now you’re trying to mate with her.”
As Juliette talks, Matthew moves forward: “If you harm her…”
“I have to know how she did it,” Juliette says. Kiss her on the cheek. Alternatively, I’ll make her bleed.”
“It’ll be fine,” Matthew says as he rubs Diana’s face, as if she were a pet. Everything will be fine.” He kisses her after that. She replies in hushed tones.
“You enjoy how she reacts to you?” Juliette asks, almost poking a finger through Diana’s skin and vein. Gerbert fathered me and raised me to be the target of your lust. “I was worthless.”
“I apologize,” Matthew says.
Given the amount of pain she’s had as a result of and because of him, saying sorry isn’t enough.
She throws Diana aside and slices Matthew’s throat with a sharp fingernail. She then reaches inside his chest and inflicts severe harm. Even for a vampire in this world, he soon bleeds out, which is typically deadly.
Diana regains consciousness and pushes Juliette away from Matthew, who has fallen. Juliette shouts that magic alone will not be sufficient to rescue him. Diana abandons her mission to save Matthew in favor of fighting Juliette. On her hands, fireballs form, which transform into a flaming bow and arrow. Diana fires a flaming arrow into Juliette’s chest, sending her flying through the barn’s rear wall and killing her on the ground.
Diana returns her attention to Matthew, who is making the most of his impending death. He tells Diana that he’s happy he discovered True Love before he meets his True Death. Diana isn’t having it with the self-sacrifice nonsense.
Unless she’s the one who’s giving up something.
She appeals to the Goddess for assistance in rescuing her True Love. The Goddess warns Diana that there will be a cost for her assistance. In return for Matthew’s life, Diana promises to do or provide whatever the Goddess desires. The Goddess hands her a knife and instructs her to splatter her blood on Matthew.
The rest of the family eventually realizes that something is wrong with The Force. They dash towards the barn. Marcus wants to inspect Matthew, but Diana won’t allow him to go too close.
Diana slashes her wrist and gives it to Matthew, but he’s too frail to accept it that way. Marcus is certain that her blood will not be sufficient to cure his wounds. No one can interfere with Diana and Matthew because a mystical bubble develops around them. Sarah informs Diana that she is unable to rescue him.
Diana assures the Goddess that she will go to whatever length to rescue Matthew. He fangs into her neck and feeds like it’s his life on the line, which it is. She sees his memories of her and experiences the emotions associated with them as he feeds. She’s still alive when he quits, but she’s dying. He’s awake again, and the wound on his neck has almost healed, but the one on his chest seems to be open.
Marcus goes to the blood bank to get Diana replacement blood. Because they live in a remote location, it takes some time. When Matthew returns, he’s up and grumbling that Marcus isn’t adequately caring for Diana’s medical needs. Marcus says that he must insert the IV line in Diana’s right arm, not her left, as Matthew requested, since that side is full with vampire saliva and would not absorb the fresh blood correctly.
I’d want to know more about the consequences of Diana ingesting so much vampire saliva. How closely does it resemble Matthew’s blood effects? Is it assisting in her survival? Is it true that saliva aids in enthralling the victim?
Domenico pays Gerbert a visit, claiming that he hasn’t heard anything from Juliette. Gerbert inquires as to what Domenico knows about Matthew. Domenico acts as though he has no idea where he is. Domenico is informed by Gerbert that they must locate Diana and Matthew.
The Bishops are a well-known witch family with a long history. Gerbert’s inability to find out where they reside looks ridiculous. Domenico and Juliette are his only servants, right? Is it true that they can’t conduct a Google search on their phones?
Domenico says that he has more knowledge to give, but that he would want to be paid for it. Gerbert calls him a jerk and refuses to pay him. The details of their agreement are unknown, but it’s apparent that Domenico despises Gerbert and the de Clermonts and pits them against one another.
Gerbert is sent to Domenico’s filthy basement, where he is presently keeping Satu. Gerbert taunts her and then inquires about Meridiana’s whereabouts.
“I let her go,” Satu says. She’d been captivated by you for quite some time. No one should be forced to live in servitude for centuries.”
Satu is mainly a pawn being moved between Domenico, Gerbert, and Peter, thus she may be speaking for Juliette and herself as well as Meridiana. They want to get their hands on Diana and battle over who gets to enslave her, but the de Clermonts have Diana’s allegiance already sealed. Diana was deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deaf
Gerbert wonders whether Diana has the same power as Meridiana. Diana, Satu thinks, is more powerful. Gerbert is enraged because Satu prevented him from claiming Diana and instead allowed Matthew de Clermont to take her from La Pierre. She says it was an unintentional mishap that she regrets. Gerbert examines her more carefully and finds that she used up all of her abilities battling Diana, and they haven’t returned.
“She really defeated you,” Gerbert says.
“Baldwin has kept me imprisoned here because I’m a threat to him,” Satu says. “Do you really want to know why?”
Miriam informs Matthew that Diana astonished her by having the bravery to cure him with her blood, despite the fact that there was no assurance that he would quit drinking before she died. Miriam was also shocked by the witch fire since it wasn’t in her DNA markers. She wants to put Diana through additional testing. Matthew declines right away.
“Matthew, she’s the most powerful witch we’ve ever met,” Miriam says. She is also not a descendant of the old clans. If we could trace her genetic ancestry, we’d be able to figure out how abilities that were thought to be extinct had survived…”
Matthew hesitantly agrees to seek Diana for her permission to conduct further testing. Miriam gives them some space when Diana stirs.
“You desired me all this time and you resisted,” Diana says to Matthew. She’s overjoyed, as though she’s finally convinced of his devotion.
Diana inquires as to whether he had feelings for Juliette. He claims to have done so in the past, but Gerbert had her trained to spy on him and his family. Diana had no regrets about murdering her in order to rescue Matthew. Diana has Matthew’s gratitude for murdering his ex-girlfriend and then giving the majority of her blood to save his life.
In the Creature World, Juliette, Lies and Love
Juliette (Elarica Johnson), another female character who deserved more, has left us.
Diana and Matthew aren’t the most emotionally balanced couple. He has a death fixation, which he is gradually converting to a fascination with her. She was a lonely, numb person who, like him, was terrified of loss and death and yearning to belong someplace. She’s now infatuated with him as a rescuer and soulmate, the mythical prince she was meant to meet from her mother’s tales, the vampire who would save her from her dark and dismal existence.
In a tale with so much maneuvering and intrigue, it all seems a little heavy-handed. If Anna and Matthew were meant to meet, her parents wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to make it happen, even isolating their daughter as if she were Rapunzel trapped in an ivory tower. Every time I watch it again, I get the impression that this is more of a planned marriage.
Matthew and Juliette have been together for a long time. When he discovered that Gerbert had made her especially for him, he dropped her, as if she were a precious item whose legitimacy had suddenly been proved to be fake. To put it another way, they were a pre-arranged couple. Juliette remained the same person before and after learning that Gerbert wanted them together for his own reasons; she had always been a victim of strong men. Many of the women in this tale are, too, even if they don’t always recognize it in the world, particularly when the men are de Clermonts. It was natural that Matthew was enraged that Juliette had lied to him, but if he really loved her, he should have understood the reality of her position and forgave her sooner rather than later (at the very least). Vampires, after all, are forced to lie as a means of existence. He has already deceived Diana.
Matthew and Juliette have been together for a long time. When he discovered that Gerbert had made her especially for him, he dropped her, as if she were a precious item whose legitimacy had suddenly been proved to be fake. To put it another way, they were a pre-arranged couple. Juliette remained the same person before and after learning that Gerbert wanted them together for his own reasons; she had always been a victim of strong men. Many of the women in this tale are, too, even if they don’t always recognize it in the world, particularly when the men are de Clermonts. It was natural that Matthew was enraged that Juliette had lied to him, but if he really loved her, he should have understood the reality of her position and forgave her sooner rather than later (at the very least). Vampires, after all, are forced to lie as a means of existence. He has already deceived Diana.
Matthew is concerned that more of their adversaries would discover them at their top-secret hideaway, such as Peter, who previously discovered Diana there. He recommends that they timewalk and hide in the past so that no one can track them down to their new hiding spot.
Following Peter’s discovery that Satu has returned to Venice, Baldwin asks for the Congregation to reassemble. He calls Matthew to warn him that he won’t be able to stop the inquiry from following them again after the Congregation gathers. Matthew attempts to get additional time, but Baldwin has exhausted all of his options.
Matthew enters the front sitting room, which is once again rumbling with magic. The fireplace throws out an old poppet this time. Diana walks in just as Matthew is about to take up the phone. Poppets are employed to aid in the casting of spells, she says. Matthew tells her that a poppet put her ancestor Bridget Bishop in trouble. Diana admits that a poppet was used as evidence in the Salem Witch Trials to condemn her.
Matthew explains witch lore to the witch once again. It’s a good idea to make it into a drinking game.
Inside the poppet, Diana finds a pearl drop earring. It’s an earring Philippe gave to Ysabeau, which she then misplaced hundreds of years ago. Matthew is perplexed as to what the home is attempting to communicate.
That the de Clermonts have been meddling in the lives of the Bishop witches for a long time?
Ysabeau takes out the matching earring at Sept-Tours, while Marthe and Hamish collect additional things Matthew need. Hamish is on his way to Madison to personally deliver them.
Back in Madison, the vampires and witches talk about the practicalities of going back in time to hide. Since Steven described his method to her, Em knows the most about how it works. A traveler must take three things from that time and location in order to reach a certain moment in the past. Those are the things Hamish is bringing you.
Returning to the present requires pure spellwork, which is easy for short periods of time but becomes more difficult with time. Em isn’t revealing whether Stephen told her anything more. Diana will have to practice to figure it out. Sarah and Em accompany her into the woods as her guides. They tell her to lift up her foot and concentrate on where she wants to go and when she wants to get there, then put her foot down and travel.
Em advises her that magic is in the heart, not the head, and that she should concentrate on her emotional connection to where she’s going as much as the time and place—think about Matthew as much as she thinks about the stillroom 15 minutes earlier. That counsel succeeds, and she soon masters the skill to regulate her timewalking.
“Beware the witch with the blood of the lion and the wolf,” Gerbert warns. She will kill the children of the night with it.”
Gerbert storms into the Witches’ Archives, reading the prophesy aloud to Peter and telling him that he’s been trying to figure it out for ages. He first assumed it was referring to Satu, but when Diana defeated Satu, he now thinks she is the witch mentioned in the prophesy.
For once, Peter asks the correct question: where is Satu? As a stalling ploy to give Matthew and Diana more time, Gerbert informs him that Baldwin has her. They may expel him from the Congregation if they can show that he is keeping a Congregation member hostage to help a family member who is violating the Covenant. The de Clermonts would be weakened as a result. Gerbert and Peter want to kidnap Diana by taking advantage of the following turmoil.
Hanish, Sophie, and Nat arrive in Madison with the goods from Sept-Tours. Despite the fact that Nat’s mother, Agatha, is a member of the Congregation, he assures that they are trustworthy. Sophie presents Diana with a chess piece shaped like Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, that has been passed down through her family for centuries. Matthew knows it as a piece he lost in a gamble many years ago on All Souls Night. It’s unclear how it ended up in Sophie’s family.
Nat wants to go after Sophie has given him the chess piece, but Sophie feels that they have more work to do there. She realizes that they must tell this gang of vampires, witches, and demons the truth about their family. Sophie trusts her Second Sight and informs the group that her parents were witches, despite the fact that she is a daemon. The vampire scientific team is immediately enthralled, and the daemons are welcomed to remain. Sophie’s family background must be kept hidden from the Congregation, as Hamish reminds everyone.
Matthew dismisses Sophie’s family’s warning, then informs Diana that the earrings were in the same location as the chess piece the night he lost it in a wager. Witches think the barrier between the living and the dead is particularly thin between Halloween and All Souls’ Day, according to Diana. Perhaps that would make timewalking a little simpler. All Hallows’ Eve is just 6 days away. Diana claims that all she has to do now is be ready on time.
On the front porch, Sophie, Sarah, and Em carve pumpkins, while Nat and Marcus bond over firewood. Sophie is relieved that Nat has made a friend who shares her desire to make the world a better place. Em inquires about Sophie’s well-being, admitting that she overheard her sobbing in the bathroom the night before. Sophie admits to having nightmares, but she doesn’t want to bother Nat. Em and Sarah haven’t had anybody to mother them since Diana departed, so they provide dream interpretation services.
“I’m in a room with my baby,” Sophie says. Outside, there are footsteps. I’m aware that the Congregation is pursuing me. I don’t give a damn about it, but I’m terrified because they’re also want my baby.”
Sophie may be certain that she is now in the company of witches, and that Em and Sarah will do all possible to protect her and the baby.
Sophie had a foreshadowing dream. Dreams and visions are particularly terrifying when they come true. But, since we know Sophie has impressions and detects patterns, it’s likely that sorting through all of that data to figure out what’s worth sharing with others and what’ll simply make her seem insane or like she’s overreacting would be tough. Nat, I’m sure, takes her seriously, but she’d have the reverse issue with him: a dream doesn’t offer her many specifics with which to respond, so it simply creates anxiety until the pattern becomes clearer or the future shifts on its own.
On her way back to Venice, Agatha phones Nat to inform them that the Congregation is reconvening, and that they should be cautious, particularly Diana. He informs her that the alternative Congregation consists of three vampires, three witches, and three demons.
For practice, Diana and Matthew go back in time 25 days to a meal with Marthe and Ysabeau in Sept-Tours, followed by dancing. Diana is concerned that they may run across their previous selves, but he points out that she has yet to encounter any of them.
The timewalker is being lectured on magic by a vampire. Everyone, have a drink. I’m not sure whether the spellbinding caused her brain damage. Or maybe it was the unraveling of the enchantment that did it. She seems to have lost sight of the fact that she has a PhD and a job. For the last month, she hasn’t even checked in on her flat. All she thinks about now that she’s created the witch wind is Matthew.
She wonders how they know it’s the proper night when they return to Sept-Tours. They don’t, he claims.
Drink once more.
When they go downstairs, they find out that it’s target night. After supper, Matthew dances with Ysabeau once again. Diana and Marthe are watching Matthew de Clermont’s performance.
The de Clermonts are still being plotted against by Gerbert and Peter. Philippe, according to Gerbert, weighted the Congregation in favor of the de Clermonts when he established it. They have a designated seat, therefore Baldwin will be replaced by another de Clermont. Marcus is expected to be the culprit, but they believe he will be much easier to manage than Matthew and Baldwin.
Since Matthew and Baldwin have live sisters out in the world, like as Verin, who should be next in line before Marcus, it seems that de Clermonts (and vampires in general) do not allow female members to sit on the Congregation. Ysabeau should be given priority over the others.
Diana and Matthew arrive in Madison just in time for Diana’s family’s and guests’ farewell supper. Several individuals push Nat to allow the vampires to test the baby’s DNA. Nat refuses, maybe feeling Matthew’s skepticism against his family. Sarah raises a glass to odd friendships, demonstrating how far she’s gone in embracing everyone at the table despite first being skeptical.
After dinner, Matthew informs Hamish that he will relinquish command of the Knights of Lazarus. He thinks the Knights will be called upon to defend many more animals in the near future, and that they will need a new source of energy to do so. He wants Hamish to become a Knight so he may continue his job.
He also makes a nasty remark regarding Sophie’s parentage, implying that she may be lying. This is precisely why Nat didn’t want him around his child. Who wants to subject their child to a scientific experiment for someone who treats their family as if they are beneath them, particularly a vampire with a history of violence and cruelty? Daemons have enough trouble in the world without having to reveal their secrets to Matthew de Clermont.
If the Knights are to take on the Congregation, Hamish insists on Matthew being the one to lead them. Matthew claims that he may not be able to since Diana may not be able to bring them home with her.
Despite Diana’s rapid advancement and tremendous strength, I’m going to go with Matthew’s lack of confidence in her. Hamish, on the other hand, throws him a nasty look and then goes to have a private chat with Diana.
Matthew hasn’t informed Diana or anybody else about their plans. If they don’t return in a fair period of time, their companions won’t be able to locate another timewalker to save them. Diana may or may not want to know where she’s going, Hamish speculates. She tells him that she just wants to live in the now before moving on to the future.
Another evidence of Diana’s lobotomy and Matthew’s suicide desire.
Hamish attempts to gently warn her that Matthew will be much worse than he has been in the past, and she would be without supporters. He’ll have her at his mercy. Hamish is probably recalling Matthew’s desire for her and imagining that Matthew would love having her completely under his control. He may opt to leave things as they are.
Diana’s strength is useless if she doesn’t defend herself from Matthew. Matthew, on the other hand, drank her nearly completely dry. I believe his need for her blood has been sated. He’s just possessive of her now. He doesn’t need to keep her captive as he did in the past as long as she’s cooperative.
As Baldwin has directed, the Congregation reconvenes for Satu’s trial in the abduction of Diana from Sept-Tours. Satu’s might is regaining its former glory. Peter expresses his support for her and warns her that she may need to utilize her power today.
As everyone prepares to depart Madison, Matthew tells Nat that if they feel threatened, they should bring Sophie to Sept-Tours. Because Peter and Gerbert will surely come up to the Bishop home searching for Diana and Matthew, Sarah and Em will already be there. Matthew vampire-splains to the Black demon that they are in for a major battle. “I’ve been battling my whole life,” Nat replies.
Diana thanks Sophie for the statue and begs her to look after herself and the baby. Sophie expresses her gratitude for bringing it and for meeting Diana. It seems that their meeting was crucial. Diana concurs.
Hamish asks Matthew whether he thinks the witches could get their hands on the Book of Life while he and Diana are away. Matthew says that the book’s enchantment has been shattered since it has been harmed in the present. However, it may have been complete in the past. Hamish instructs him to return to the present with the intact book.
Stephen returned with a few insignificant items, but removing an influential object from its position in the time stream seems like a terrible decision. It may even be impossible due to Time’s inherent laws.
Baldwin tries to shave time off Satu’s trial by accusing and convicting her in an one breath. She admits to kidnapping Diana and pleads guilty. He condemns her to losing her Congregation seat, with the witches deciding on additional punishment, and then tries to adjourn the Congregation before anybody can bring up fresh business.
Satu isn’t easily hushed. She informs the Congregation that she kidnapped Diana because she thought Matthew and Baldwin had teamed together to prevent the Congregation from interrogating her, and she was correct. She says that she brought Diana to a secure location where they could talk, but Matthew and Baldwin followed them.
Working against the Congregation constitutes treason, according to Peter. Baldwin refutes Satu’s allegations and states that he despises Matthew. He’s not likely to assist him. Gerbert mentions the Knights of Lazarus, portraying them as a rival organization founded at the same time as the Covenant by Philippe de Clermont. The Knights, according to Gerbert, are intended to “advance the vampire cause.” According to Baldwin, their goal is to protect people who are unable to defend themselves.
Actually, it’s a combination of the two. The two tasks serve as cover for one another, allowing for additional secrets to be revealed.
The rest is obvious to Peter: as Grand Master, Matthew commanded Baldwin to defend Diana. Baldwin disputes it, but it’s clear that he’s lying. Gerbert and Peter, who plotted this encounter before the trial, pretended to be taken aback by the vampire plot to seize the witch and the Book of Life. Baldwin’s resignation from the Congregation is demanded. The debate becomes more heated when Baldwin refuses. Agatha enters and reminds everyone that this is something that should be determined by a vote.
Gerbert takes over and establishes the conditions of the vote: Baldwin is charged with treason and faces execution by beheading and fire if found guilty. Baldwin argues that this is an old penalty that is no longer used, but Gerbert assures him that no newer punishment has been put into the books. Agatha, ever the voice of reason, reminds them that everyone gets a vote, including Satu and Baldwin, and that they need time to debate and consider their options.
Sarah and Em bid Diana and Matthew farewell as they go for Sept-Tours, a location where the two witches never expected to be welcomed. Em expresses her affection for Diana. Sarah encourages Diana to have faith in herself and her abilities.
For the voting, the congregation reconvenes. Those who vote guilty are asked to raise their hands, according to Gerbert. All three witches, as well as Gerbert, vote guilty. Domenico is the unexpected swing vote who keeps his hand in his pocket. Baldwin requests a vote of not guilty. The three daemons, Baldwin, and, last, Domenico, raise their hands. Baldwin is found not guilty of treason by Agatha. No more delaying, Peter insists that he tell them where Diana and Matthew are.
Domenico tells Baldwin that he owes him a loan as the animals depart the meeting. Baldwin expresses gratitude to Agatha for her assistance. She reminds him that she has a motive to defend Diana as well, but that he also owes the daemons.
Diana’s cheek is swabbed by Miriam for the DNA sample they need to continue their investigation. She and Marcus then get ready to depart. She goes away after telling Matthew that she despises goodbyes. Diana departs as well, leaving Matthew and Marcus to their own devices. Marcus gathers his belongings and waits for his father to give him a meaningful farewell, similar to what Diana received from her aunts. Marcus makes a grimace and walks away while Matthew simply stares at him.
Matthew informs Marcus that he has something for him and gives him a letter with the request that he read it. It’s an official message from the Knights of Lazarus, transferring command from Matthew to Marcus.
Marcus isn’t keen about it. When Philippe pushed it on him, he used the argument that he didn’t want the same person to sit on the Congregation and command the Knights at the same time—a weak justification, because they rotate who sits on the Congregation, and it would ultimately come back to Matthew, as we heard earlier in the episode.
Philippe didn’t want Baldwin to have it, Matthew says, presumably because Baldwin is a great soldier and businessman but lacks empathy and compassion. Alternately, you can modify. Philippe, I’ve always believed, knew Matthew wouldn’t be able to hold it for long, and his true plan was for Marcus, his youthful (by vampire standards) revolutionary grandson, to take over when the time came. That moment has arrived, since significant changes in the monster world are unavoidable, and many of the old vampires are unable to adapt as quickly as others.
“My son, you are the only one I trust to perform the job,” Matthew says.
Marcus will be unable to resist this vote of confidence in his talents, Matthew knows, since the whole clan has always treated him like a kid. They embrace when Marcus offers a little sign of approval. Matthew informs Marcus in French that he now serves him as Grand Master.
After Marcus and Miriam have left, Matthew sits on the front porch and looks into the distance, while Diana works her candle-lighting magic on the Halloween pumpkins. Then he informs her that it’s time to travel back in time. They lock the door and change into clothes that is suitable for the time period they are visiting. Diana is dressed in a lengthy white nightgown, while Matthew is dressed in a flowy white shirt.
Diana shows him an item that Ysabeau put to the clothing bag (perhaps a necklace?). “It says, ‘A ma vie de coeur entier.’ That means, ‘My whole heart for my whole life.’”
The chess piece and the jewelry are given to her by Matthew. Baldwin leaves a voicemail informing them that Gerbert, Peter, and Satu are on their way and that their time is up. They must escape immediately, and if they are apprehended, they must be prepared for everything.
Gerbert, Peter, and Satu arrive to the Bishop’s residence in a vehicle encased in a magical stealth bubble that hides their presence. The bubble continues to envelop them as they leave the vehicle and approach the home, mainly due to Satu, looking like total badasses.
I’d mistake Satu’s magical bubble for a huge hamster ball if he wasn’t so wonderful.
When Diana timewalks to the distant past, oblivious to the danger outside, Matthew offers her the third thing she needs to find them in time and space. It’s a very ancient book. “Set thy studies and begin to sound the depth of that which thou shalt profess,” she reads from it. Dr. Faustus is a fictional character. “Do you know who Christopher Marlowe is?”
Kit and Matthew were good friends, Matthew tells her. It’s going to be a frightening period for animals, with few people to trust. The inscription in the book was written by Kit. And it was to him that Matthew lost the chess piece in a bet on the (supposedly memorable) night they’re going. They’re heading back to 1590 in London, to the Old Lodge. “Every year for the Catholic Holy Days of All Saints and All Souls, a number of us would gather in the old lodge.”
The front entrance is reached by Peter, Gerbert, and Satu. They get a feeling Matthew and Diana are alone in the home, in an upstairs room. Satu detects the house’s defensive magic and employs counterspells to open the door.
Diana and Matthew prepare for their timewalk. She instructs him to raise his foot. Satu blasts the front door off its hinges just as she asks to put it down, transporting them to the 16th century.
Commentary
Remember the Book of Life, magic, alchemy, and the pages that were never found? Someday, I’d want to see a film adaptation of the novels that puts them at the forefront rather than relegating them to the background. The focus of this episode is on Matthew. And making the graphics seem nice, with little left over for the witches and demons, which is ironic given how the vampires in the novels are constantly trying to take over the creature world. They’ve discovered it in the TV show.
Recently, I’ve been wondering whether Diana is a vampire’s unknowing puppet, as Satu implies. There are strong witches who might have defended her from Peter Knox, but not all witches are Peter Knox. Diana, the most powerful witch in decades, is instead herded into the arms of the world’s most powerful vampire family. The more I consider it and pay attention to the finer points of the narrative, the more skeptical I get.
The de Clermonts place a high emphasis on family and clan and mate fidelity. When Miriam’s mate, a close friend of Matthew’s, died, she shifted her devotion to him. Others show Matthew a ludicrous amount of devotion, in part because he is a de Clermont prince, but he doesn’t reciprocate, not even to his son Marcus. Diana pulls Matthew and Marcus closer together, although they don’t get along in the novels before she comes. I’m curious whether Philippe’s partiality for Matthew influenced the rest of the family to feel more love and forgiveness towards him than they normally would. Some others, such as Baldwin, dislike Matthew in any case.
Was Philippe aware that a prophesy said that Matthew would end up with a witch? Meridiana’s prophecies about Diana aren’t the only ones circulating around. Sophie has been having prophetic dreams about herself, as well as a family prophesy that has been handed down down the centuries. Philippe may have been aware of a prophesy involving Matthew and a witch he’d meet someday, prompting him to prepare Matthew for the part he’d ultimately play.
It’s all about strategy and power for Gerbert and Domenico. Although I am fascinated by Domenico’s wedding ring, Gerbert emphasizes commitment to individuals, whereas Domenico loves loyalty to location. Long ago, he was married to another vampire, according to the companion book The World of All Souls.
More and more, I find myself pulling for Domenico. I don’t like Juliette’s death, but he didn’t cause it in the novel, so I’m overlooking it. Juliette isn’t the frantic stalker in the novel who can’t let Matthew go. She’s largely over him and focused on keeping Gerbert, her owner/sire, happy, but still resenting the fact that her life was stolen from the start.
The de Clermonts’ devotion to Diana and their knowledge that she loves and is devoted to Matthew is cemented by Diana’s self-sacrifice to rescue Matthew from Juliette (to the death). It pushes her farther away from her natural home with the witches and toward the vampires, particularly the de Clermonts. It makes the witches even more wary of her and certain that the de Clermonts have her enslaved.
While events seem to develop organically in some respects, it is clear that they did not in others. Stephen had no business being outside the library. When Peter came there, her parents should not have expected her to remain spellbound. Every time there’s a problem, she shouldn’t be provided with the precise memories she needs to view at the exact times she needs to see them. Stephen, like Diana when she’s not quite timewalking, was blurring in and out throughout the enthralling, something I didn’t mention previously. It may imply nothing, or it could indicate that he returned later and messed with the magic or memory.
We know there are several conspiracies at work in this story: Peter and his coven have a plan, Gerbert has been plotting for ages, and Domenico, Stephen, and Rebecca have devised a strategy. I believe certain de Clermonts factions were aware of Diana’s impending arrival and devised measures to ensure she became their witch.
AMC provided the images for this article.
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Diana and Matthew take a giant leap in their relationship when they decide to move in together. Reference: a discovery of witches books.
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