![]() What a relief to know the future, when the future turns out to be a relief. The Queen’s “Shadow” didn’t only soothe her toothache, but also her anxiety about the future of her nation and the legacy she’d leave behind. Matthew Goode and Barbara Marten acted the socks off that one, evoking real emotion from a time-traveller-meets-historical-figure scenario that might as well have come straight from a Bill and Ted movie. Matthew shared another moment of intimacy in his goodbye to Queen Bess (intimacy of a different kind, though admittedly that blood/tooth thing was borderline). Then each panted and rolled away with a look of supreme satisfaction, sparing us no blushes. Diana syphoned a golden ribbon from his forehead into her heart. It’s not often a TV viewer feels they ought to turn their back and attend to some paperwork while two fictional characters enjoy a bit of privacy. Speaking of loins, that heart-vein/witch’s kiss scene was intense. (I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but this season has done even more to stir my resentment towards Christopher Marlowe than having to read Tamburlaine for GCSE.)Ī Discovery of Witches Season 2 Episode 8 Review By Louisa Mellor The anguish of seeing Matthew in such a bestial state was worth it to see those two punished. Louisa especially – a vampire who decided the best way to kill someone wasn’t by using her super-speed, inhuman strength and teeth, but a gun, which she couldn’t aim. This week, those foes were the cartoonish Kit and Louisa, who hatched a Looney Tunes plan to lure Diana to a secret location, do away with her, and then bask in Matthew’s everlasting gratitude. Knot of six: Ca-Kaw! Ca-Kaw! In the same way that Diana’s spellbound powers sprang up to defend her from danger, Corra is here to protect Diana from her foes. Whatever next – big, fiery birds swooping out of people’s midriffs to smite their enemies? Yes, exactly! Don’t you just love fantasy?Ĭorra the firedrake is Diana’s long-promised familiar, an elemental creature unlocked by reaching level six of her weaver training. ![]() Warning: this A Discovery of Witches review contains spoilers.Ī pregnancy! Something really has stuck its finger into the creature gene pot and swirled it around hasn’t it? First it was daemons born to witches and vice versa, now a vampire and a witch have conceived, going against millennia of biology.
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