We all need more Jace
angst. Apparently. Let’s make this even more fun by having Lillith be one of
those villains who feels the need to exposition her motives which are already
pretty obvious
Did you know Lillith
loved her son and is now sacrificing people to bring him back? Did this news
shock you? Did you actually not need Lillith to tell an entranced Jace all
about it? Do you actually have the cognitive function greater than a small
terrapin?
So after this
unnecessary exposition Lillith learns that Jace’s owl trance can be broken by
the touch of Clary because everything must centre her
Clary frets over Jace
but Jace won’t tell anyone what he’s going through on account of Clary using up
the world’s one angel wish on his sorry arse and not on something more
important like cheese that tastes awesome while also being zero calories or
that any chef who makes “foam” fall into a volcano. Or for acting lessons.
Clary missed so many opportunities
He continues in full
denial. And when Alec asks after him both Jace and Clary refuse to answer
questions. Alec is also concerned because Jace’s suicidal mother had mental
health problems and he wants to offer support for Jace in case he has inherited
some issues. Jace doesn’t react well to this news and continues to deny
But he does go to see
Luke who confirms that, yes, his mother had some problems with hallucinations
but refused all help. Which is pretty much what Jace is going to do. And I’m
not even going to begin to talk about representation of mental illness here
since we know he’s not mentally ill but I WILL give the nod that Luke and Alec
both speak in terms of support and care rather than fear which is something
What Jace does, all
Owly, is go into the basement and uses woo-woo to depossess the woman from last
episode, turning her non-demon: because a demonic possession could be used to
track Lillith.
This is going to keep
on going for some time.
Heidi, the vampire
Raphael captured who escaped last episode has now run amok, eating people and
generally being a naughty vampire. Izzy and Clary are on the hunt and take the
time hunting dangerous vampires to talk about Izzy’s love life. Basically she
likes hot doctor but really he’s mundane and she’s still focused on Raphael
Raphael is also
hunting Heidi and while Clary and Izzy are killing the new vampire she turned,
Raphael fights Heidi. And loses - and gets chained up nearly naked on a
rooftop. Time for people to exposition things they already know at each other!
So, Heidi was locked
up by Raphael to experiment on, exposing her to sunlight to try and create a
daylighter. This is a pretty unpleasant thing to do. So she’s chained him near
naked just before dawn so he can die in daylight. Along the way we learn she
has had some major issues with family and abandonment.
Izzy and Clary arrive
in time to rescue him while he claims that he totally didn’t know the vampire.
Izzy doesn’t buy it - the revenge is too elaborate. Raphael confesses to
her, talking about his family and how he wanted to be in the sunlight with his
sister and she is utterly outraged that he decided it was acceptable to torture
someone like this for his happiness. She is really mega pissed but agrees not
to report him - but insists he leave the city
I am glad that she
isn’t buying his justification but at the same time don’t really want Raphael
to leave. Apart from anything else he was one of the few Downworlders who would
not bow to the Shadowhunters’ every whim
Speaking of - Luke is
getting a lot of anger from Maia over kicking Simon out and apparently
accepting the inevitability of vampire/werewolf hatred. She also doesn’t buy
protecting the pack since Simon’s rune only works in self-defence
Simone rambles around
homeless (and looking extra sexy) when he’s nearly run over by a an Australian
bike messenger who also happens to have an awesome apartment, a need for a room
mate and shiny Simon kibble just designed to lure him in. Simon thinks he should
say no because of the rune and vampire thing - but Maia insists this is far too
great an opportunity to pass up
And it is - because this is all too perfect a lure for him. And we see why when Ryan gets a call from Luke looking like Luke contacted him to set it up. But Ryan isn’t subject to Luke - he says that Simon belongs to Praetorians. It’s clear Luke’s rank doesn’t command him
Lillith also visits
Magnus
There’s no way this
can end well.
I would say the
greatest impediment to enjoying this show (beyond the writing) is that the main
characters - Jace and Clary - are the least interesting people on this show.
Alec, Simon, Magnus, Raphael, Izzy? All waaaay more interesting.
