The Ravkan royal family holds a little gathering. Nikolai’s older brother Vasily is also there, he is the heir apparent to the Ravkan throne, a snob, a snoop, and a drunkard. Vasily clashes with Alina on views regarding Grisha. Nikolai announces his and Alina’s engagement, much to the queen’s disapproval. Alina also expresses the wish …
The Darkling talks with Baghra, whom he has locked in something like a giant birdcage. The conversation goes something like this: ALEK: Lessons. MOM: Mistakes. ALEK: Lessons. MOM: Was Alina a lesson or a mistake? ALEK: … David joins the group, he seems a lot bolder than before. Both he and Genya agree that the …
After some brief exchanges and a few swaggers from the privateer Sturmhond, Alina decides it’s okay to let him in on the Sea Whip thing. Luckily for her, Sturmhond is a good guy. He agrees to make a deal with her and Mal. The Darkling and Alina once again visit each other in a vision. …
Welcome to a brief recap of episode 1 of the Netflix show “Shadow and Bone”, Season 2. If you are looking for details, you will find these recaps neither very helpful nor profound, I strive to be as brief as possible and only comment on things that stand out the most. If you have not …
Nina and Matthias have settled with “friendship” (and a little more) and are staying at a hotel. They are also trying to figure out what to do because obviously Matthias’ country hate Grisha, and Nina’s country would probably tear witch hunters apart on sight, no matter how good-looking they are. When they are down the …
EPISODE 7 RECAP We start out with the story of how the Darkling created the Fold. After he was driven away from his palace advisor job, the Darkling and his Grisha friends were hunted by the king. A Grisha woman — could be either his friend or his beloved, it isn’t clear here — was …
EPISODE 6 RECAP The Darkling interrogates the man who broke into the palace and attacked Genya and also killed Marie. He then decides to lead a group of Grisha to find Alina, believing that she has been kidnapped. Zoya warns the Darkling that they don’t know anything about Alina yet so best not to invest …
This is the episode where everything happens. And I don’t just mean Alina walking in the Darkling’s room in her bathrobe. EPISODE 5 RECAP (*If you are looking for details, you will find these recaps neither very helpful nor profound, I strive to be as brief as possible and only comment on the most critical …
These episodes are generally uneventful for poor Alina. Unless you want to count the slumber party she and the Darkling have in the end. EPISODE 3 & 4 RECAP (*If you are looking for details, you will find these recaps neither very helpful nor profound, I strive to be as brief as possible and only …
EPISODE 2 RECAP After the little incident inside the Shadow Fold, Alina Starkov is taken to see the leader of the Grisha, General Kirigan, the most powerful Shadow Summoner in existence (that they know of). He is also known as “the Darkling”, aka the only title that matters. The Darkling asks Alina a few questions, …
