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 in her too much, which makes sense. The Darkling doesn’t listen so guess what Zoyal does? She uses her Squallor power to mess up his room, making papers fly everywhere. There you go, you neat control freak. Good luck cleaning that up.

The Crows’ carriage stops. Alina gets out and comes face-to-face with the Crows, who detain her. She sweeps her arm and some light shoots out.

Kaz and Jesper freeze for more than several seconds; Inej is the only one who isn’t affected but she lets Alina go. What’s going on here? Even if they were scared and blinded by the light, either Kaz or Jesper should be able to recover right away and snatch Alina, right? Come on, Brekker, you gambled everything you have for this mission, do something more than just threatening people that you will do something!

Alina starts walking around with absolutely no plan. She is teased and harassed by a Ravkan man, who she burns with her light in a moment of desperation. She runs into the woods and ta-da, Mal has gotten out too and is waiting for her there. I wonder what Alina would have done if she had not met Mal here. It feels like the story just makes her wander around so she can run into Mal. No thoughts on the fact that she just had to abandon her study and her friends from the Little Palace?

In a pub, Kaz asks Inej how she dared to let Alina go. Look, Brekker, Alina was able to escape because you and Jesper were scared of a flashlight.

Nina and Matthias get washed up on a beach. It’s freezing cold, they seek refuge at a whaler’s hut. Matthias would rather die than huddle with Nina for warmth. But in the end, he probably decides he’s too young to die, so young he hasn’t even grown a beard yet. So they huddle and fall asleep on the bed.

Amidst people’s effort to survive and the Grisha’s long-term plan to get rid of the fold that divides their country, we have something a lot more important. VERY, very “important”. Mal and Alina need to make up. They talk and here’s the deal: Mal did write to Alina and Alina did write to Mal. Hooray… hug.

I’m not going to lie here, Mal and Alina are adorable together, though in a very friendly way.

The Darkling and his men find the Crows. Kaz, Inej, and Jesper go separate ways to divert their attention. Some fights happen. In short, Jesper and Inej are way too good for the Darkling’s Grisha. But what about Kaz? He has a showdown with the Darkling himself.

The Darkling asks where Kaz has hidden Alina. Kaz answers: She left on her own, which is true. This brings some tears to Big D’s eyes because he really thought she was kidnapped.

The Darkling uses the Cut, Kaz has a… mini bomb, which somehow enables him to disappear before the Cut touches him. Really? Are you telling me that Kaz is able to escape the DARKLING’s deadliest trick but he couldn’t do anything when a barely trained Grisha sweeps her arm at him?

Inej is injured during her fight so the Crows steal the Darkling’s carriage to move along. Yes, they successfully STEAL the carriage that belongs to the leader of Grisha. Maybe the Darkling needs to reevaluate the competence of his men.

Plan B. David says he and Genya gave Alina a ring that can enable them to track her down.

Nina and Matthias wake up in each other’s arms. Neither of them wants this. Or do they?

Matthias can’t stand how blunt Nina is. Or can he?

COMMENTS

Mixing the Crows with Shadow and Bone isn’t a good idea, after all. The confrontation between Kaz and the Darkling, as cool as it looks, is proof of this. The Cut is said to be the Darkling’s ultimate weapon, something that never misses once deployed. Kaz is said to be a master of tricks and illusions, who never fails to outsmart his opponent. So when you have two such characters in the same room, one of them is bound to be unfaithful to their original description.

In this case, because Kaz can’t die yet, it’s the Darkling who is made incompetent to serve the point that Kaz is great. Not when Kaz meets Alina, though. That’s when Kaz needs to be made useless so Alina can begin her roaming and run into Mal.

Can the Crows just have their own show, please?