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‘Shadow and Bone’ Recap: Season 1, Ep. 8

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 …

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‘Shadow and Bone’ Recap: Season 1, Ep. 7

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 …

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‘Shadow and Bone’ Recap: Season 1, Ep. 5

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 …

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‘Shadow and Bone’ Recap: Season 1, Ep. 3 + 4

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 …

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‘Shadow and Bone’ Recap: Season 1, Ep. 2

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, …

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‘Shadow and Bone’ Recap: Season 1, Ep. 1

Welcome to a very brief recap of episode 1 of the Netflix show Shadow and Bone. 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 occurrences. SOME BACKGROUND INFO Shadow and Bone takes …

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