Instead she and Matthew bicker about who is protecting whom as he urges her to stay hidden for her own safety, and she gets roundly insulted by everyone.Ī Discovery of Witches Season 1 Recap: Diana, Matthew, The Prophecy and The Congregation By Louisa MellorĪs with the first season, Witches 2 is epic and sumptuous in its cinematography and settings and does just as much globetrotting too. Add in scenes set in the modern world Matthew and Diana have left behind and the scale feels bigger still, but also less focused. Matthew’s character is distinctly more at home here than Diana’s (which makes logical sense because Matthew lived through this era once already and is reunited with old friends) but it does mean that at times Diana struggles for agency. History buffs and fans of Elizabethan literature should get a kick out of this alt timeline, though some might find the references a bit ‘clever-clever’ (if you found Shakespeare in Love hilarious you’ll probably be fine). This Elizabethan setting allows a host of real life historical characters to be brought into play including Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe the playwright who in this universe is a demon. Just beginning to get a handle on her considerable powers, Diana has discovered she’s a ‘timewalker’ and transported her and Matthew back to Elizabethan era London where the two plan to search for The Book Of Life, or Ashmole 782, the ancient text which is said to contain the secrets of witches, vampires and demons and may help to explain why these creatures’ power is diminished in the modern day (the major concern of season one). Season two finds our protagonists witch Diana (Teresa Palmer) and vampire Matthew (Matthew Goode) hiding in time. There’s nothing that ruins a fizzy will-they-won’t-they relationship like the couple getting together and being happily in love. If the first season of A Discovery of Witches was like cooler, sexier Twilight for grown ups then season two might be likened to the later, less sexy installments of that saga.
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