Perhaps it’s the leather outfit riling Matthew – breathable fabrics not being a thing in the 16 th century, it must have been an uncomfortable time. She’d better not have to spend her entire stay in Elizabethan England as an apologist for and pacifier of het-up men. Has the two-and-a-bit-year break between the first and second seasons made him forget that about a fortnight ago ‘Mistress Roydon’ not only saved his life but also rescued herself from a fairy tale dungeon, drained the powers of a dark witch and killed a vampire with an arrow made of fire? Somebody get that vamp a boxset.Ī Discovery of Witches Season 1 Recap: Diana, Matthew, The Prophecy and The Congregation By Louisa Mellorįrustratingly stripped of allies, Diana was forced to spend the season opener patiently and steadily reminding everybody that she has a mind of her own. He laid down the law and fumed whenever she exercised freedom of mind. Not for a second did she think that her modern, lab-based beau would slot right back into his old job of poking holes in Catholics, and right back into the social mores of the age.ĭiana and Matthew aren’t yet married, but that didn’t stop him from treating her like a possession this episode. Diana must have imagined spending her time-walk eating marchpane, playing at lawn bowls and getting fingered on the royal barge. Or she would have been if when she arrived, everybody in Elizabethan London including her vampire lover wasn’t acting like a prize knob. To meet Sir Walter Raleigh, see St Paul’s before Christopher Wren got his hands on it, wear gowns so voluminous that a small family and several pets could be comfortably housed beneath her skirts… she’d be living the dream. To a history nut like her, the prospect of experiencing life in the 16th century must have been quite something. Our spoiler-free review is here.Īs honeymoon destinations go, Elizabethan London isn’t quite the Maldives (fewer coconuts, roughly the same amount of leeches) but for historian Dr Diana Bishop, it may as well be. This A Discovery of Witches review contains spoilers.
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