Murders in England
Domenico (Greg Chillin) is called by a police officer to look at the body of a man ravaged quite viciously around his neck. The vampire says it was the right thing to do and wants a report of the post-mortem. He then heads to Venice to tell Gerbert (Trevor Eve) that he is here to negotiate, having a discovered a body that will help destroy the de Cleremonts once and for all. In exchange though Domenico wants Venice back as it is his home city. Gerbert is intrigued as the other vampire hints in the rumored tainted blood of the de Cleremonts. Very interesting.
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Building bridges between worlds isn’t an easy task, but it makes for a captivating over-arching theme in Deborah Harkness’
A Discovery of Witches homes in on the prejudiced attitudes that pose as obstacles to building those very bridges. The question of if people (or creatures, in this case) are capable of change is one thing; what ends up being compromised is entirely another.
The episode begins with Diana’s aunts, Emily (Valarie Pettiford) and Sarah (Alex Kingston), as they adjust to their new circumstances, living in hiding while Matthew and Diana are time-traveling. They are staying at Sept Tours, the territory of the de Clermont family, and their hostess Ysabeau (Lindsay Duncan), Matthew’s vampire mother who is infamous for her murder sprees of witches. To say things are tense is bit of an overstatement, but it shows just how extraordinary their situation is.