![]() ![]() Rather than view the missing pages as a fantasy literature trope, we should instead look to Edward Kelley’s prescient decision to bequeath one page to each creature species. As she points out to Gallowglass, the book needs to stay in the 16th century so that she can find it in the 21st. Dee even though Diana hasn’t really been able to read the contents. ![]() ![]() That said, it’s easy to question why the pair decides to return the book to Dr. Nevertheless, watching young Jack utilize his skillset to recover the book from Lord Burghley’s henchmen is delightfully subtle. Throughout the season the actions of the principal characters center around the acquisition of the book, and though Diana and Matthew acquire the tome with relatively little effort, holding onto it proves a bit more problematic. It’s been a wild ride as Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont continue their search for The Book of Life amidst the creature underworld of 16th century Elizabethan London, and not surprisingly there’s a lot to unpack about the season finale. Not every television series learns exactly how many episodes it has to tell its story, and the Shudder/Sundance Now fantasy drama A Discovery of Witches takes full advantage of that knowledge leading viewers down a season two path that intentionally raises more questions than answers. This A Discovery of Witches article contains major spoilers. ![]()
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