A Discovery of Witches

Subtitles by explosiveskull

Once the world was full of wonders,

but it belongs to humans now.

We creatures have all but disappeared -

demons, vampires and witches...

hiding in plain sight,

fearful of discovery,

ill at ease, even with each other.

But, as my father used to say...

in every ending

there is a new beginning.

Do the villagers know about you?

Yes. Like witches, vampires are always safer when they're in a community.

Is your mother expecting us?

Yeah.

Diana. This is my mother.

Ysabeau de Clermont.

Well?

Shall we go inside or continue the greetings out here?

After you.

You might have shown some consideration, Matthew.

I thought you prided yourself on being a radical.

I have never been a radical.

Change is overrated.

Thank you for having me in your home.

She's pleased to meet you.

Of course, she speaks only English and New French.

Modern warmbloods are so poorly educated.

Matthew!

Ah, Marthe.

-This is my friend, Diana. -Welcome.

Marthe has been with our family for centuries.

-Thank you. -She needs some rest.

It's been a long journey.

I'll make up her room.

No, I'll do it. She'll be sleeping in my tower.

You need to get some sleep.

-You must be tired to. -Oh, vampires don't sleep often.

Not in the same way you warmbloods do.

Your mother doesn't want me here.

It's been a long time since anyone other than family

has visited Sept-Tours.

Not since my step-father Philippe's death.

What happened to him?

He was killed.

During World War Two.

I'll be downstairs.

Just... call me if you need anything.

At least they got there safely.

And witches won't mess with Ysabeau.

Ysabeau's more likely to rip off Diana Bishop's head than they are.

Marcus?

Marcus?

Marcus, are you there?

Hello, Marcus.

Juliette. What are you doing here?

Where is he?

Is he chasing after that witch?

What witch?

If you don't tell me, Gerbert will be very angry with me.

Do you really think I care?

-Does he miss me? -He's moved on.

He doesn't think of you, ever!

Can't do anything on your own, can you?

Always need someone to take care of you.

Tell Matthew I called.

Eternity's a long time to be chasing a man who doesn't want you, Juliette.

I don't want that room open while she's here.

I have some work to do.

I'd like to use Philippe's office.

Maman, I need the key.

I don't want to fight.

-I'm not fighting. -Diana didn't kill Philippe.

Thank you.

Her kind killed him, nobody else.

Do you truly understand what you're exposing us to?

Mum?

Mum?

-Diana. -Mum?

Diana!

-Hello. -Diana, your ringtone's changed.

-Where are you? -Oh, I had to leave Oxford.

What? Why?

Peter Knox threatened me.

I think it was right for you to leave.

He harassed your parents too.

Honey, where are you?

I'm with Matthew.

-Where's he taken you? -To his mother's house.

-In France. -His mother?

-Ysabeau de Clermont? -Yeah.

You know her?

Listen to me very carefully. You need to get out of there...

now. She has destroyed entire covens.

In the '50s and '60s, South America...

dozens of witches lost their lives, many of them elderly.

-Why would she do that? -Why?

Because she's a witch killer.

Come home now, Diana.

-Demons. -Yes.

That's Agatha Wilson.

-Their leader. -You won't tell them about the book?

No, of course not, but we need their support.

Agatha. Please meet Satu Järvinen.

-Our new witch on the Congregation. -Nice to meet you.

Agatha's always telling us how we need to up our women count.

Which doesn't go down well with the vampire colleagues.

Why?

It seems to me that every vampire appointed over the last 900 years

-has been a white male. -Finished, Agatha?

Actually, Baldwin, I'd only just started.

Gentlemen.

Now we're all gathered...

Merde!

I bring this meeting to order.

Peter Knox has called this emergency session.

Thank you.

On behalf of the witches...

I formerly request the assistance of this chamber.

Congregation rules have been broken.

-By whom? -Matthew de Clermont.

Your brother has abducted a witch.

Does your mother use the whole house?

Well, she used to. Now most of it's closed up.

That used to be Philippe's office.

I know you told me he died in the Second World War.

Then Ysabeau spent the next few decades

wiping out covens in South America.

I remember my aunts telling me that some witches worked with the Nazis.

They played a part in his death.

Yes.

But that has nothing to do with you.

For her it does.

Take that out. It's been in there long enough.

What's wrong?

I know my results are back.

Why aren't you telling me what's in them?

No one hands out results without the appropriate tests being run.

And I need a second opinion from Matthew.

For fuck's sake, Miriam! Stop buying time.

I need to know what happened with James.

There are markers in there that we've seen before

in other cases of failed sirings.

-It's Baldwin. -Here we go. Defcon 1.

Baldwin.

-Does Matthew want to cause a war? -No.

Then explain what the hell he's doing.

-What was he thinking? -Why don't you ask him yourself?

I've tried. He's not picking up.

Does he have the witch?

He may be your father...

but unfortunately for me he's also a De Clermont.

As head of your family, you can't refuse me.

Where is he?

Her name's Rakasa.

My mother used to ride her, but, er...

-She has a quieter horse now. -Well?

She's nice.

I haven't smelt such power for centuries.

Sweet and green.

Like the spring.

Mind your head.

She's bewitched him.

What's her name mean?

Nar Rakasa's Arabic.

It means "fire dancer".

Let's see you dance then.

Yah! Come on!

Yah!

Slow down!

As you can see, he's been stalking her.

And now she's disappeared from her rooms.

No doubt abducted by Matthew de Clermont.

Your father set up the Congregation

to avoid drawing human attention to us

and to keep peace amongst the species.

Your brother has broken that peace.

If this is true, then I'm afraid Matthew must be brought to account.

What I don't understand is why he'd want to do it.

The lineage is distinguished, isn't that right?

-Is she powerful? -No.

She was tested as a child.

So if she did have the power, it would have come up then.

No, we're straying from the point, which is, where is she

and how are you going to get her back?

Yes, but she is the only creature who has found The Book Of Life.

Is that true?

Peter has failed to provide us with the full facts, as usual.

-Take that back! -Oh, come on,

we all know you lie like thieves.

If she's found the book, she must bring it here to us.

She doesn't have The Book Of Life. But she does know how to retrieve it.

And you were going to keep that information to yourself?

At least I haven't snatched her like Matthew de Clermont.

-It belongs to all of us, Peter! -Enough!

My brother does have the witch.

He's taken her to Sept-Tours.

We will send a Congregation representative

and he will hand her over for investigation.

You know, your mother's right, I should go home.