A Discovery of Witches

Dr. Diana Bishop.

She's a witch and a powerful one if her family's anything to go by.

Professor Clairmont. You're a vampire.

-You're studying vampire genetics? -Witches and daemons, too.

The work we're doing here proves the creatures are dying out.

-What about The Book of Life ? -Three pages were cut out.

You think 792 is gonna help you with your research?

-What is the covenant? -It forbids interspecies relationships.

Your father set up the congregation to keep peace amongst the species.

Your brother has broken that peace.

Your power's extraordinary.

She needs to learn control.

Do you think that you might just have time-warped?

The witches will think that Diana has turned her back

on her own kind and they will come.

What if we hide somewhere in time?

There has to be somewhere I can learn about my magic.

My father told me to give this to the one who has need of it.

I lost that on All Souls' Night a very long time ago.

They know where you are. Go now.

What is it, a cloaking spell?

Peter, can you feel it?

The magic she used.

Whatever it is, it's a decoy.

She wants us chasing our tails. Oh, they were definitely here.

They were wearing these clothes just moments ago.

Why stop to change if they were in such a rush to escape?

What if they were going somewhere

and they couldn't be seen in modern-day clothes?

She's a timewalker. She's powerful enough.

Where better to hide from us than in the past?

Where better to look for The Book of Life.

Wherever they are, they can't stay gone forever.

We'll wait.

I'm very good at waiting.

-She will come this year. -I know it.

We have had the portents from the north.

I have watched the heavens.

This is the All Hallows of the prophecy.

I know it.

She will arrive this night,

our fearsome witch.

Where are we?

Not where I had hoped.

This way.

-You know this place? -Oh, yes.

Very well.

This house is never empty.

Stay behind me.

Who the hell are you?

Matt. Stand down. She's with me.

She is a witch. I am sure of it.

Master Roydon. We weren't expecting you for weeks yet.

-Send for Raleigh. He is bewitched. -Kit... Enough!

Let me make this exceedingly clear.

I am perfectly well and in my right mind.

This is Diana.

And if you want to keep a tongue in your head,

you will speak of her with respect.

She's here not as my guest, but as lady of the house.

She is...

She is my wife, Kit.

We should have arrived in the country.

Sixty miles off course.

I wonder what I did wrong.

You say wrong, but look where we are.

You got the right year, the right night even.

-You did it. -Your wife did it.

Mmm, I'm sorry about that. Kit can be extremely...

Protective. And suspicious, as he has every right to be.

Can't believe Christopher Marlowe is a daemon.

Can't believe you didn't tell me.

What?

They'll know that I fed on you,

and they won't understand.

A witch living with a wearh is strange enough.

-Nowhere? -A wearh. A vampire.

Promise me that you'll keep it covered up, always.

Master Marlowe has sent for Sir Walter

and the Earl of Northumberland.

Humans, friends, but we can trust them.

Francoise, find something for Diana to wear, would you?

Do we still have some of Louisa's old clothes?

Thank you, Francoise.

The Earl of Northumberland

and Sir Walter... Sir Walter Raleigh?

You're Matthew Roydon.

The School of Night Matthew Roydon,

the only member of the group that we know nothing about.

For good reason.

Now I have to become him again.

Is that really so bad?

Won't being in the center of things

make it easier to find The Book of Life?

I hope so. I just thought that we could lay low,

get what we need and get out again. No mess.

Speaking of which, I really need to deal with Kit.

When did you first cross paths with her?

-Do you remember? -Kit.

I'm not under a spell.

Just indulge me.

I'm sorry, old friend.

It wasn't the best way to tell you, I know.

-I'm not under a spell. -A witch?

You spoke civilly to one, I'd be concerned, but married?

I expect you to take me at my word...

Until you are you again,

I shall imagine you a stranger.

Come in.

Thank you.

Does Matthew's sister visit often?

You need to come out of that shift.

Okay.

Who did that to you?

It was...

It was a fellow witch.

Matthew and I... It hasn't been easy.

Well, don't you mind these old clothes, Mistress Roydon.

We'll have a nice new wardrobe for you presently.

Thank you.

And we would have made faster progress.

Diana, Lord Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland

and Sir Walter Raleigh.

It's an honor to meet you.

I don't recognize your accent. Where are you from?

Cambridge.

I do beg your pardon, Mistress Roydon.

I'm a little hard of hearing.

-I... I'm from Cambridge, my lord. -I would not have guessed.

Well, perhaps somewhat to the west of Cambridge.

Gentlemen, there are two matters.

Firstly, Diana is in need of a teacher.

A witch.

Her parents died when she was very young.

Therefore, she lacks training.

I'm sure between us we can find someone discreet.

And the other matter?

We need to locate a lost book, an alchemical manuscript.

The book contains information about the wilder creatures.

Not the Book of Mysteries ?

Surely... The very same.

It has details of the origins of the three creatures,

if it exists.

It exists.

We must tread carefully.

People will talk if they see you with a witch.

And if it's discretion you want, I'd keep that indoors.

Kit may be right, Mistress, though his manners are wanting.

Your accent, even your choice of words, sets you apart.

Perhaps it would be wiser to settle in first.

Fine.

I'll lay low until I find my feet.

But no one is keeping me anywhere.

It's too early for bed. I might sleep for a month.

I have to go out.

Tonight? What for?

There are certain people I have to reach out to.

Reorient myself.

I remember the broad strokes of all of this,

but it has been over 400 years.

We'll find a teacher in the morning, won't we?

As soon as I can master my magic,

we'll find the book ourselves.

And we can get home again.

Believe me,

I'm counting on it.

Come, witch.

Sophie?

She must be Sophie's ancestor. She has to be.

She's a witch and...

The chess piece.

This is how it gets to her family. That woman becomes my teacher.

What if it was her magic luring you outside?

No, it wasn't. It was me. I had a new way of seeing, of knowing.

Matthew. I'm right. This is a good thing.

You should have waited for me. How am I supposed to protect you?

-Protect me? -Yes!

How am I supposed to protect you

if you won't share things with me?

All right.

-Where were you tonight? -I told you,

I had people I had to reach out to.

So it's okay for me to worry about you out there alone,

but when I step foot outside...

-That's different and you know it. -Is it?

You don't protect me, Matthew. We protect each other.

Book or no book, neither of us are getting back home

unless I find the right teacher.

This woman, she is a gift.

We should be grabbing it with both hands, not running scared.

I never run scared of anything in my life.

I simply won't take risks where your safety is concerned.

Well, I'm not staying locked up in here.

So either you find me that witch

or I will go out there and I'll find her myself.

Good morning.

Morning.

Show me the building that she came out of

and I'll get Walter on the case.

That man can find anyone.