Shadowhunters: Season 2

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Shadowhunters: The Powers That Be

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Season Details & Credits

Freeform | Season Premiere Date: January 2, 2017

Starring: Harry Shum Jr., Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende

Summary: Alec (Matthew Daddario), Isabelle (Emeraude Toubia) and Clary (Katherine McNamara) want to find Jace (Dominic Sherwood) but with the Shadowhunters' New York Institute falling into chaos, the arrival of Victor Aldertree (Nick Sagar) becomes an obstacle in their search.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E20. Beside Still Water
Air Date: August 14, 2017
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S2:E19. Hail and Farewell
Air Date: August 7, 2017
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S2:E18. Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen
Air Date: July 31, 2017

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Kerman

Jun 24, 2018

Season 2 of shadowhunters is amazing! The quality of the show really improved after season one and with the change of the show runners.

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HookX

Jun 24, 2018

Season is a drastic improvement on all fronts for this show. It just keeps getting better.

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artursilva

Mar 11, 2017

Season Two is a huge improvement from Season One. Perfect. The cast got so much better, so did the special effects. The plot is not messy and the characters are deeper, the pace is appropriate. Watch it and you won't regret it. Plus, Malec of course.

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AngelicRune

Jul 7, 2018

The show improved so much, from special effects to acting to storyline. It's a shame that most of the people stopped watching after the few episodes of s1, because this season is really good. It doesn't follo the books but there are lots of scene that come from them so it's always a pleasureThe show improved so much, from special effects to acting to storyline. It's a shame that most of the people stopped watching after the few episodes of s1, because this season is really good. It doesn't follo the books but there are lots of scene that come from them so it's always a pleasure to see a bit of the books in the show.… Expand

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Ameelya

Jun 23, 2018

A tremendous improvement over season 1. Season 1 started rough, there is no denying that. It improved toward the end, however, and just kept getting better in season 2, especially when the new showrunners took over.

The writers have settled in and understand the characters now. The actorsA tremendous improvement over season 1. Season 1 started rough, there is no denying that. It improved toward the end, however, and just kept getting better in season 2, especially when the new showrunners took over.

The writers have settled in and understand the characters now. The actors have improved tremendously now that the writing isn't so clunky (even Kat McNamara, objectively the weakest actor, turns in a few stellar performances, especially in the season 2 finale.) Particularly brilliant are Alan Van Sprang and Will Tudor in their charismatic and charged roles as the villains.

Where this show really shines, however, is in its metaphorical handling of topical subjects. This season deals quite forthrightly with the villain as a would-be genocidal fascist dictator, and with the authoritarian governing body who oversees the supernatural world as an oppressive entity toward the minority races of the supernatural world. Particularly brilliant is episode 2x13, "Those of Demon Blood" which takes all these issues and tackles them head-on, including parallels to one character's family history with the Holocaust and another's experiences as a Black person dealing with law enforcement in America.

Absolutely wonderful. Not to be missed.… Expand

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sfjessii

Jun 24, 2018

Brilliant, complex, real characters, awesome fantasy setting, great poc and lgbtq+ representation.

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SebLac

Apr 9, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is becoming ridiculous. Even with a great story and plot source the show is not really trying to make sense. Dialogues haven't improved. Clarys behaviour still irrational. Then this guy Jace. He had so many opportunities to kill Valentine but didn't. Ok. understandable, he thought the big bad guy is his father. Point taken. Then at the episode when Valentine (again) invades the Institute (again so easy) in order to activate the Soulword. Ok, Clary said she wouldn't go close to it, but she did. And then when Jace and Simon fought Valentine and two of his henchman, Jace killing Valentines man and Simon knock off Valentine (he was unconscious), Valentine was lying on the floor. Jace and Simon were armed with sword and knife. What do they do? Oh, they need to find the sword instead of killing Valentine, who caused all this trouble since the beginning and wanted to commit mass murder and destruction to the world. No, they left him on the floor to find the sword, accidentally igniting it to let Valentine get the sword and killing off hundreds of incoming downworlders. But ok. Jace got the sword back, fighting Valentine, this time he won the upper-hand and Clary shut off the sword. But what did she do? the throws the sword on the ground and ran to Jace. OMG!!! saying "oh, we lost the sword again.....". Well, is this good Television? I don't think so.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 20, 2018
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 2, 2017
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  S2:E20. Beside Still Water
  Air Date: August 14, 2017
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  S2:E19. Hail and Farewell
  Air Date: August 7, 2017
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  S2:E18. Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen
  Air Date: July 31, 2017
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  S2:E17. A Dark Reflection
  Air Date: July 24, 2017
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  S2:E16. Day of Atonement
  Air Date: July 17, 2017
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  S2:E15. A Problem of Memory
  Air Date: July 10, 2017
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  S2:E14. The Fair Folk
  Air Date: July 3, 2017
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  S2:E13. Those of Demon Blood
  Air Date: June 19, 2017
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  S2:E12. You Are Not Your Own
  Air Date: June 12, 2017
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  S2:E11. Mea Maxima Culpa
  Air Date: June 5, 2017
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  S2:E10. By the Light of Dawn
  Air Date: March 6, 2017
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  S2:E9. Bound by Blood
  Air Date: February 27, 2017
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  S2:E8. Love Is a Devil
  Air Date: February 20, 2017
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  S2:E7. How Are Thou Fallen
  Air Date: February 13, 2017
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  S2:E6. Iron Sisters
  Air Date: February 6, 2017
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  S2:E5. Dust and Shadows
  Air Date: January 30, 2017
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  S2:E4. Day of Wrath
  Air Date: January 23, 2017
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  S2:E3. Parabatai Lost
  Air Date: January 16, 2017
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  S2:E2. A Door Into the Dark
  Air Date: January 9, 2017
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  S2:E1. This Guilty Blood
  Air Date: January 2, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 12, 2016