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.

Witch water.

Power like that is rarely seen nowadays.

What you did I've not seen for many centuries.

I didn't mean for it to happen.

Witch water, witch wind...

it's just more magic that my body can't control.

Give it time.

I should go to Madison.

See if my aunts can help me.

You're not going anywhere for now.

And I made my son a promise.

Get dressed, we're going hunting.

The lab's secured. We've accounted for everything.

It was witches. Their scent was everywhere.

They tried hacking into the computers.

They failed, of course. Our servers are impenetrable.

I need to see it for myself.

This is Peter Knox's doing.

It's because of you, Matthew.

We've run this lab for years without being noticed.

Flown under the radar of humans and creatures.

Then suddenly, it's all jeopardized

because you decide to mate with a witch.

That is enough, Miriam.

Don't even begin to deny it.

I'm the only one of us who's mated before. I know the signs.

Domenico knows, too. Ysabeau phoned me.

Domenico can go to hell.

You're absolutely positive nothing was stolen?

-Diana's DNA samples, her bloods? -They're secure.

-You think this was about Diana? -Of course this is about Diana.

I know that scent.

Where are you going?

Matthew, don't go there!

Call Baldwin. It's time we told him the truth.

What do you mean, they're mating?

He's fighting it. He's gone back to Oxford and she's at Sept-Tours.

Ysabeau says he will respect the Covenant.

He just needs to get his head straight.

I thought this was about The Book Of Life.

It was.

It still is.

But there's more to it than that.

Someone broke into the lab, witches.

Matthew thinks they were looking for information about Diana.

I was just thinking, with you being a member of the Congregation

-and the head of our family that... -That I could save him?

Matthew never destroys only himself, Marcus.

He always drags the rest of us down with him.

Well, I can't help him this time.

If he breaks the rules...

he pays the price.

I thought I'd take you hunting.

Have you ever seen a vampire hunt?

It's not as romantic as humans believe.

It's relentless and it's brutal.

Do not come anywhere near me when I'm hunting, do you understand?

Yes.

If the animal scent gets confused with yours,

I can't promise I won't attack you instead.

What do you want?

Still marking undergraduate essays.

-Is that why you're jealous of Diana? -I'm not jealous of her.

Or is this about preferment?

Has Knox told you you're going to rise in the ranks?

Why did you break into my lab?

I smelt your scent.

What were you looking for, I wonder?

Tell me.

Makes me sick that she'd debase herself with a vampire.

He was right.

The sooner your kind are wiped from the face of the Earth the better.

This is the nature of vampires.

Could you be with my son knowing that he kills?

That hunting like this is the only way for him to survive?

If you're trying to frighten me away from your son...

you've failed.

Marthe said this wouldn't be enough to make you reconsider.

Well, she was right.

Can we go home now?

Gillian.

Gillian.

Sylvia reports that Miss Chamberlain took photos

when she was inside the laboratory, but De Clermont took her phone.

Can Sylvia tell us anything that Gillian saw?

It appears the vampires are studying witches' DNA.

What's Clermont up to?

Testing witches?

It's good Miss Chamberlain discovered it.

But why did she break into a vampire laboratory in the first place?

She could have been killed.

Matthew de Clermont abducted her friend.

She must have been acting out of concern for Diana.

Will one of us need to go to Oxford?

Sylvia will handle Oxford and Gillian Chamberlain.

We'll be needed here.

Hey, Sarah.

-I'm sorry I haven't called. -Oh, no matter.

-Just talk to us now. -Honey, is everything okay?

This Venetian vampire came.

He's on the Congregation.

He told me about the Covenant.

-How come I didn't know about this? -Well...

You... You turned your back on being a witch.

You... You refused to talk about magic.

We didn't tell you because...

it wasn't relevant to your life.

Well, it is now.

I love Matthew.

I can't help myself.

That's impossible.

Witches and vampires can't be together.

Yeah, everyone keeps telling me that.

But for me there... there is no choice.

You cannot put yourself in that danger.

I thought you two might understand.

Honey, it's just the Congregation

is going to do everything in their power to stop

a mixed species relationship.

They don't get to choose who I love,

no matter the consequences.

Honey, what does Matthew have to say about all this?

He... He hasn't told me how he feels yet.

You've left her with Ysabeau?

-A twisted idea of culture. -She loves me.

-Or she says she does. -And you love her?

-Oh, Christ, Matthew. -I know.

I've been fooling myself that the Congregation would no longer care.

And somehow she didn't even know about the Covenant.

Why should they tell us who to love?

They haven't stopped me.

A relationship between a demon and a human doesn't threaten them,

but a vampire and a witch.

This vampire, a De Clermont no less, and this witch.

Honestly, Hamish, she...

she is astonishingly powerful.

And she's clever and funny.

She's full of courage.

Then don't fall in the trap of thinking for her.

This isn't just about the Congregation, is it?

She's an historian.

-I am her latest research subject. -Ah!

And you fear she'll come to know your past?

I know about it

and I love you.

There are many things in this life one can control.

Love is not one of them.

If you love her, then don't let anything get in your way.

Matthew has been living for 1,500 years.

You've been with him a few days.

You know nothing about him.

It's time you began to understand.

Matthew was born in the village.

He'd drive his father mad,

following him around, picking up his work tools.

He became a craftsman, just like his father.

This is what I wanted you to see.

Matthew built it.

"Peace.

Perfect peace.

Blanca and Lucas."

Who were Blanca and Lucas?

When Matthew was human,

he had a wife and son.

What happened to them?

Fever spread through the village.

Lucas was just a small boy. He'd not long turned five.

He and Blanca were both struck with the sickness

and died.

He laid this stone in their memory.

Matthew's true love

will always be Blanca.

She gave him a son.

You'll never be able to bear a child by him.

In 1,500 years, Matthew has never mated.

And I don't think he ever will.

-It's forever. -I will never leave him.

Of course you will.

Your life is fleeting compared with a vampire's.

When you are long gone...

Matthew will have to carry on living without you,

just as he did with Blanca.

Madame De Clermont.

Ah!

Bon jour, madame.

Comment allez-vous?

I sired Matthew in the church.

No one knew whether he slipped or if he jumped.

His body lay here on the ground.

His legs and back broken.