Darkness (Episode)

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Darkness

Episode Information

Season:

1

Episode:

9

Rating:

TV-MA

Genre(s):

Drama
Fantasy

Running Time:

52 minutes

Air Date:

October 20, 2022

Crew

Director(s):

Geoffrey Wing Shotz^[1]

Producer(s):

Writer(s):

Episode guide
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Darkness is the ninth episode of the Peacock American fantasy horror television series based on the novels series of the same name by Richelle Mead. It aired on October 20, 2022.

Premise[]

The aftermath of the Trials throws the Dominion into chaos; Christian faces a horrific truth..

Plot summary[]

As it stands, Victor's power grab quickly collapses once Tatiana reveals a captured Strigoi Sonya and puts on a display to the Dominion that Victor is an irresponsible father, a liar, and very sickly.

Meanwhile, Rose and Mason continue their newfound relationship and are gearing up to leave the Dominion. They’re going to do what Rose and Lissa have been planning for ages. The difference is that if Rose and Mason run away together, it's two Guardians leaving their post, and this comes with an associated risk. But with Rose wanting to leave everything behind and Mason being in love with her, they decide it's what they want to do.

Dimitri, on the other hand, gets questioned about Mikhail Tanner's sister and is subsequently put on trial for treason. Unwilling to change the story he gave and throw anyone else under the bus, he’s put under house arrest until his trial is over. Rose, hearing about this, comes to speak to him.

As Mason is getting ready to leave, he’s confronted by Meredith, who tries to talk him out of leaving on the basis that he’s going to screw up his life for a girl who he’s just a rebound for.

Unbeknownst to Rose, Dimitri ends up being sentenced to "the dungeon."

Meanwhile, Christian goes to confront the only person besides Lissa who’s been kind to him, Diane, his human bloodbag/de facto therapist. He goes to confront her about being the rat to his parents, using him to help them go after Lissa and keep the Dragomirs off the throne. Later, he receives a letter with a picture of Mia being held captive. Supposedly, his parents have kidnapped her and want to trade her for Sonya’s safety. After taking it up the chain to higher-ranking Guardians, they arrange to make a trade. All this time, Christian is attempting to vouch for the Strigoi; perhaps they are capable of feeling it, and perhaps his parents still do love him. After the trade is made, though, they mock Christian, revealing that this was all a setup to infiltrate the Dominion and feed, revealing that they don’t care for him. In anger, Christian sets his dad on fire and kills him. At this point, his mother becomes so upset that she says she’s going to make him feel "true pain" by going after Lissa.

Eventually, Lissa learns from Mia that Sonya was a spirit user like her and that it was using those powers that drove her to become a Strigoi. Lissa, upon learning this, goes to speak to Victor to try and console him about the loss of his daughter. Unfortunately, once Victor hears it, he proceeds to try and coerce Lissa into healing him so he can ascend to the throne. He then proceeds to lock Lissa in a room until she agrees to heal him. A few hours plus a talk with a hallucination of her brother go by, and when Victor returns, Lissa agrees to heal him, but with another play in her back pocket. After Lissa heals Victor, she goes behind his back to the Queen and requests that the solution to the current political instability is to remain on the throne, disavowing both Victor and Tatiana while crowning Lissa her heir as she works on gaining her quorum back.

Shockingly, it turns out the inside person that the strigoi had to help them with infiltrating the Dominion was none other than Tatiana, who goes into a dungeon where they have a prisoner they are speaking to. Upon further revelation, it is revealed that Andre is alive.