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Full recap of the first season of Carnival Row.
Premise: Carnival Row is set in a world where humans and mythical humanoid beings, whom have fled their war-torn countries, are living together in the same cities; causing social issues of when any two or more groups of people, of very diverse cultures are forced to live with one another.
Music: Nathan Moore - The Future Ancient Now
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01 - Some Dark God Wakes
Vignette Stonemoss escapes Pact soldiers, onto a ship with other fae-folk, she has helped flee Pact-occupied fae land. A storm at sea leaves Vignette the sole survivor. The ship belonged to Ezra Spurnrose, who lives with his sister Imogen in one of the Burgue’s richer neighborhoods. Having lost a significant profit in the shipwreck, he expects Vignette to work as a lady's maid to Imogen. Vignette goes to Carnival Row on an errand, meeting her old friend Tourmaline, now a prostitute, who reveals Vignette's lover Philo is still alive. Now a police inspector investigating violent attacks on fae-folk, Philo realizes the suspect is a sailor. He tries to catch the assailant, but the man, before committing suicide, warns him that a "dark god" has awakened under the city. Vignette then tells Philo that she knows he is alive. Imogen and Ezra are shocked to learn their new neighbor is a faun named Agreus. Meanwhile, Absalom Breakspear, Chancellor of the city, faces strong opposition from his rival, Longerbane. He and his wife Piety discuss their son Jonah, whom he warns not to visit Carnival Row.
02 – Aisling
A fae named Aisling (Ashling) is murdered near the sewers. Philo learns Aisling was a singer turned scavenger, and asks a fae butcher to perform an autopsy. While drunk, Ezra attempts to rape Vignette and she assaults him in self-defense; Ezra files a police complaint, accusing her of stealing. Philo overhears this and buys Vignette's contract from him. Ezra then reveals to Imogen that they are financially unstable, and he plans to give the house as collateral to the bank to procure another ship. But, Imogen has her own plans, and writes to Agreus, reciprocating his interest. Now free, Vignette joins the Black Raven, a rebel fae group dealing in contraband, and is tasked to steal a flag from inside the police headquarters. She succeeds by blackmailing Philo into letting her escape. At Carnival Row, Jonah is kidnapped while visiting Tourmaline. Without a ransom demand, Piety suggests they consult the Haruspex, who sacrifices Absalom's pet bear and tells him Longerbane kidnapped his son. But it is revealed that Piety is behind the kidnapping, asking the Haruspex, her family's loyal servant, to lie.
03 – Kingdoms of the Moon
A flashback reveals Philo and Darius were soldiers with the Burguish army, occupying a fae village near a telegraph line. Sent to investigate whether the faefolk are a threat, Philo finds a library guarded by Vignette, who threatens him to stay silent and is ordered to keep a close eye on him by her leader, Mima. Vignette helps the Burguishmen fix the telegraph line across a ravine, where they are attacked by Pact soldiers who morph into Marroks (a type of wolf-man) by using injections. Darius is bitten, turning into a Marrok, which Philo promises to keep secret. Tourmaline and other fae seek refuge at the village when their home is attacked by the Pact. Vignette then confronts Philo about their future, and he reveals he is a half-blood orphan who had his wings cut off as a child, to pass as a human. News arrives that the Burgue has ordered its troops home. The Pact then attacks the village, and Philo asks Mima to tell Vignette he is dead, to protect her. In the present, Vignette tells Philo she will keep his secret, but their love is finished.
04 – The Joining of Unlike Things
Finch, headmaster of Philo's former orphanage and his foster father, is killed. Philo encounters the killer in the sewers after finding that it left the footprints of a faun and a trow. A priestess explains to Philo that the creature may be a Darkasher, a golem reanimated from various corpses with dark magic. To prove this theory, Philo has the Haruspex create a Darkasher bonded to him. At Imogen’s, Agreus agrees to support her if she helps him gain acceptance from her peers. Suspecting Vignette is an informant, Dahlia, the leader of the Black Raven, orders her to find the real informant or die. Tourmaline forces Philo to reveal the informant is Hamlyn. Vignette attacks Hamlyn, but he overpowers her and Philo shoots him dead. Dahlia promotes Vignette in Hamlyn's place after bringing her his wing, while Philo takes his landlady Portia on a date. Meanwhile, Absalom agrees with Piety to take Longerbane into custody until he confesses to kidnapping their son.
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