Carnival Row: Season 2
In the mystical and dark city of Carnival Row, humans, fairies, and other creatures interact amidst a backdrop of crime, drama, and sci-fi and fantasy. When mysterious killings inflame tensions between the faefolk and their human oppressors, each denizen must choose who they are and how to act. As mythical creatures flee their war-torn homeland to gather in the city, simmering tensions grow between citizens and the i
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Mythical creatures have fled their war-torn homeland and gathered in a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies, and other creatures.
- A police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population, becoming the prime suspect who must find the real killer to clear his name.
- Tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population of oppressed refugees.
- The faun Agreus Astrayon and the human Imogen Spurnrose disembark their ship to arrive at the war-torn fortress of Ragusa.
Season overview
In the mystical and dark city of Carnival Row, humans, fairies, and other creatures interact amidst a backdrop of crime, drama, and sci-fi and fantasy. When mysterious killings inflame tensions between the faefolk and their human oppressors, each denizen must choose who they are and how to act. As mythical creatures flee their war-torn homeland to gather in the city, simmering tensions grow between citizens and the immigrant population. At the center of the drama are love, murder, conspiracy, and revolution, alongside a string of unsolved murders, the madness of power, unresolved love, and social adjustments eating away at the community.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Fight or Flight
Feb 16, 2023 · 59 min
Lovers Philo and Vignette risk their lives to help the oppressed Faefolk of Carnival Row.
New Dawn
Feb 16, 2023 · 61 min
When Philo plots to challenge Jonah's hereditary claim to the Chancellorship, Vignette intervenes.
The Martyr's Hand
Feb 23, 2023 · 49 min
While Philo investigates the murders of the Black Raven’s leaders, Vignette plots revenge.
An Unkindness of Ravens
Feb 23, 2023 · 52 min
Philo races to stop Vignette’s revenge before the Black Raven spark even worse violence.
Reckoning
Mar 2, 2023 · 56 min
Philo plots Vignette’s rescue with an unlikely ally. Jonah discovers Sophie’s treachery. The murderer strikes again.
Original Sins
Mar 2, 2023 · 60 min
A painful truth haunts Philo as Carnival Row faces reprisals for the horrific events at Bleakness Keep.
Facta Non Verba
Mar 9, 2023 · 49 min
Reeling from the consequences of his choices, Philo rejects defining himself as either Human or Fae.