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Shadowhunters: Season 2

20 episodes Premiered Jan 2, 2017
Previously on Shadowhunters

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Shadowhunters Season 1.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (17): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

This Guilty Blood

Jan 2, 2017

Only hours have passed since Jace left with Valentine and all hell has broken loose at The Institute. Alec, Isabelle and Clary are desperate to find Jace, but are quickly stopped i

S2·E2 Core

A Door Into the Dark

Jan 9, 2017

The hunt is on for Jace Wayland, and Alec and Isabelle hope to reach him before the rest of the Shadowhunters do. With orders from the Clave of “shoot to kill,” the Lightwood sibli

S2·E3 Core

Parabatai Lost

Jan 16, 2017

Already cut off from the Institute and his friends, Jace finds his situation worsen when he becomes a target for the New York wolf pack who believe Jace to be a killer. And don’t f

S2·E4 Core

Day of Wrath

Jan 23, 2017

Clary continues to struggle with the new Shadowhunter order as Jace is being held in The City of Bones with an unknown fate, and all suspicion in the Shadowhunter world continues t

S2·E5 Core

Dust and Shadows

Jan 30, 2017

After the recent attack on the Institute, the Shadowhunters are left devastated and wounded. Trying to regroup, each of the Shadowhunters deals with the situation their own way. Me

S2·E6 Core

Iron Sisters

Feb 6, 2017

To help get answers to what Valentine may be planning, Isabelle and Clary are sent on a mission to visit the Iron Sisters. Once there, more truths may be revealed than Izzy and Cla

S2·E7 Core

How Are Thou Fallen

Feb 13, 2017

Luke’s sister shows up at the Jade Wolf claiming innocence about the recent attack. But with Luke not trusting a word Cleo says, he finds himself at odds with Clary who sees an opp

S2·E8 Core

Love Is a Devil

Feb 20, 2017

Tasked with arranging his brother Max’s Rune Ceremony, Alex decides this would be the perfect opportunity for his family to get to know Magnus. But with tensions flying among the d

S2·E9 Core

Bound by Blood

Feb 27, 2017

With word getting out that Clary is a key part of Valentine’s plan, the Downworlders are at odds on how to handle the issue. But when Iris activates her blood oath, Clary has more

S2·E10 Core

By the Light of Dawn

Mar 6, 2017

The New York Institute is under attack as Valentine’s plan for The Soul Sword is getting dangerously close to coming to fruition. The Shadowhunters must act fast to save their love

S2·E11 Core

Mea Maxima Culpa

Jun 5, 2017

Shadowhunters and Downworlders pick up the pieces after Valentine's attack; Jace carries a heavy burden; a greater demon is loose in Manhattan; Izzy encounters a mysterious strange

S2·E12 Core

You Are Not Your Own

Jun 12, 2017

Clary feels pressured between choosing Jace or Simon. Izzy settles things with Raphael. Sebastian breaks his father out of prison.

S2·E13 Core

Those of Demon Blood

Jun 19, 2017

After several Shadowhunters are killed, The Institute turns to controversial methods to prevent a Downworlder uprising.

S2·E14 Core

The Fair Folk

Jun 26, 2017

Alec has big plans to mend fences with the Downworlders, while Jace and Clary are summoned by the Seelie Queen.

S2·E15 Core

A Problem of Memory

Jul 10, 2017

Simon goes down a dark path while Alec and team prepares to transport Valentine.

S2·E16 Core

Day of Atonement

Jul 17, 2017

With everything that Simon has gone through this past year, a family dinner for Yom Kippur – the Jewish Day of Atonement – poses as a real challenge. How can he come clean about be

S2·E17 Core

A Dark Reflection

Jul 24, 2017

With two of the three Mortal Instruments missing, everyone is on the hunt for the last one – The Mortal Mirror. Jace and Clary are on the hunt to recover it first before it could f

S2·E18 Core

Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen

Jul 31, 2017

After a devastating attack at The Institute, everyone is on high alert as the Shadowhunters close in on their hunt for Jonathan; Simon and Maia help a new Downworlder as the Seelie

S2·E19 Mytharc

Hail and Farewell

Aug 7, 2017

After centuries of being lied to and treated poorly by The Clave, the Downworlders decide to come together and take matters into their own hands as the hunt for Valentine and Sebas

S2·E20 Mytharc

Beside Still Water

Aug 14, 2017

Jace and Clary rush to make a final stand, but when a traitor is revealed, Jace and Clary may have a bigger fight on their hands than expected. Meanwhile, Alec and Izzy must fight