{"id":234433,"date":"2021-04-23T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shadow-and-bone-starts-off-spectacularly-with-a-searing-burst-of-light-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:00:18","slug":"shadow-and-bone-starts-off-spectacularly-with-a-searing-burst-of-light-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shadow-and-bone-starts-off-spectacularly-with-a-searing-burst-of-light-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Shadow and Bone&#8217; Starts Off Spectacularly With &#8216;A Searing Burst of Light&#8217; (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a57f82e91\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a57f82e91\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shadow-and-bone-starts-off-spectacularly-with-a-searing-burst-of-light-recap\/#An_Unbreakable_Bond\" >An Unbreakable Bond<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shadow-and-bone-starts-off-spectacularly-with-a-searing-burst-of-light-recap\/#A_Searing_Burst_of_Light\" >A Searing Burst of Light<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shadow-and-bone-starts-off-spectacularly-with-a-searing-burst-of-light-recap\/#Meet_the_Crows\" >Meet the Crows<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shadow-and-bone-starts-off-spectacularly-with-a-searing-burst-of-light-recap\/#Other_Observations\" >Other Observations<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Shadow and Bone&#8217; Starts Off Spectacularly With &#8216;A Searing Burst of Light&#8217; (RECAP)<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><strong>[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>Shadow and Bone<\/em> Season 1 Episode 1, \u201cA Searing Burst of Light.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Grishaverse, Netflix\u2019s latest answer to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/game-of-thrones\"><em>Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a> \u2014 and a worthy answer, it is.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019ve hungrily devoured every word of Leigh Bardugo\u2019s YA novels or you\u2019re starting off as a total newcomer to Alina\u2019s (Jessie Mei Li) world, her friends and her enemies, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> premiere of <em>Shadow and Bone<\/em> is accessible to all (if a little confusing, perhaps, at times). The episode is divided into two major storylines: Alina\u2019s, and a young criminal mastermind named Kaz (Freddy Carter) and his team\u2019s. They connect in a spectacular way at the end of the episode, but most of \u201cA Searing Burst of Light\u201d is spent on introducing them, separately and thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>Alina, we learn, is a cartographer in the First Army in the Kingdom of Ravka. She joined with her friend Mal (Archie Renaux), with whom she grew up in an orphanage after their parents were killed trying to cross the mysterious, deadly Fold. They\u2019re at war with the Fjerdans and the Shu, who border them to the North and South, which leaves the Fold as the only means of escape for any Ravkan who wants to get out of their homeland. (In a marked change from the source material, Alina is half Shu, which makes her the target of racist comments from other members of the army.) The Fold, unfortunately, is a wasteland brimming with murderous monsters, and as she and Mal wind up fighting for survival, she makes a discovery about herself that will change the course of her life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_995907\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-995907\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-995907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-jessie-mei-li-alina-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-jessie-mei-li-alina-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-jessie-mei-li-alina-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-jessie-mei-li-alina-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-jessie-mei-li-alina-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-jessie-mei-li-alina-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shadow-and-bone-jessie-mei-li-alina.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-995907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DAVID <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APP<\/a>LEBY\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_Unbreakable_Bond\"><\/span>An Unbreakable Bond<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Alina and Mal are thrilled when their companies are merged because it means they can spend more time together \u2014 there are a couple of classic YA \u201cthese two have been best friends for years, but they have crushes on each other\u201d beats \u2014 but in a cruel twist of fate, Mal is assigned a place on a mission through the Fold to retrieve supplies from Ketterdam. Both Mal and Alina know this likely means certain death, but he swears to return to her anyway. That promise isn\u2019t good enough for Alina. Desperate for a way to accompany her friend, she burns several maps from the opposite side of the Fold, and when her commanding officer asks who did it, she says she doesn\u2019t know \u2014 but she volunteers to go on the mission and re-draw them. The plan works: She\u2019s allowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> through the empty void of death. But it\u2019s a bummer for the rest of her company of cartographers, who are assigned to go as well.<\/p>\n<p>As with any fantasy work, there is magic (or as those who practice it call it, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>) in the form of the Second Army, which is comprised of a group of Ravkans called Grisha. The Grisha are divided into three sub-groups, and their powers range from \u201cHeartrending\u201d (healing\/controlling the body) to controlling the elements.<\/p>\n<p>So, the First Army members and Mal, along with a few Grisha from the Second Army and Alina and her cartographers, all get on the boat. (It\u2019s a brand-new boat, supposedly more likely to see success than the numerous doomed voyages that preceded it). Everyone\u2019s trying to keep their spirits up, but it seems a bad sign that the leader of the Second Army, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Kirigan (Ben Barnes), doesn\u2019t accompany them.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Searing_Burst_of_Light\"><\/span>A Searing Burst of Light<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Obviously, things go haywire. The one light they\u2019re keeping on the boat goes out, and one soldier has the bright idea to light a different lantern, which draws in dragon-like monsters with huge teeth. They attack, killing most of the soldiers on board; one of Alina\u2019s cartographer friends named Alexei jumps overboard, and Mal ends up in a creature\u2019s claws. With some quick shooting, Alina saves him, but it appears his wounds might be mortal anyway. \u201cI\u2019ll meet you in the meadow,\u201d Mal tells her as she leans over him and holds his hand.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where things get interesting. One of the monsters picks up Alina, and <em>a searing burst of light <\/em>emits from her and resounds through the Fold. Meanwhile, Alexei makes his way to Ketterdam and collapses on the shore, exhausted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_995885\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-995885\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-995885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShadowandBone_Season1_00_39_29_14R-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow and Bone, Freddy Carter\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShadowandBone_Season1_00_39_29_14R-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShadowandBone_Season1_00_39_29_14R-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShadowandBone_Season1_00_39_29_14R-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShadowandBone_Season1_00_39_29_14R-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShadowandBone_Season1_00_39_29_14R-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShadowandBone_Season1_00_39_29_14R-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-995885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meet_the_Crows\"><\/span>Meet the Crows<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In Ketterdam, we\u2019re introduced to gambling sharpshooter Jesper (Kit Young) as he calls a player out for his counterfeit coins by shooting a hole through one of them (it\u2019s a pretty cool scene); criminal mastermind Kaz Brekker as he turns down a job to track down a painting we later see sitting in his living room; and \u201cwraith\u201d Inej Ghafa (Amita Suman), who can follow people and sneak into places without being heard or seen. They\u2019re living in The Barrel, a seaport town teeming with brothels, clubs, and cutthroat gangs. It\u2019s a wretched hive of scum and villainy for sure, but Kaz and his pals navigate it well.<\/p>\n<p>Inej tells Kaz about a job from a wealthy merchant named Dreesen, who is looking for a crew to cross through the Fold and bring back something from the other side. The reward? A million <em>kruge<\/em> (that\u2019s a lot of money). At first, Kaz is unimpressed: \u201cOf course certain death pays a million.\u201d Inej tells him Dreesen is taking meetings about the job starting at midnight that night, and she watched as the merchant took someone mysterious back to his home. They hear tell that Dreesen is looking for a Heartrender, and they spring to action to get one before Pekka Rollins, a rival, ruthless crime lord in the Barrel who we see murder a club owner in pursuit of a Heartrender.<\/p>\n<p>Kaz and his group succeed where Rollins failed, and they deliver Dreesen a Heartrender before anyone else in Ketterdam. Turns out \u2014 surprise! \u2014 the Alina storyline was slightly behind Kaz\u2019s, and the prisoner Dreesen has taken is none other than Alexei. Dreesen uses the Heartrender to sway Alexei into talking about what he saw when the ship was attacked, and he says a Grisha Sun Summoner destroyed the monsters and emitted the light. A Sun Summoner is rumored to be capable of destroying the Fold, and currently, Alina is the only one known to be in existence. That makes her very, very valuable: valuable enough to be the \u201csomething\u201d Dreesen wants from the other side of the Fold. He kills Alexei after he delivers that bit of information, then he tells Kaz, Inej, and Jesper that they have the job \u2014 \u201cif you can prove you have a way through the Fold and back.\u201d If they don\u2019t, he says he\u2019s giving the job to Pekka Rollins. Meanwhile, Alina and Mal have washed ashore back at their camp, on their ruined ship.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Observations\"><\/span>Other Observations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I have read <em>Six of Crows<\/em> and <em>Shadow and Bone<\/em>, and really enjoyed both books (S<em>ix of Crows<\/em> maybe a little more than <em>Shadow and Bone<\/em>, but both were excellent). I think the show is doing a great job of adapting the characters and tweaking \u2014 or in the Dregs\u2019 case, inventing \u2014 storylines as necessary.<\/li>\n<li>This might be Netflix-fantasy sacrilege, but I\u2019m enjoying this more than <em>The Witcher<\/em>. Others might disagree, but I find this show smarter and less flat-out confusing, and while it has its fair share of violence, it doesn\u2019t feel gratuitous. It does lapse into predictable YA tropes at times (the best-friend romance, the whole \u201cchosen one\u201d thing), but the world feels so real that it\u2019s easy to look past them.<\/li>\n<li>Kit Young\u2019s Jesper is as delightful and witty here as he is in the books. He reminds me of another beloved Netflix-adaptation character: Klaus Hargreeves (Robert Sheehan).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Shadow and Bone<\/em> Season 1, Now Streaming, Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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