The beginning of Season 2 sees Diana and Matthew having used Diana’s magic to “timewalk” to 1590, to escape the dangers they faced in the present day at the end of the first season, and to find a witch who can teach Diana how to properly control her magic.
Teresa Palmer share A Discovery of Witches Season 2 spoilers! Kit warns Diana that inhabiting his past self will have untold effects on Matthew and he may change beyond recognition. Diana and Matthew bring home an orphan boy, Jack, who they find in Water Lane, and Diana discovers Matthew’s secret he is a spy, hiding his Catholicism whilst hunting fellow Catholics on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. The first novel A Discovery of Witches was published back in 2011 and season 2, which began airing on Sky One on Friday, January 8th 2021, serves as an adaptation of the second novel. To Diana’s dismay, Susanna rejects Diana and refuses to help after Diana’s magic frightens her with its power. At her new home of the Hart and Crown, Diana’s mind turns to finding a teacher, as she stumbles upon Sophie’s ancestor – Susanna Norman. There is no time to settle in, as Matthew must report to his boss, William Cecil, who pressures Matthew to resume his former occupation – spying for the Queen. Diana realises instantly that the 16th century Matthew Roydon is a different man to the one she fell in love with. Matthew and Diana crash into 1590’s London and are immediately confronted by a face from Matthew’s past: Kit Marlowe. In Madison, Satu, Knox and Gerbert arrive at the Bishop house to find that Matthew and Diana have disappeared only moments earlier, and based on the fact that they have abandoned their modern-day clothes deduce they are hiding in time.