“Carnival Row” and “Shadow and Bone” are the two best fantasy TV shows on at the moment, in my opinion, of course 🙂

Both have such vibrant and detailed worlds with their own sets of rules as to how things work. Sure, I wish that “Carnival Row” could be a little more “Star Trek”-nice in terms of how people are treated (instead of being human-crummy) but then the story probably wouldn’t work … We just finished the second season of “Carnival Row” and while I don’t know if there’ll be another season, I sure hope there is.

We just started season 2 of “Shadow and Bone”. We were very excited to watch season 1 back in 2021, but then it kind of slipped from memory in the pandemic haze years. I had just sort of remembered that we had no idea what happened to the show when season 2 suddenly re-appeared!

On watching the first episode of season 2 though, we were both reminded that we’d forgotten a whole heap of stuff. So we went back through season 1 over the weekend and I’m glad that we did 🙂 So much of the story is now back in my head and I’m looking forward to going through season 2 and savouring every bit of it …

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@f I LOVED shadow and bone! Season 2 definitely picks up on episode 4.

I was fortunate to film the cast for Vanity Fair and they were so nice! Kit Young said the goat whacked him hard between takes when they filmed crossing the fold.

@ajyoung We’ve only watched episode 1 and then went back to watching Season 1 again. Hoping to start on the rest of Season 2 sometime this week. Really looking forward to it since personally, I think this is fantasy done right 🙂

But now you’ve got me curious as to what happens in episode 4 … (Nope, don’t tell me. It’s better to be curious … 😛)

@f thank you random internet person because I actually didn't realise season 2 was out until I happened upon your post! I finished s2 now and am gonna rewatch s1. For me it's all about Kaz *swoons* 😍

@f also I agree that Carnival Row is amazing also. Really interesting and different types of fantasy being told on our screens. Excellent worldbuilding in both. I dig it.

@gemofhope Glad to be of help 🙂 If I’ve made one more fan of the show aware that season 2 is here, then that’s a job well done (if I say so myself).

We (my wife and I) are still watching it an episode at a time so that we can enjoy it for as long as we can. So we’re only about halfway through but I love how there’s something for everyone in this show …

@f I haven't tried Shadow and Bone yet and I need to watch Carnival Row season two. I feel like they didn't promote that very heavily because it was out for a while before I saw it.

I think you hit it perfectly about Carnival Row - it's pretty crummy about how they are treated but I think it's necessary for the world they want to tell stories in.

@AngelaPreston You really should give “Shadow and Bone” a try 🙂 I enjoy the fact that there are multiple characters that I care about and that there are several different storylines going on at the same time. I’m sure that the books explain the magic system more in detail too and I think I’d enjoy finding out more ….

Regarding “Carnival Row”, I totally agree that the world has to be that way for the story being told. And also, it’s spot on for how humans would behave when they have to deal with magical races since the critch are just an analogy for how people now treat other races.

The issue for me is generally that it hits too close to home. Given today’s world, it’s just too stark a reminder of things that I’d rather forget about for a bit maybe? Which is why I hope for the rainbow-filled “Star Trek”-land where everybody gets along and everybody is considerate of others — just wanting to escape 🙂

But “Carnival Row” is very powerful in the way it conveys it’s message and despite wishing for better human-critch relations, I did really enjoy watching it and am sad that we’ll get no more “Carnival Row” 😞