Titled: “Day of Wrath”

Did that just happen?!

I think we need a minute to process this and breathe. There’s no way she’s dead! After everything that happened in the first season, I’m not ready to say goodbye.

On Shadowhunters Season 2 Episode 4, a powerful smoke demon came into the picture and killed almost anyone who got in its way. Luckily, most of our core group lived to see another day from the rampage within the Institute. But a few familiar faces didn’t make it out alive.

I can’t believe Jocelyn is dead! Did you see this murder coming? I sure didn’t…

When the show and commercials were teasing that one of the Shadowhunters we knew was going to die, I had guessed Lydia.

She seemed like the obvious choice. In retrospect, however, she was TOO obvious. It was all there, though: She’s big enough that we got to know her and be emotionally invested, but not main enough that would affect the story if gone. I was preparing myself to say goodbye and mourn the loss of her witty comebacks.

Looking back at the end of the episode, Jocelyn was getting a hero edit. (A hero edit is the final storyline, scenes, book, episodes or etc. where it leads the character to an impactful goodbye.)

For example, her character was getting written out for a stay in Idris and she tried to give Clary a new life together in a different world. Once Clary established her own independence and decided to stay, it sealed Jocelyn’s fate. The nuances were subtle, but it was leading to a powerful moment.

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