Coven Academy (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

[intense instrumental music playing]
[birds chirping]
Mom, is that really you?
Briar.
My baby, are you okay?
I'm the opposite of okay, Mom.
I miss you so much.
I know.
Listen carefully. There isn't much time.
-[music intensifies]
-[wind whooshing]
-My murderer--
-We're losing her.
What? Your murderer?
Your murderer, what?
Is closer than you think.
Who did this to you?
[music rises]
[Mary mumbles]
Mom?
[music concludes]
[motorcycle engine rumbles]
[dramatic instrumental music playing]
[tires screech]
[intricate instrumental music playing]
I I can explain.
[Tamora] You don't have to.
You have a thing for the girl.
You wanna play the hero.
Well, sometimes
the hero has to pay a price.
-You've ruined my life.
-[Tamora] What life?
You were gonna be a loser
just like your dad.
I offered you a second chance,
and this is how you thank me?
You may have bitten me
but you don't own me.
Someone has to warn her
that she's being hunted by a monster.
[Tamora] Briar will be mine,
and you are not gonna stop me.
I gave you the gift of day walking,
and I can take it away, too.
[eerie instrumental music playing]
Dawn to dusk, each day's duration.
Let the sun bring the immolation.
[groans, breathes heavily]
[wind whooshing]
[grunts, pants]
-[music fades]
-[birds chirping]
[Briar] She said her murderer
is closer than I think.
This is the same woman
who went after me.
It's her, isn't it? She killed my mom.
It's not that simple.
[pensive instrumental music playing]
[Ms. Graves]
This person is very different now.
She is something very, very dangerous.
[Briar] You were friends.
You didn't think
that was worth mentioning?
We weren't just friends. We were sisters.
Even if I hadn't seen her in years.
And your mother,
she chose a different path.
What's more important than sisters?
Daughters.
Your mother got pregnant
and moved to New York.
That is you, Briar.
I broke the coven?
No, honey. No, it's a long story.
-I've got all day.
-[Ms. Graves] Well, I don't.
I have students that are still missing.
And a hundred things
I have to do to keep you
and this school safe tonight.
-I'm raising the ward.
-The ward? Oh, my God.
There's so many new terms around here.
[Ms. Graves] And you need
to start learning them.
Autumn exams are coming up.
It's the perfect excuse
for you to stay in,
stay safe, and study.
It's what your mother would want.
-But I--
-[Ms. Graves] Crescent Vale
is on official lockdown.
No one is leaving the premises.
[Briar] Please.
All I wanna know
is if she killed my mom.
I need you to go back to your room now.
And you girls too!
-[door opening]
-[sighs deeply]
[upbeat pop music playing,
Barns Courtney "Supernatural"]
One last time
Let you back into my head ♪
Yeah, black-black
black and blue beat-up ♪
High off everything you said ♪
Lift the bounds of earthly measure.
Spin this paper into treasure.
-[papers rustle]
-All over my body ♪
But you're actin'
like you don't want me ♪
Yeah, if you want me let me know ♪
You're terrifin' beautiful ♪
Like a thunderbolt through my body ♪
It's enough
to make me feel supernatural ♪
Supernatural
I feel untouchable ♪
I'm unstoppable ♪
Yeah, baby I feel supernatural ♪
Supernatural
I feel untouchable ♪
I'm unstoppable ♪
-I'm supernatural ♪
-[song concludes]
Okay, solution mode.
Um, you said the lady
who tried to kill you
looked like a vampire?
[sighs] Fangs, weird eyes,
forehead marks, the whole deal.
Like this?
[intense instrumental music playing]
I mean, not no.
Oh, my gosh.
Briar, that's a hybrid.
What's that?
It's a cross between a witch
and a vampire.
Corrupted in spirit
and untethered from both worlds,
they're prone to madness
and capable
of unspeakable acts of cruelty,
even against those closest to them.
Like my mom.
Okay.
Okay.
[reflective instrumental music playing]
I'm gonna take down this hybrid.
Excuse me?
Did you not hear the part
about the unspeakable acts
she's capable of?
Yeah. And I'm gonna do unspeakable acts
right back at her.
Okay, um, I'm gonna hold
your hand when I say this.
How would you even find her?
That boy, Ollie,
he told me to run from her
the other night.
He might know how to find her.
-[cell phone whooshes]
-[touchpad clacking]
Okay, I'm gonna hold your other hand.
Briar, the school is on lockdown,
and we don't even have our powers.
Then how do we get them back?
-[static]
-[music intensifies]
-[Briar gasps, exhales sharply]
-[music fades]
-It's Jake.
-[Sasha sighs]
You know,
I really preferred Bob, actually.
But yes it is I.
What are you doing down here?
-What are you doing down here?
-Spring cleaning.
Good one. It's autumn.
Besides, I thought I overheard
someone say
they wanted their powers back.
[sirens wailing]
-[upbeat pop music playing]
-[indistinct chatter]
[slurps]
[slurps softly]
[Alexander]
What happened to your face?
[Ollie] I'm fine.
So, Tamora ripped off
your day-walking spell.
What'd you do?
I tried to stop her from hurting
more innocent people.
You know what she'd do to you
if you weren't her nephew?
You want me to thank you
for my good luck?
Seriously, Alexander.
She cast a spell
that gave us back the light.
You have no idea what that's worth.
I just need to get to a hospital.
Yeah, hospitals
are for humans, pal, but
don't worry,
we have the next best thing.
I just need ♪
[intense instrumental music playing]
I told you, I won't drink human blood.
Who said it was human?
[slurps]
[gulps, coughs]
-[breathes deeply] What is that?
-Alligator. Locally sourced.
It'll heal you up
but it will never satisfy your hunger.
Nothing will until you give in
and go human.
[breathes deeply]
[slurps]
-[sighs]
-[flesh reweaving]
[crickets chirping]
[ominous instrumental music playing]
By root and rune,
by ley lines coil. [echoing]
Reveal what breathes beneath the soil.
[ground rumbles]
[Ms. Graves]
Magic rivers bring us power
-across the earth at every hour.
-[light crackles]
[ethereal instrumental music playing]
[music fades]
Sorry, I'm supposed
to believe some dude
who's not old enough to shave
can get us our powers back.
Hey, I can grow a mustache.
He cannot get our powers back.
I can. In fact, I can get
all your powers back.
So what's the problem
with breaking a couple rules?
[Sasha scoffs] The problem
is that some of us have family legacies
at this school that go back decades.
My parents both went here.
Your mom was a witch
and your dad was a warlock?
Yes, and it's a lot to live up to.
[Briar] Did yours go here too?
Just my mom, but she went
to the Coven Academy
in San Francisco.
My dad is just a normie.
I feel like we're getting off topic here.
Okay, this is all way bigger
than I realized.
Why is Tegan raising her hand?
Sash, you know if this was your mom,
you'd move heaven and earth
for, like, justice.
You'd want your powers back too,
I mean, come on.
Exactly.
Fine, fine.
But I'm only participating in this
to make sure Jake doesn't make
everything worse.
Can't make any promises.
[Jake sighs deeply]
[eerie instrumental music playing]
All right.
Follow me.
Hold up.
[tense instrumental music playing]
Were you spying on us down here?
Don't flatter yourself, Brooklyn.
Okay, I'm on my own mission.
Somebody's gotta find
those missing girls.
[tense instrumental music playing]
[indistinct chatter in distance]
[Teese slurping blood]
[bone crunching]
-Hey.
-[Teese continues slurping]
[Alexander]
That takedown? Masterful.
[insects chittering]
I learned it from a legend.
-[chuckles]
-[Alexander chuckles] Yeah.
You learned from an old man
who's had a lot of practice.
-[chuckles]
-[both hiss]
[sighs] Sorry to interrupt
the dinner party, Alexander.
What is it?
I'm not gonna ask you again.
Bring me Briar Roberts.
So, you can turn her into a hybrid?
Yeah, isn't one of you enough?
[scoffs] For the battle that's coming? No.
No, not nearly enough.
It's gonna take a coven.
The most powerful coven.
So I need Briar.
Then why don't you go
after her yourself?
I mean, the schools have wards
to keep us out.
Yes, they built a ward
to keep me out too.
[chuckles sarcastically] Yeah.
We're done attacking witches.
It's not worth the war.
[Tamora] The threat I'm talking about,
it affects everyone,
especially, vampires and wolves.
So, if one girl has to get
a little life change
in order to protect the world,
well, that's how it has to be.
[scoffs] But what is there to protect?
What is it that we have
to be so afraid of?
[sighs, whispering] Extinction.
[music intensifies]
[wind whooshing]
[sighs]
[reflective instrumental music playing]
[distorted whispering]
Glowing creatures
use your light. [echoing]
Keep the dark at bay tonight.
-[wind whistles]
-[fireflies buzzing]
-[door opening]
-[music fades]
-[Peter] Emma?
-[door creaks]
You still haven't turned in for the night?
[Ms. Graves]
I need to take every precaution.
The Fireflies are on watch
for any intruders.
[insects chittering]
-Have you checked the ley lines?
-[Ms. Graves] I was just there.
Because if the ley lines get corrupted--
I do not need a reminder
that we're connected
to every Coven Academy
on the planet, Peter.
What's bad for us--
[Peter] It's catastrophic for the world.
[Ms. Graves] Yeah.
I feel like I'm not helping.
You're still looking for our girls.
[breathes deeply]
I combed the city twice.
I didn't use multiple locator spells.
Wherever they are, it's beyond us.
Beyond our powers, I mean,
which is, you know, humbling.
Which is why I refuse to sleep.
[thoughtful instrumental music playing]
You know,
you don't always have to handle
all the big stuff alone.
This faculty will gladly suit up
and run the battle for you.
Not all of them.
Hmm. I would.
Anytime you want.
Frankly, I don't even need the battle.
We could just go running.
Maybe when things calm down.
Okay.
Don't forget to get some rest.
I will when you do.
Yeah, okay. Well, good night.
Good night.
[door opening, creaking]
[door creaks]
[Jake] Hmm.
[whispering] I'm all for breaking rules,
but I didn't realize we were breaking
into her office.
Don't worry.
This isn't my first time doing this.
-Or my second.
-And that's a good thing?
[breathes deeply]
We need to find that book
that Graves used
to take away your powers.
Sometimes she hides her grimoire
in a drawer.
Uh, sometimes she locks it
in a trunk. She's unpredictable.
Question. Why are you doing this?
-What?
-Helping me.
[tense instrumental music playing]
That that thing about your mom.
I lost my dad before I ever met him.
Oh.
And if he wasn't famously such
a total dirtbag loser,
then [breathes deeply]
yeah, I'd want answers too.
Hey, any luck in here?
Baby steps.
Thanks for keeping lookout.
-[whispering] Okay, yeah, yep.
-[door creaks, closing]
Here we go.
Earth and air
and worldly might [echoing]
bring this tome into my sight.
[breathes deeply]
[eerie instrumental music playing]
[music fades]
Nothing happened.
-[objects rattling]
-[wind whooshing]
[gasps, exhales]
[triumphant instrumental
music playing]
-[Briar exhales]
-[chuckles softly]
That's not the grimoire.
But this is.
You ready to get in some real trouble?
I thought we were just getting
our powers back.
We are.
[music concludes]
[theme music playing]
[theme music concludes]