Coven Academy (2026) s01e21 Episode Script

Umbras evoco, omnes solvo!
[menacing instrumental music playing]
Now! Do it!
Tenebras expande, lucem obscura.
Infirmos purga, fortes confirma!
[breathes heavily]
-Why isn't it spreading?
-I-- I don't know.
Read it again!
Tenebras expande, lucem obscura.
Infirmos purga, fortes confirma!
[breathes heavily]
[electricity crackling]
[grunts]
You're Mary's daughter.
It should have worked!
I said it exactly as written!
You're trying to stop me, just like her.
Now you're gonna die like her.
[chokes, gasps]
[coven chokes, gasps]
-[grunts]
-[Jake grunts]
[Briar gasps] Jake?
[tense instrumental music playing]
[eerie magical warping]
[Jake grunts]
-[William grunts]
-[groans]
-You shouldn't have done that!
-[Jake grunts]
And you shouldn't have tried
to kill my friends.
Briar Roberts is not your friend.
-She is the enemy!
-She's an innocent witch.
You started all of this
to protect people like her,
to rid the world of monsters,
but now you
[inhales sharply]
you're the one hurting
and killing your own kind.
You really thought a heartfelt speech
could stop me?
No.
But it made a pretty good diversion.
[coven] By moonlight's glow
and witches' smite,
purge the darkness with your light.
-[high-pitched ringing]
-[dramatic instrumental music playing]
[dark magical whirring]
[group] By moonlight's glow
and witches' smite,
purge the darkness with your light!
[grunts]
-[groans]
-Briar.
Take my hand. Trust me, please.
[dramatic instrumental music playing]
[William] Umbras evoco,
omnes solvo! Tenebras
Gaia, the mother, arresteth his flight.
[William chanting indistinctly]
Theia, the daughter, shineth your light!
[uplifting instrumental music playing]
[William screams]
[breathes shakily]
-Where is he?
-[panting] He's gone.
-[whimpers softly, pants]
-For good.
-[Briar] It's over.
-[panting] We did it.
-[chuckles] We actually did it.
-[both pant]
For the record, I never doubted us.
[coven chuckles, pants]
[soft classical music playing]
[music concludes]
[crickets chirping]
[poignant instrumental music continues]
[knocking on door]
-[Jake] Come in.
-Hi. Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
[clears throat]
Have you have you heard from Ollie yet?
No.
He made it clear
he doesn't wanna see me again.
-And I have to accept that.
-I'm sorry.
Hey, he's not a monster.
He saved my life.
I was I was so wrong about him.
I was wrong about a lot of things.
[inhales, swallows]
I'm sorry you never got
the dad you deserved.
-[chuckles softly]
-I wish you never met William.
I'm glad I did.
[gentle electronic music playing]
All my life, there has been this
this hole where I thought
my dad should be.
Never knew anything about him,
but that hole, it ate at me.
[breathes shakily]
It's it's strange, but
I guess I'm I'm kind of relieved
to at least know who he was.
Even if the guy was--
A twisted Warlock with a god complex?
Yeah, yeah, sounds about right.
But the point is
sometimes the awful truth is
is better than the unknown.
I know what you mean.
It was torture not knowing
what happened to my mom,
even though the full story
is way more complicated
-than I expected.
-[chuckles softly]
She's finally at peace,
and I finally have closure.
I can stop digging at the past
and start living for the future.
[Jake grunts softly]
There's this tradition
in the magical world
where at the the start of the new year,
we we shed what held us back.
Hmm.
-[clears throat]
-[drawer opening]
[music fades]
How about we start with that?
Incineration spell.
[exhales]
[breathes deeply]
[echoing] Burn away, let sparks ensue.
Smolder hot, begin anew.
[soft pop music playing,
SIENNA SPIRO "You Stole The Show"]
You stole the show
Got a standing ovation ♪
I lost control, from the stage
From your face, and ♪
You don't say hello
I can't wait ♪
-I'm impatient ♪
Yeah, you stole my show
so I chase you ♪
[sighs]
-We should
-Yeah, totally.
The adrenaline
makes me shiver ♪
Goodnight, Brooklyn.
Show me that you're genuine
That I'm safe again ♪
That you came here different ♪
Goodnight, Jake.
No time to define ♪
But before we get closer ♪
I ask if you love me ♪
And you just shrug your shoulders ♪
-You stole the show ♪
Now, the crowd's coming through ♪
I just sink into you ♪
We're just blowing smoke ♪
'Cause this moment will end
I'll be back at the scene ♪
You left cold
My love turns green ♪
And oh, you made me
hate myself, mm-mm ♪
You stole it all, so I wait ♪
Just to save this ♪
Wrap me in your arms again ♪
The adrenaline makes me shiver ♪
[Ollie] Before you read,
please, take a bite.
Sausage and mushroom,
just how you like it.
[chuckles softly]
[Ollie] I tried to stay away.
I tried to keep you simply as a memory.
But I can't.
-I refuse to.
-[engine revving]
Somehow, I will find
the strength to be with you
and keep you safe.
I wanna try.
I only hope that you do too.
Wrap me in your arms again ♪
The adrenaline
makes me shiver ♪
Show me that you're genuine ♪
[engine rumbling]
That you came here different ♪
No time to define ♪
But before we get closer ♪
I ask if you love me ♪
And you just ♪
[engine revving]
Shrug your shoulders ♪
[siren wailing distantly]
[music concludes]
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat pop music playing over speakers]
Hey, hey. What are you doing here?
-Looking for you!
-No, no. It's not safe, okay?
-Even with the truce.
-I need to know why, Mason.
Why you never told us. We all mourned you!
My heart has been broken for three years,
-and all this time
-Do I really have to explain it?
You and mom are witches.
[scoffs] Dad is a warlock.
You guys want people like me gone.
-That's not true.
-[Mason scoffs]
Now look who's not being honest.
[swallows]
Mason, you could have come to me.
[scoffs] All my life,
I've been the outsider.
The one who didn't have magic,
the one who wasn't anything.
That's not true. [hesitates]
I never cared if you were
a warlock or not. I loved you.
[shakily] You were the smartest,
the funniest, I
I don't know anyone
who has a bigger heart,
and I know it's still in you.
[swallows]
[Sasha] I need you.
I wouldn't be who I am today
without you as my big brother.
No, your brother is dead,
and he always will be, okay?
So, you need to get out.
You don't belong here.
I'm not losing you again!
I won't. I I can help you.
I don't need your help.
That's what you and Mom and Dad
just don't seem to understand.
What you'll never understand.
[ominous music overlapping]
This this
is who I am now. [breathes heavily]
And you know what?
I have never felt more alive.
[yells] So, get out, you hear me?
-[breathes shakily] Mason.
-Get out!
-[music concludes]
-[birds chirping]
Hi, so sorry I'm late.
I-- I-- I'm a down-to-the-last-second
kind of person,
when I should be a get-there-early person,
so I get there right on time,
but I just [inhales]
-Sorry, can I rewind that?
-[McKenna] Tegan, I'm sorry.
-I I can't make it tonight.
-[Tegan] Oh, uh
Oh, okay. Is it something I did?
[McKenna] No, not at all. Uh, I just
I have to pack for Chicago.
We're leaving, like, super early.
Isn't your flight at 6:00 p.m.?
Right. Early evening.
Super early evening. [chuckles]
[soft pop music playing,
The Amber Day "Somewhere in the World"]
[breathes deeply]
You once told me to speak up for myself,
so I'm just gonna say this.
McKenna, I was really
looking forward to tonight.
I know. I just, um
[inhales sharply] I I just--
I mean, if it's something
about me or whatever, just--
You can tell me, 'cause I know
it doesn't seem like it,
but I have thick skin, and I
I would have all of winter break
to get over it.
It's not about you at all, Tegan.
[whispers] It's not.
[breathes deeply]
[shakily] It's me.
[chuckles] It's, um [sighs]
[swallows, whispers] It's this.
[gasps, breathes shakily] Wait.
-[McKenna breathes sharply]
-Have you been turned?
-[hesitates]
-Are you gonna be hybrid?
[shakily] I don't know.
Um, I don't feel anything yet.
[breathes shakily]
No one can know about this. Please.
Promise me you won't tell anyone.
Not not your coven,
and definitely not Jake.
I promise.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't have
burdened you with this.
-I'm sorry--
-Hey, look, listen to me.
[breathes shakily]
Whatever happens, I'm here for you, okay?
You're not in this alone, McKenna.
[breathes sharply]
It’s all that counts ♪
I loved you then ♪
I love you now ♪
[Sasha] "The Elixir of Life
"is said to grant the gift of immortality.
"Its virtues are rumored
to contain properties
"such as to restart the heart,
and by some accounts,
"most contested to restore
a vampire back to human state."
[breathes heavily]
I love you now ♪
[music concludes]
Come in.
-Hey.
-[door closing]
Is, uh is this goodbye
until the new year?
Well, I don't know about--
I would not blame you
if you wanted to stay
far away from this place.
I don't. I still love this school.
But I did learn two invaluable lessons.
First, identity theft is as bad
as they say it is.
And second, I need to take advantage
of every minute I have on this fine earth.
Funny. I feel the same thing.
I keep waiting for just the right moment
-to do things.
-[Peter] Hmm.
No more waiting.
[exhales] So, what's on
the top of the list?
A concert at Preservation Hall.
I love New Orleans jazz.
I grew up with it.
And I haven't seen it live
in a really long time.
I happen to have two tickets.
Are you free tomorrow night?
I'm sorry. That that is
really inappropriate.
No, it's it's highly appropriate.
I was actually gonna walk in here
and ask you something similar,
but my version involved
a plate of blackened redfish
and dirty rice from Diyann's.
Well, who says we can't do both?
Yeah, um
[suspenseful electronic music playing]
Is
is that
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Release thee from oil and canvas.
Return here to soil and vastness.
Took you long enough.
-[sighs]
-[music concludes]
[uplifting pop music playing,
mxmtoon "Lessons"]
Do words lose weight
if said too often? ♪
If not said enough,
are they forgotten? ♪
Do I bite my tongue
out of over-caution now? ♪
Thought I had it all just figured out ♪
But I'm slowing down
with questions now ♪
It's okay to step back and look around ♪
It'll just take time ♪
[knocking on door]
Be patient with yourself ♪
I remember that backpack.
[chuckles] From the first day
you got here.
-Yeah.
-Seems like forever ago.
[chuckles] I wanted to escape
the first chance I got.
And I was ready to give you
a light shove out the door.
[coven laughs]
But meeting you two
becoming sisters
I mean, what more could a girl ask for?
Which is why I made us these.
Kind of like the necklace
that I made for my mom,
only these beads, they're enchanted.
So, if we're ever apart,
they'll eventually bring us back together.
Charmed bracelets.
Obsessed.
I would not have pegged you
as the crafty one of the coven,
-but I love it.
-[Briar chuckles]
I mean, we're gonna need them
more than ever next semester.
It's historically "the hardest"
semester for covens.
Are you okay, T?
Yeah, I'm okay.
I'm gonna miss you both so much.
Winter break is gonna feel like forever.
I'm gonna miss you too, both of you.
But, hey, today is not a sad day, okay?
-[inhales]
-[Tegan] What? What is it?
-Nothing.
-[Sasha sighs]
-[music fades]
-It's okay. Tell us.
[pensive instrumental music playing]
Last night
William said he needed a witch
from the Roberts bloodline
to recite the spell.
It should have worked.
Why didn't it?
You mispronounced a vowel?
I didn't. That's the thing.
-[music fades]
-[birds chirping]
[echoing] I call upon a wayward soul,
appear again by ways of old.
[enchanting instrumental music playing]
-Mary.
-Hi, Em.
[Briar] There's something I have to say.
And I just wanna get it off my chest.
Miss Graves said
that my mom left the coven
because she got pregnant.
Now we know that's not true.
She left because of secrets and William.
And then I was thinking about it
and I have never seen
a photo of my mom pregnant with me.
Briar, what are you saying?
[Briar] I don't know
I don't know I just
When Graves grabbed
my hand for that spell
it was really weird.
I felt some sort of connection between us.
-I think she knows.
-How?
[Sasha] The spell she used.
"Gaia, the mother, arresteth his flight.
"Theia, the daughter, shineth your light."
What if those words
aren't just a metaphor?
Exactly.
[Ms. Graves] I wanna tell her, Mary.
She needs to know why I gave her up.
She needs to know what happened.
No more secrets, remember?
This is different.
This is bigger than us, Emma.
No one can ever know
you're Briar's birth mother.
If the truth ever got out,
you wouldn't be able to protect her.
She deserves to know.
[thunder rumbling]
[menacing electronic music playing]
Something's coming.
[thunder cracking]
[music builds]
[music concludes]
[theme music playing]
[music concludes]