Season 2

The **second season** of *Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments* was officially announced on March 14, 2016. It premiered on January 2, 2017, and its 20-episode run ended on August 14, 2017.

## Plot

**2A**:
The second season of *Shadowhunters* returns with the Shadow World in upheaval with Valentine and the Circle continuing to grow stronger by the minute and our gang quickly becoming disillusioned with the Clave and their reaction to the recent events. Loyalties will be tested, unlikely bonds will be made, and relationships will be pushed to the limit as the Shadowhunters and their Downworlder friends make their own way in a new world.

**2B**:
*Shadowhunters* returns for the second half of Season 2 with Shadowhunters and Downworlders reeling from what happened at the New York Institute in the winter finale. As the rift between the two sides grows larger, the team and their Downworld friends and lovers are put in the middle of the dangerous divide. Torn between the Clave's rules and what they feel is right, Clary, Jace, Alec and Isabelle struggle to help forge a new beginning. Relationships will be tested, a new Shadowhunter named Sebastian will join the fray and the Seelie Queen will step out of the shadows in the summer season.

## Cast and characters

**Main characters**:

* Katherine McNamara as Clary Fairchild (20/20)
* Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland (20/20)
* Alberto Rosende as Simon Lewis (20/20)
* Matthew Daddario as Alec Lightwood (20/20)
* Emeraude Toubia as Isabelle Lightwood (20/20)
* Isaiah Mustafa as Luke Garroway (19/20) (eps. 1-15, 17-20)
* Harry Shum Jr. as Magnus Bane (19/20) (eps. 1-15, 17-20)

**Recurring characters**:

* Alan Van Sprang as Valentine Morgenstern (15/20) (eps. 1-2, 4, 7-12, 14-17, 19-20)
* Maxim Roy as Jocelyn Fray (5/20) (eps. 1-5)
* David Castro as Raphael Santiago (13/20) (eps. 2-4, 6, 8-15, 19)
* Will Tudor as Jonathan Morgenstern (9/20) (eps. 11-12, 14-20)
* Alisha Wainwright as Maia Roberts (13/20) (eps. 3, 6-11, 13, 16-20)
* Joel Labelle as Alaric Rodriguez (5/20) (eps. 2-3, 6-7, 10)
* Nick Sagar as Victor Aldertree (8/20) (eps. 1-6, 9-10)
* Stephanie Bennett as Lydia Branwell (3/20) (eps. 1-2, 4)
* Stephanie Belding as Iris Rouse (2/20) (eps. 5, 8)
* Ariana Williams as Madzie (5/20) (eps. 5, 8-10, 19)
* Joanne Jansen as Gretel Monroe (3/20) (eps. 1-3)
* Jade Hassouné as Meliorn (6/20) (eps. 9-10, 13-14, 19-20)
* Vanessa Matsui as Dorothea Rollins (7/20) (eps. 2, 4, 9-10, 12-13, 17)
* Christina Cox as Elaine Lewis (5/20) (eps. 3-6, 16)
* Nicola Correia-Damude as Maryse Lightwood (4/20) (eps. 1, 8, 14, 18)
* Paulino Nunes as Robert Lightwood (2/20) (eps. 16, 18)
* Jack Fulton as Max Lightwood (4/20) (eps. 8, 13, 17-18)
* Mimi Kuzyk as Imogen Herondale (4/20) (eps. 11-13, 19)
* Alexandra Ordolis as Ollie Wilson (5/20) (eps. 11, 14-15, 18, 20)
* Tara Joshi as Samantha (2/20) (eps. 14, 18)
* Lola Flanery as the Seelie Queen (3/20) (eps. 14, 18-19)
* Sarah Hyland as the adult Seelie Queen (2/20) (eps. 19-20)

*more here...*

## Gallery

*For the whole collection of images and videos for the show, go to the gallery page, or browse the episode galleries on the main wiki.*

### Videos

TMI S2A Trailer 01TMI S2B Trailer 01TMI S2 Intro
## Production

The renewal for the season was announced on March 14, 2016, during a Facebook Q&A with the main cast, executive producer McG, and former showrunner Ed Decter.

Shortly before production began, Ed Decter "left" the series, supposedly over creative differences. He was then replaced by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer as the new showrunners and executive producers. Some other parts of the production team, such as writers, crew members, and producers, also left.

Several changes were made behind the scenes prior to the production of the season. Various creative decisions were made, in coordination with the new vision for the show's expanded look. Along with the aforementioned new showrunners are some crew changes: Folks VFX was brought on as the new visual effects team, and the new stunt coordinator was brought on to make the fight scenes take on more of a martial arts approach. Even some of the props were redesigned, including the swords; some blades which now have runes glowing on their surface. The new team hoped to make the show visually stronger—less colorful and bright, but darker with more powerful action and better visual effects; the Portal design is new, as well as the warlock magic, Magnus's cat eyes, the supernatural speed, particularly of the vampires, the normal rune color was also changed from red (of the first season) to black (its standard color in the books), and even parts of the set have been revamped by the new production designer; the actors were also encouraged "into uncomfortable places" and "to dig down deep" for this season's scenes. The EP Matt Hastings (who, due to McG's busy scheduling, is the production director now regularly on set) also brought on new directors and cinematographers for this season in their efforts to change the look and make the show more cinematic, to give the show more scope and more depth. It is also set to "focus a little bit more on [the] core people," building on their characterization and integrating some more elements and the tone from the books.

Filming began on August 8, 2016, took a break in November, continued in January 23, and is expected to end by May 2017. The show premiered on January 2, 2017; divided into two parts, the season went on a winter break after its mid-season finale on March 6, and will return for the second half on June 5, 2017.

## Trivia

* According to the Todd Slavkin, it has been around a month since the beginning of the events of *The Mortal Cup*.
* The season incorporates major events from *City of Ashes* and *City of Glass*.
* A new opening credits sequence was launched this season.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Shadowhunters' Renewed for Second Season at Freeform — Hollywood Reporter
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Shadowhunters: Titles & Spoilers For February 2017 Episodes | KSiteTV
3. ↑ ‘Shadowhunters’ Showrunner Ed Decter Exits For Season 2 Of Freeform Series | Deadline
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Cassandra Clare Shares the Troubles and Triumphs of Seeing the Shadowhunters World Onscreen — The B&N Teen Blog
5. ↑ ‘Shadowhunters’: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer Tapped As New Showrunners | Deadline
6. ↑ Credits on the show and tweets of crew replacements from other staff
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Shadowhunters exclusive: changes coming in Season 2 | Empire
8. ↑ Shadowhunters season 2 first look — Entertainment Weekly
9. ↑ Dom during his Facebook Live Q&A
10. ↑ Matt Hasting on Twitter
11. ↑ McG on Twitter
12. ↑ "Here we go!" — Katherine McNamara on Instagram
13. ↑ "We start shooting 211 Jan 23." Todd Slavkin on Twitter
14. ↑ "First day shooting 2b..." Todd Slavkin on Twitter
15. ↑ OMDC — In Production
16. ↑ Current Productions | IATSE 873
17. ↑ Currently Filming in Toronto overview