Season 1

The **first season** of *Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments* premiered on January 12, 2016 on Freeform, consisting of 13 episodes and ran until April 2016.

## Plot

Based on the *New York Times* bestselling young adult fantasy book series *The Mortal Instruments* by Cassandra Clare, follows 18 year-old Clary Fray, who finds out on her birthday that she is not who she thinks she is, but rather comes from a long line of Shadowhunters — human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons. When her mother Jocelyn is kidnapped, Clary is thrown into the world of demon hunting with mysterious Shadowhunter Jace and her best friend Simon. Now living among faeries, warlocks, vampires and werewolves, Clary begins a journey of self-discovery as she learns more about her past and what her future may hold.

## Cast and characters

**Main characters**:

* Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray (13/13)
* Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland (13/13)
* Alberto Rosende as Simon Lewis (13/13)
* Matthew Daddario as Alec Lightwood (13/13)
* Emeraude Toubia as Isabelle Lightwood (13/13)
* Isaiah Mustafa as Luke Garroway (12/13) (eps. 1-2, 4-13)
* Harry Shum Jr. as Magnus Bane (12/13) (eps. 1-2, 4-13)

**Recurring characters**:

* Alan Van Sprang as Valentine Morgenstern (9/13) (eps. 1-2, 4-5, 8, 10-13)
* Maxim Roy as Jocelyn Fray (9/13) (eps. 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10-13)
* David Castro as Raphael Santiago (7/13) (eps. 2-3, 5, 8-9, 11, 13)
* Jon Cor as Hodge Starkweather (9/13) (eps. 2-4, 8-13)
* Shailene Garnett as Maureen (4/13) (eps. 1-2, 4, 7)
* Lisa Marcos as Captain Susanna Vargas (3/13) (eps. 1-2, 7)
* Vanessa Matsui as Dot (2/13) (eps. 1-2)
* Jade Hassouné as Meliorn (4/13) (eps. 3, 5, 9-10)
* Kaitlyn Leeb as Camille Belcourt (6/13) (eps. 3-4, 7-8, 12-13)
* Joel Labelle as Alaric Rodriguez (7/13) (eps. 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10-11)
* Lisa Marcos as Susanna Vargas (3/13) (eps. 1-2, 7)
* Christina Cox as Elaine Lewis (4/13) (eps. 4, 7-9)
* Stephanie Bennett as Lydia Branwell (6/13) (eps. 8-13)
* Raymond Ablack as Raj (3/13) (eps. 9-11)
* Nicola Correia-Damude as Maryse Lightwood (5/13) (eps. 5-6, 8, 12-13)
* Paulino Nunes as Robert Lightwood (7/13) (eps. 6-10, 12-13)
* Jack Fulton as Max Lightwood (2/13) (eps. 6, 8)
* Jordan Hudyma as Samuel Blackwell (6/13) (eps. 1-2, 4-5, 8, 11)

*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 S1 Trailer 01Shadowhunters Trailer 1Shadowhunters Trailer 2TMI S1 Opening Credits
## Production

At MIPCOM on October 12, 2014, the development of the project was first revealed by Constantin Film. Ed Decter was also hired as showrunner, executive producer, and head writer of the first season.

Cassandra Clare first shared the series' working title "*Shadowhunters*" on Twitter in February 2015. On March 30, 2015, it was officially announced that the series was given a 13-episode straight-to-series order on ABC Family.

It was soon revealed that production would take place in May 2015 in Toronto. McG's involvement as executive producer was then announced. Production began in May (principal photography on the 25th) and ran until October 2015.

## Trivia

* The show's first season is set in 2016. The events of the whole season spanned around a month or less.
* The season incorporates major events from the installments *City of Bones* and *City of Ashes*.
* Some of the props used on the show this season—such as the steles, the seraph blades, and the Mortal Cup, among others—were the same ones used for the preceding film adaptation.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mipcom-mortal-instruments-return-as-740204
2. ↑ http://tmisource.com/2014/10/13/the-mortal-instruments-tv-series-update/
3. ↑ http://deadline.com/2014/10/mortal-instruments-tv-series-ed-decter-showrunner-855645/
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mortal-instruments-drama
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/the-mortal-instruments-shadowhunters
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/cassieclare/status/568852538864201728
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/GlobalJRK/status/586639149886636032
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/McGsWonderland/status/596575092647202816
9. ↑ http://deadline.com/2015/04/mcg-director-mortal-instruments-series-shadowhunters-abc-family-1201408945/
10. ↑ http://tmisource.com/2015/05/25/shadowhunters-officially-begins-filming-today/
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/GlobalJRK/status/586639149886636032
12. ↑ http://www.actratoronto.com/whats-shooting/
13. ↑ http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/06/various-shows-production-dates.html
14. ↑ http://www.omdc.on.ca/film\_and\_tv/Ontario\_Film\_Commission/in\_production.htm
15. ↑ http://www.dgc.ca/ontario/hotlist/Hotlist.pdf
16. ↑ 1x07: *Major Arcana*