Rehab for angels, amnesia for sinners, and a love triangle older than your grandma's soul.
7.042 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestMourning Penn's death, Luce believes it was murder. The residents work together to get answers. Daniel confronts Miss Miriam, Cam confronts Howson, and Luce confronts Miss Sophia, who traps Luce in the library and sets it ablaze. Daniel rushes to help Luce escape, and the pair are reconciled. But Miss Sophia won't give up; she kidnaps Luce and drags her to a sacred altar in the woods. With Outcasts overrunning the facility, Daniel and the other residents fight their way to the woods to find Luce and become trapped in an epic showdown.
A young woman is sent to a cult-like rehab facility called Sword & Cross to serve time for a crime she can't remember committing. Among the other residents, she encounters the enigmatic Daniel and exasperating but irresistible Cam, all of whom are under the watchful eye of the sinister chief doctor Howson, and devout twin sisters Miriam and Sophia. Luce must untangle the mystery of who she is and why she has a connection to Daniel that goes far back beyond their time in the institution
Production
Sword & Cross looks like a Pinterest board for 'cursed boarding school aesthetic'.
Costume
Everyone dressed like they're auditioning to be the saddest Hozier music video.
Acting
Alexander Siddig serving villainous psychiatrist like he read the script once and decided to elevate it.
Creators
Claudia Bluemhuber, Lauren Kate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Lauren Kate's 2009 novel that launched a four-book franchise and briefly convinced everyone that fallen angels were the new vampires.
Jessica Alexander previously played the mermaid in 'The Little Mermaid' (2023), making this her second role as a mysterious otherworldly being men don't deserve.
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