Recap / Carnival Row S 1 E 1 Some Dark God Wakes

• Action-Hogging Opening: The opening raid scene may well be the most dynamic scene in the first season.
• Bald of Evil: Unseelie Jack's victim who he'd left alive describes him as having a shaved head.
• Boom, Headshot!: The opening raid in the forest has most of the fae killed with unlikely headshots from afar.
• Climbing Climax: Philo chases the serial killer across the roofs of the town until it comes to a confrontation and suicide by the baddie.
• Da Chief: Philo gets sent home by the chief of police after he requests surveillance of one of their own.
• Drowning Pit: The fae are trapped below deck when the water rushes in. ^note Vignette later mentions that they wouldn't let them out of the hold paralleling the incident happening to the lower-deck passengers of the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic.
• Empathy Doll Shot: Among the wreckage of the Deliverance we briefly see a child's stuffed doll being tossed about by the tide.
• Establishing Character Moment:
  • Vignette's Big Damn Heroes moment of saving a fae from a werewolf in the forest establishes her as an Action Girl.
  • Philo's first appearance threatening a fellow copper with a butcher's knife establishes him as a Hard Boiled Detective.
• Feet-First Introduction: Agreus is introduced with his hoofs in focus.
• Going by the Matchbook: Vignette finds the Tetterby Hotel in the Burgue via a matchbook with its name on it.
• Important Haircut: In disdain Vignette chops off her tail that reminded her of Philo after learning that he left her thinking he was dead.
• Internal Reveal: Vignette learns that Philo is still alive.
• Match Cut: A scene transition from Philo's face on a photo floating in the sea to him sitting in a tram at the Burgue.
• Mistaken for Servant: Imogen confuses Agreus with a servant on their first encounter.
• Motive Rant: The serial killer delivers one to Philo before throwing himself off the roof.
• Not Worth Killing: Vignette's reasoning when deciding to let Philo live.
• Precious Photo: The daguerreotype of Philo that Vignette keeps in her book.
• Scream Discretion Shot: The last we hear of Aisling is her screaming coming from in the sewers.
• Serial Killer: Philo is on the trail of "Unseelie Jack," a man who has been beating Fae to death with a hammer.
• Shipwreck Start: Vignette gets to the Burgue by means of her escaping the Pact-occupied Tirnanoc among a shipload of refugees, only for the ship to founder in a storm with Vignette the Sole Survivor. This leads Ezra Spurnrose, an investor in the lost ship, to force her into Indentured Servitude as a maid to recoup a bit of his investment.
• A Sinister Clue: Philo is able to determine from the injuries on Unseelie Jack's victims that the perpetrator was left-handed.
• Slain in Their Sleep: What Vignette attempts with Philo.
• Sole Survivor: Vignette is the only survivor of both the raid in the forest as well as the shipwreck that killed both humans and Fae by the masses.
• Sword over Head: Vignette is about to cut Philo's throat but can't bring herself to go through with it, especially after he dares her to.
• Take a Moment to Catch Your Death: The fae Vignette saves from a werewolf gets promptly shot by a Pact soldier.
• Tattooed Crook: The incriminating detail which allows Philo to identify Unseelie Jack is the tattoo of a snake on his forearm.
• Think Nothing of It: Vignette's response when a fae thanks for arranging for the passage.
• Wall Bang Her: Portia and Phila have sex up against (and on) her dresser.
• Woman Scorned: Vignette doesn't take lightly to what Philo did and threatens to kill him with a knife.
• Zero-G Spot: Jonah engages in something similar with Tourmaline, who's a Faerie. As the two have sex, she bats her wings to lift both of them off the bed. This experience seems to be a part of the appeal Faerie prostitutes have, since they also fly down to be viewed by potential clients.

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