Shadowhunters - 'Of Men and Angels'

I can't help feeling that I've seen this shot composition in oils somewhere...

Clary rushes Luke to Magnus Bane for treatment (because only a Warlock can heal an alpha's bite, remember,) with Jace and Simon in tow to cock-block one another help out. simon is getting increasingly jumpy and keeps staring at blood, although oddly not so much at the huge quantities gushing out of Luke's abdomen as at traces on his fingers.

Alec and Isabelle's father and kid brother show up wearing suits, which basically makes them look like a pair of Mormons in a nightclub. Apparently the Lightwood name is in the crapper thanks to Alec's handling of the Clary affair and Isabelle boinking the fair folk. To restore the family honour, they want Alex to marry a girl from another prominent family. Isabelle begs him not to make this compromise, but after heart to hearts with the folks it is Alec who goes off the res to answer Bane's call for 'virgin Shadowhunter energy' (a freely admitted blag for wanting to see Alec) while Isabelle starts dressing like Mommy.

Jace and Simon go shopping for potion ingredients and Simon jumps Jace with a knife, which weirds them both out a bit. Jace is a dick and Simon is in denial, but in the end of the episode Simon leaves, giving a message for Clary that he 'has things to do'. Meanwhile, Luke fills in some backstory, explaining that he used to be a Shadowhunter, and Valentine's parabati, until Valentine thought he was making moves on Jocelyn and threw him into a pit of werewolves to die.

Apparently this is supposed to 'unlock' Clary, although since her memories have been destroyed it's not clear what they're unlocking until she suddenly turns her mother's 'JC' box (which is apparently a momento of a brother who died in infancy) into a pencil sketch.

Now, I'm pretty sure that Valentine in the books didn't go bad because he was jealous of Luke and Jocelyn's closeness, but because he was a power-crazed xenophobe. This series is just addicted to love triangles or something. Other than that, Jace remains a dick and Magnus Bane is more fun than everyone else combined; in their shared scenes Alec actually seems human. Not sure what's going on with Isabelle, but she seems to have been separated from the rest of the team. Simon... is sort of in search of a purpose for remaining in the series.

As we drift away from the book plot, the series seems ever more wishy washy about its direction. I don't know if it will actually find its own way.