SEASON 12 EPISODE 8: CHAOS

Chaos is a ladder... into this week's episode as we read chapters 48-54 of The Raven King through, you guessed it, the theme of chaos.

In this section, Gwenllian gives Gansey some advice, and then he rushes off to follow a storm of birds to his king. He gets in the Camaro and goes. Ronan is woken by Blue to the news that Gansey has gone–he offers to dream something that will help find him. The Camaro does Gansey a solid by breaking down, allowing Henry the chance to help. They follow the birds to the same place Gansey first died. He comes to the conclusion that he was saved so he could find Glendower and kill the demon; and Henry finds the opening to a cave. Gansey decides to go in on his own.

We’re returning to the foundational theme of connections. This is the same theme that’s carried us through the series so far, see our seasons on The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves and Blue Lily, Lily Blue.

This episode was recorded on 19 November 2023.  

Show notes

This week, we’re reading the chapters 48-54. If you’d like to read along with us, you can find the full breakdown here. Our copies are the 2016 US hardback editions.

Here is the essay on How I Met Your Mother.

Find out more about the Tiny Changes charity here. 

And the show that turned my Jenn D’s kids into ratbags is (she wishes she were kidding) Captain Underpants. More here.

Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.

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Thanks for listening! Next week, we’re reading Chapters 55-61 through the theme of disillusionment.