Especially if you consider Simons revelation at the end of the episode.
Ill get to that in a minute.
First we have to deal with Clary and her no good, very bad day.
Credit: John Medland/Free Form
Alec placidly gives Clary the 4-1-1 when it comes to the vampire Raphael who kidnapped Simon.
The clan probably wants to trade her bestie for the Mortal Cup.
There are two problems with this scenario: A.)
Valentine wants to trade Clarys mom for the cup, too, and B.)
Clary doesnt have the stupid cup.
Since she has no idea where her mother is being held, Clary chooses to save Simon.
Jace warns that if she goes in with zero guns blazing, shell die.
They need a plan.
Alec mopes, irritated that Jace doesnt want to tell the Clave about their mission.
Plus, where are they going to get weapons without the Institute getting suspicious?
Shadowhunter ancestors used to hide all sorts of useful stuff in cemetery graves.
To the Mystery Machine!
He offers to sneak back into the Institute for his weapon of choice.
They bicker for a hot second before they hug it out.
Clary chooses a sword and Jace sidles up behind her to teach her how to properly wield the blade.
Except replace the club and bat with a deadly weapon.
Clary even pretends to not fully understand the movement so Jace will show her again.
It was so cheesy.
Of course I loved it.
She finally pulls herself away from Jace and slices the air a few times.
Clary tells Jace that she felt like he was still with her.
He smiles goofily answering, I am.
Hes quick to change his tune to we will be and Clary challenges him.
Its clear that Alec hates her guts.
Jace defends his parabatai.
Whats that you ask?
One lays down his or her life for the other.
No human bond compares.
Call me crazy, but Clary looked awfully jealous of Jace and Alecs bromance.
Jace takes Clary to a biker bar to practice unglamouring the people around her.
All you have to do is relax your vision and pretend that everything is aMagic Eye.
Suddenly Clary sees vampires all around her.
Clary gets this dreamy look in her eyes and he begins taking advantage of her.
Jace has a hard time watching, but he lets it go on.
NEXT: Bite me
The same thing happens to Simon at The Hotel DuMort.
They make out on a gold lame couch worthy of Graceland.
Camille asks Simon if Clary has the cup?
Camille grumbles the name, Magnus Bane.
She hops off the couch and offers Simon a Bloody Mary.
I havent forgotten about Izzy.
Shes the reason ABC Family had to change their name to the ambiguous Freeform.
Her story line might as well have been an ad for Victorias Secret.
She meets Alec there once she puts her clothes back on.
Meanwhile at the bar, Jace confronts the biker dude and picks a fight.
He jumps on the bike with Clary and takes off into the sky.
Clary giggles like a school girl who doesnt have a best friend kidnapped by vampires and a missing mother.
Shadowhunting is hard work yall.
Its important to blow off a little steam every once in a while.
They land on the roof of the hotel.
Jace burns a few runes in Clarys skin so she cant be fascinated by vampires anymore.
Clary wonders what will happen to Simon if hes been fascinated by a vampire?
More than likely all that will happen is that he will feel blissfully in love.
Not that Jace knows.
Clary:Youve never been bitten by a vampire?
Jace:[SILENCE.]
Youve never been in love.
Jace and Clary give each other awkward glances outside, while the Lightwoods take on a dozen vampires inside.
Our lovebirds hear the commotion and run in to help.
Others vamps attack and Clary begins stabbing bodies left and right.
The downworlders disintegrate in a flash.
Simon hears noises and screams for Clary.
I guess he snapped out of his love haze?
It doesnt really matter because Raphael catches him.
The vampire boy pleads with Camille to leave for her own safety.
He promises to kill Simon himself.
Instead, he lets Simon escape with the shadowhunters.
He warns Jace to remember who his real friends are when the time comes.
We can only assume this has something to do with Valentine.
She claims that she can never live without him.
His face lights up with all of the hope in the world until she calls him her best friend.
Gotta love the zone.
Clary stares at Jace with adoration.
I guess that Bloody Mary was more O-Negative than tomato juice.
Its a good thing Simon is already so pale.
Hell make a handsome vampire, right?
