document_title: List of Shadowhunters episodes

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text: List of Shadowhunters episodes

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text: Season 1 (2016)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)11"The Mortal Cup"McGEd DecterJanuary 12, 2016 (2016-01-12)267314-11.82[5]
On Clary Fray's eighteenth birthday, her mother, Jocelyn, is kidnapped. Soon after, Clary discovers that her mother belongs to a supernatural group called Shadowhunters, a half-angel/half-human race tasked to protect the Downworld (faeries, werewolves, vampires, and warlocks) from demons. Clary learns she also belongs to this race, after being saved by a fellow Shadowhunter named Jace – who then introduces her to his adoptive siblings Alec and Isabelle. Clary overhears her mother's friend, Luke, claim that he cares nothing about her or her mother. Clary is at a crossroads not knowing who to trust – her best friend Simon or the Shadowhunters – to help save Jocelyn from Valentine, a dangerous rogue Shadowhunter.
22"The Descent Into Hell Isn't Easy"Mick GarrisEd Decter & Hollie OvertonJanuary 19, 2016 (2016-01-19)[a]267314-21.01[7]
The Circle has returned, as has Valentine. With the Shadowhunters searching for the Mortal Cup, the Institute is on alert. After Hodge tells Clary that Jocelyn was once a Circle member, they realize Clary's significance in the cause. Jace realizes Clary's memories are the only way to find Jocelyn and the Cup. Unfortunately, without her memories they are unable to help her or the Shadowhunter team. Thus Jace, Isabelle and a reluctant Alec take Clary and Simon to visit the powerful Silent Brothers in the City of Bones, where Clary fails to retrieve any memories but finds out her biological father is Valentine himself. Meanwhile, Luke is worried about Clary's whereabouts, while Simon comes to terms with Clary's new life and gets kidnapped by vampires.
33"Dead Man's Party"Andy WolkMarjorie DavidJanuary 26, 2016 (2016-01-26)267314-30.98[8]
The Shadowhunters plan to rescue Simon, who has been taken captive by vampires in exchange for the Mortal Cup. Jace, Isabelle, Alec and Clary locate Simon's whereabouts to the Hotel Dumort, where he is being held by Camille Belcourt, Raphael Santiago and the rest of Camille's outfit. Alec and Jace have a dispute over Clary and her loyalty, since her father is their enemy. Isabelle visits Meliorn, her Seelie lover, in order to extract information about the Hotel Dumort, so the group can get into the building unnoticed. The Shadowhunters retrieve Simon and he is reunited with Clary, but he appears to be turning into a vampire after drinking Camille's blood.
44"Raising Hell"Tawnia McKiernanMichael ReiszFebruary 2, 2016 (2016-02-02)267314-40.96[9]
Simon quarrels with Jace and leaves the Institute. The Shadowhunters lure warlock Magnus Bane out of hiding with a prized necklace, in order to gain his help in retrieving Clary's memories. Magnus informs them that he fed the memories to a memory demon for safekeeping. The Shadowhunters track Magnus to his lair, where the Circle has attacked. Magnus transports the group to his loft, where they summon the demon. Alec's personal insecurities about his feelings for Jace disrupt the ritual when they are each asked to relinquish a beloved memory, forcing Clary to kill the demon before recovering any memories. Meanwhile, Simon is plagued with visions of Camille, and ends up returning to the Hotel Dumort.
55"Moo Shu to Go"Kelly MakinAngel Dean LopezFebruary 9, 2016 (2016-02-09)267314-50.95[10]
The Lightwood family matriarch, Maryse, arrives at the Institute with a Seelie intel mission for Isabelle and Jace. Alec is ordered to watch over Clary, but she escapes the Institute for her old apartment to locate her mother's secret box – that once belonged to a "Jonathan Clark". Clary and Simon are subsequently kidnapped by werewolves while searching the apartment, to Alec's chagrin. Clary is interrogated about the location of the Mortal Cup, and the alpha werewolf threatens to kill Simon if she does not reveal the information. Jace, Isabelle and Alec then head to rescue the two, after Simon calls for help. The Shadowhunters are assisted in their escape by an unlikely ally – werewolf Luke, who defeats his alpha and assumes the title.
66"Of Men and Angels"Oz ScottY. Shireen RazackFebruary 16, 2016 (2016-02-16)267314-60.98[11]
Clary, Jace and Simon take a mortally wounded Luke to Magnus for help. At Luke's insistence, Magnus informs Clary of the Circle's past and her mother's involvement with the group. Meanwhile, Robert Lightwood arrives at the Institute, and he and Maryse task Isabelle with mending the Seelies' broken ties with the Clave and restoring the family name. When Isabelle informs Alec that their parents plan to marry him off, he angrily leaves the Institute for Magnus' loft. There, he, Magnus and the others save Luke's life with magic. Luke informs Clary that she had a brother, Jonathan Christopher, who died in a fire caused by Valentine. Clary then discovers one of her powers, making her realize she knows the whereabouts of Mortal Cup.
77"Major Arcana"J. Miles DalePeter BinswangerFebruary 23, 2016 (2016-02-23)267314-70.84[12]
Clary reveals that the Cup is hidden in a tarot card that Luke took for safekeeping. When Luke goes to retrieve it from his desk at the precinct, he is detained by internal affairs officers due to demonic murders whose real killer was Valentine. While being questioned about his part in the demonic murders, Luke's boss is killed by a shapeshifter. Clary, Jace, Isabelle and Alec enact a plan to obtain the Cup, but are tracked by demons. When a demon posing as Jace attempts to take the Cup from Clary, she kills it. Afterward, Clary and the real Jace share a kiss at the Institute. Meanwhile, Simon's odd behavior worries Maureen and his family, who fear he is on drugs. He returns to the Hotel Dumort looking for answers and is met by Camille.
88"Bad Blood"Jeremiah S. ChechikAllison RymerMarch 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)267314-80.87[13]
Raphael arrives at the Institute with Simon, who has been attacked and killed by Camille. He informs Clary that, unless Simon is staked or turned before sunset, his soul will be trapped for eternity. An envoy from the Clave, Lydia Branwell, arrives to temporarily take over the Institute. Valentine sends a Forsaken to attack the werewolf pack, but Luke kills it. While retrieving the corpse from Luke, Lydia inadvertently reveals to Alec that his parents are ex-Circle members. Isabelle performs a pathology test on the Forsaken and finds that it has angel blood. Alec decides to restore his family's honor (due to the current situation) by proposing to Lydia. Later, another Forsaken attacks Hodge and Alec at the Institute, but they eventually defeat it. Clary decides to bury Simon in order for him to turn into a vampire, but he emerges thinking of himself as a monster.
99"Rise Up"J. Miller TobinHollie OvertonMarch 8, 2016 (2016-03-08)267314-90.95[14]
Following the Forsaken attack, the Institute is on high alert. Lydia arrests Meliorn for supposedly leaking Shadowhunter information to Valentine. During his interrogation, Meliorn lets slip that Clary is in possession of the Mortal Cup. Jace, Isabelle and Clary decide to take matters into their own hands to prevent the Cup from reaching the Clave. With the help of Magnus, the three Shadowhunters sneak the Cup out of the Institute. Later, Isabelle, Clary, Jace, Simon, Luke and Raphael team up to rescue Meliorn from his impending torture in the City of Bones. Afterward, Meliorn informs Clary that he can help find her father. Meanwhile, Alec's siding with Lydia and the Clave causes rifts with his personal relationships, and Simon makes peace with his newfound status as a vampire.
1010"This World Inverted"J. Miles DaleY. Shireen RazackMarch 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)267314-100.78[15]
Meliorn takes Clary and Jace to the Seelie realm where he reveals a portal to an alternate dimension. He tells Clary that if she locates another portal within this dimension, she will be transported to her father. However, when Clary arrives, she finds that Shadowhunters have ceased to exist in this peaceful world and may assimilate to Clary from that dimension. Jace and Meliorn protect the entrance to the dimension from demons, but when one slips through, Jace ventures in to stop it. With the help of Magnus, Clary finds the portal at the Institute, and she and Jace step through it. When they arrive at Valentine's hideout, they discover Jace's father, Micheal Wayland, assumed to be dead, is being held captive there. Meanwhile, in reality, Isabelle is arrested for the Meliorn mission, much to the anguish of Alec, who tries in vain to prevent her from going on trial.
1111"Blood Calls to Blood"Mairzee AlmasMarjorie DavidMarch 22, 2016 (2016-03-22)267314-110.78[16]
Clary, Jace and Michael Wayland head to Luke's for help. While there, Michael discloses the location of Valentine's new hideout – an abandoned hospital in Long Island. Jace, Michael, Luke and Clary go to rescue a still-unconscious Jocelyn, but are surrounded by demons. Michael takes the Mortal Cup to command the demons, but then reveals himself to be Valentine in disguise. Clary subsequently reveals that Valentine is holding a duplicate Cup. Before fleeing through a portal, he informs Clary and Jace that they are siblings. Meanwhile, Isabelle's trial begins, with Magnus as her defense attorney. During questioning, Lydia states that the trial is nonsense and withdraws the charges, but Inquisitor Herondale states that Isabelle will still be banished from Shadowhunter society if the Clave does not receive the Cup within 24 hours. Jace and Clary arrive back at the Institute with the Cup, dropping the charges against Isabelle.
1212"Malec"James MarshallMichael ReiszMarch 29, 2016 (2016-03-29)267314-120.82[17]
Jace is conflicted over his feelings for his sister Clary, and Alec is conflicted over his feelings for Magnus as his wedding approaches. Isabelle throws her brother a bachelor party, where Alec and Jace mend their broken bond. Meanwhile, Jace and Clary are led by Magnus to visit Ragnor Fell, a former friend and warlock, for help on waking Jocelyn, believing that he is the one who created the spell that she is under. A demon follows them and kills Ragnor, but before he dies, he tells them that the Book of the White holds the antidote. Isabelle invites Magnus to Alec's wedding; seeing him, Alec realizes that he cannot go through with the marriage. After apologizing to an understanding Lydia, he approaches Magnus and kisses him in front of the guests. Later, Maryse expresses her disappointment in Alec at publicly shaming them, though Robert offers support. Magnus finds that the Book of the White is in Camille's possession. Packing up to head back to Idris, Lydia retrieves the Cup from a safe but is attacked by Hodge. It is revealed that Hodge has stolen the Cup for Valentine in order to be freed from his binding curse.
1313"Morning Star"J. Miles DalePeter BinswangerApril 5, 2016 (2016-04-05)267314-130.76[18]
The Shadowhunters cannot prevent Hodge from giving the Mortal Cup to Valentine, and he proceeds with creating his Shadowhunter army. Valentine betrays Hodge by refusing him protection from the Clave after getting the cup. Jace and Alec hunt down Hodge with Luke's help, and Jace chops off Hodge's hand in the ensuing battle. Jace then goes after Valentine with Hodge as guide, sending the others to aid Clary. Meanwhile, Clary, Isabelle and Simon visit the Hotel Dumort to ask  Camille (imprisoned for Simon's unlawful death) about the Book of the White. In exchange for her help, Camille demands that they break her out from her prison and provide a signed statement from Simon that he asked her to turn him into a vampire. Magnus, at his warlock loft, drafts the contract. The group then heads to Camille's apartment, where she believes the book was hidden by Dot. They do find the Book, but are then ambushed by the Circle. Jace arrives to fight Valentine, but they are all captured. Jace agrees to join Valentine for the safe release of his friends. Back at the Institute, the devastated group uses the spell and wakes Jocelyn, who reunites with her daughter and Luke.

text: Jump up ^ The second episode, "The Descent Into Hell Isn't Easy", was released online on January 12, 2016, after the premiere of the first episode.[6]

text: Season 2 (2017)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)141"This Guilty Blood"Matt HastingsMichael ReiszJanuary 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)267314-141.19[19]
Jace is held captive on Valentine's ship. He attempts to kill Valentine, but his victim turns out to be one of Valentine's thugs under glamour, and Jace is whipped for disloyalty. Maryse goes behind Lydia's back to the Clave, and representative Victor Aldertree is instated as the new head of the New York Institute. Clary's debriefing wrongly convinces him that Jace is in league with Valentine; Jace is declared a criminal wanted dead or alive,  the Institute is put on lockdown, and Clary, Alec, and Isabelle are forbidden to take part in the search, but they do anyway. Clary tells a newly awakened Jocelyn that Jace is her son, and she is shocked having believed that JC (Jonathan Christopher) had died in a fire with his father. Magnus and Alec quarrel over how to retrieve Jace, and also about Alec's motivation in calling off the wedding. Valentine tells Jace that Valentine experimented on him in-vitro using demon blood to make him stronger, this cause self-doubt in Jace. Valentine opens a portal to land, allowing their location to be revealed to the various parties tracking them. He wants Jace to break the accords and execute a rogue vampire, Jace refuses, but the vampire dies in the resulting altercation. When Jocelyn attempts to shoot Jace with a crossbow, Valentine steps in front of the shot. Jace supports a wounded Valentine and they escape.
152"A Door Into the Dark"Andy WolkY. Shireen RazackJanuary 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)267314-150.75[20]
Jocelyn defends her attempt on Jace's life by explaining the effect Valentine's experiments had on him as a baby. Upset, Clary seeks solace at the Brooklyn Academy of Art where she is kidnapped by Dot and taken to Valentine. With Clary missing, Jocelyn offers her assistance to Isabelle and Alec by providing adamas, a metal that can be used to track Jace using his and Alec's bond. Meanwhile at Camille's Indian residence, Simon and Magnus search for the vampire, whom Raphael is being pressured by the Clave to produce, and find some items from Magnus' past. With Dot's help, Jace and Clary flee Valentine's ship, but not before the risky parabatai tracking renders Alec comatose.
163"Parabatai Lost"Gregory SmithPeter BinswangerJanuary 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)267314-160.81[21]
Magnus works to stabilize a failing Alec with magic, but only Jace can save him. After escaping from Valentine's ship, Clary loses Jace and returns to the Institute. Meanwhile, Jace is hunted by werewolves, including a girl named Maia, who believe he has killed one of their own. Isabelle makes a deal with Aldertree in order to find Jace and save Alec's life. Magnus transports Alec to his loft, where Jace arrives to revive him. As the parabatai reunite, Clave representatives appear and arrest Jace for high treason.
174"Day of Wrath"Joe LazarovJamie GorenbergJanuary 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)267314-170.64[22]
Jace is imprisoned in the City of Bones, where he encounters Hodge. Valentine arrives to break him out, but Jace fights back. Valentine kills Hodge and steals the Soul Sword before disappearing. Clary helps Alec and Isabelle search for a powerful demon with the ability to possess others, but it infiltrates the Institute. Meanwhile, Raphael is tortured by Aldertree for Camille's whereabouts and goes to Magnus for help. With Camille's grave dirt found at her house in India, an emotionally conflicted Magnus summons his ex-girlfriend and sends her to the Clave. At the Institute, a possessed Alec kills Jocelyn. The demon then inhabits Isabelle but Clary breaks its hold and succeeds in killing it.
185"Dust and Shadows"Salli Richardson-WhitfieldZac HugJanuary 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)267314-180.58[23]
Jace is freed from the City of Bones, but Aldertree, still suspicious of Jace, bans him from the field of duty. Clary seeks the help of a warlock named Iris Rouse to resurrect Jocelyn and swears a blood oath to provide a favor in return for the spell. Isabelle's wound from her possession is not healing, so Aldertree prescribes a drug named yin fen. Iris traps Clary with the intention of claiming her favor: mating her with a demon in order to create more warlocks. Jace, Isabelle, and Alec arrive to save her, but Clary creates a new rune that helps her escape. Simon struggles with his double life as he moves back home and eventually admits his vampirism to his mother, but his confession goes awry and Raphael wipes his mother's memory. The Shadowhunters hold a funeral for Jocelyn and some of the deceased Shadowhunters, and a distraught Luke wakes naked in the wilderness.
196"Iron Sisters"Mike RohlAllison RymerFebruary 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)267314-190.65[24]
Simon and Maia team up to find Luke and begin to form a bond. Alec and Magnus go on their first date and discover a disparity in their romantic pasts. Isabelle and Clary go to the Iron Sisters for help in defeating Valentine and meet Luke's sister, Cleophas. To enter the Citadel, the two must endure a trial which detects demon impurities; Clary passes, but Isabelle fails and is informed that yin fen she has been using is made of vampire venom. Maia and Simon find Luke and convince him to return to the pack. Cleophas tells Clary that the Soul Sword has a second purpose: it can kill all demon-blooded creatures, including Downworlders. Clary shows Cleophas her runic power. Magnus and Alec decide to begin a relationship, despite their differences, but are surprised by Jace's appearance: he has left the Institute due to Aldertree's treatment and asks to stay with Magnus. Later, Cleophas kills Magdelena, an Iron Sister, and activates a Circle rune, indicating her allegiance to Valentine.
207"How Are Thou Fallen"Ben BrayHollie OvertonFebruary 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)267314-200.55[25]
Cleophas tells Valentine of Clary's rune-creating ability, then approaches Luke and Clary, but her brother is unwilling to trust her. Simon goes on a wholly unsuccessful first date with Maia, and Isabelle, now addicted to yin fen, is caught by Magnus at the Hunter's Moon seeking the drug. She convinces Magnus her search is for a mission, and he tells her to go straight to the source: vampires themselves. Clary hears strange noises, and is convinced that Valentine is responsible. Alec, after going to Isabelle for advice, finds Magnus at his loft and the two consummate their relationship. Figuring out the noises Clary is hearing are the distress calls of an angel Valentine is holding captive, Jace, Clary, Luke, and Cleophas infiltrate his lair, and Clary creates a rune to free the angel. The angel shows Clary and Jace a vision of a cloaked figure destroying the Soul Sword.
218"Love is a Devil"Catriona McKenzieY. Shireen RazackFebruary 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)267314-210.67[26]
Alec asks Magnus to hold his little brother Max's Rune Party at his loft, Magnus agrees. Simon confesses his love for Clary and they start dating. Isabelle is now getting her yin fen fix straight from the source by letting Raphael feed on her. Max's party is in full swing when things take a turn for the worse, and guests begin seeing their fears and insecurities manifest. Magnus determines that they have all been be-spelled by a hostile warlock and undoes the curse. Magnus identifies the culprit as Iris Rouse, captures her and sends her to Idris. However, Iris invokes the blood oath Clary swore her and instructs her to find the warlock child Madzie who has been kidnapped by Valentine. Jace and Clary tell their friends what they have learned of the Soul Sword and of Clary's runic abilities, which Magnus identifies marks her as angel-blooded, and thus able to activate the Soul Sword herself. Maryse tells Alec and Jace their father has been cheating on her.
229"Bound by Blood"Matt HastingsPeter BinswangerFebruary 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)267314-220.52[27]
Clary's hand suddenly begins to burn and turn to stone, a symptom of blood oath she swore to Iris Rouse. Clary goes to Magnus, who tells her that her only cure lies in finding Madzie. Maia, who fears Clary's power to activate the Soul Sword and kill all Downworlders, tries to kill her. A Downworlder council meeting takes place where Meliorn and Raphael both agree that Clary must be killed, while Magnus and Luke disagree. Alec is searching for Isabelle, and Magnus, having figured out her yin fen addiction, sends him to Raphael. Alec discovers Isabelle being fed on, and the siblings quarrel; Magnus also expresses his displeasure with Raphael. Jace tracks Madzie and brings her back to heal Clary, but the young warlock portals Clary to Valentine. Jace and Simon find and save Clary, but Simon is captured by Valentine.
2310"By the Light of Dawn"Joshua ButlerTodd Slavkin & Darren SwimmerMarch 6, 2017 (2017-03-06)267314-230.64[28]
Madzie infiltrates the Institute on Valentine's behalf, killing many Shadowhunters, but sparing Alec. Jace, Clary and Luke take Dot to Magnus'. She reveals that Valentine believes that Jace can destroy the Soul Sword and Clary receives a video call from Valentine: he slits Simon's throat to draw her to the Institute. The group head to the Institute, and Clary, who goes to feed Simon to heal him, is revealed to be a glamoured Jace. Magnus finds and comforts Madzie. Jace attempts to destroy the Sword but inadvertently charges it and Valentine activates it as a Downworlder army storms in, killing all of them. Jace and Valentine battle for the Sword outside and it is revealed that Valentine is actually not Jace's father. Alec frantically searches for Magnus in the aftermath, and upon finding him safe, the two profess their love for each other. Simon discovers he can now be in the sunlight without being burned. Valentine is taken into custody as the Soul Sword disappears and is picked up by a strange figure in black.
2411"Mea Maxima Culpa"Matt HastingsMichael ReiszJune 5, 2017 (2017-06-05)267314-240.71[29]
The Inquisitor Imogen Herondale arrives at the Institute and tortures Valentine for the whereabouts of The Mortal Cup. The Greater Demon Azazel arrives in town also looking for The Cup. The wolves of the New York pack challenge the leadership of their alpha Luke. Isabelle, in the throes of yin fen withdrawal, seeks out Raphael for help, but he refuses to feed on her. She is attacked by Azazel, but is saved by a new Shadowhunter, Sebastian Verlac. Simon talks to Maia about his new ability to survive sunlight. Raphael tells Magnus and Alec about Isabelle coming to him; Alec thinks that Isabelle has been taken by Azazel. Jace and Clary go to Valentine for help finding the Greater Demon, and he reveals they are not related. Luke's new police partner Ollie is suspicious of his actions. Isabelle accompanies Sebastian to his apartment where he gives advice on overcoming yin fen addiction. Upon Alec's request, Magnus summons Azazel, with Valentine as bait. But the demon manages to escape the summoning circle and appears to cast a spell on Magnus and Valentine.
2512"You Are Not Your Own"Bille WoodruffJamie GorenbergJune 12, 2017 (2017-06-12)267314-250.55[30]
Azazel has cast a body-swapping spell on Magnus and Valentine. Isabelle brings Sebastian back to the institute to help catch the still-at-large Azazel; Alec heads to Magnus' loft for help with tracking the demon. When Alec arrives, Azazel attacks him but is vanquished, leaving Valentine and Magnus trapped in one another's bodies. Magnus, in Valentine's body, is locked up in the Institute; he tries to explain the body-swap to Alec, but Alec does not believe him and he is tortured in Valentine's place for information about the Mortal Cup. Simon fights with Raphael over revealing how he became a daylighter. Imogen prepares to execute Valentine against Clave orders, but Valentine, masquerading as Magnus, has kidnapped Jace and sends a visual message to the cells revealing that Jace is actually a Herondale; he demands his body be sent to him at Magnus' loft. The demands are met, and the body-swapping spell is undone. At the last second, Clary pushes Valentine, now back in his own body, through a portal back to the cells at the Institute. Alec tries to comfort Magnus in the aftermath.
2613"Those of Demon Blood"Michael GoiZac HugJune 19, 2017 (2017-06-19)267314-260.59[31]
Several Shadowhunters are killed and their runes cut-off. Imogen Herondale appoints Jace as the head of the New York Institute. Alec goes to Magnus loft to get a DNA sample to prove he isn't involved in the killings; the two fight and Magnus demands he leave. Imogen suggests micro-chipping all Downworlders to be constantly aware of their whereabouts, Alec vehemently disagrees, but Jace seems amenable to the idea. Max arrives and Isabelle is appointed his tutor. Clary is attacked and injured but Simon rescues her and takes her to the Institute. Jace heads to the Hunter's Moon to begin chipping werewolves and he and Maia get into a physical fight which results in her being chipped. Luke, angered at the Shadowhunters' behaviour, tells Jace to leave. An upset and tipsy Magnus spends some time with Dot. Isabelle meets Raphael for help finding the killer, Max follows her and is kidnapped. With Meliorn's help, they find Max and kill the culprit, a Seelie named Kaelie. Jace appoints Alec head of the Institute. Alec apologises to Magnus, and the two reconcile. Jace, on Alec's orders, de-chips Maia, and the two sleep together.
2714"The Fair Folk"Chris GrismerTaylor MalloryJune 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)267314-270.67[32]
Alec sends Clary and Jace on a mission to the Seelie Court; Simon insists on joining them. At the Institute, Alec begins the Downworlder Cabinet, a weekly meeting with representatives from the warlocks, vampires, Seelies, and werewolves. Alec discusses the Institute's new policy of complete transparency with Magnus, Luke, Meliorn and Raphael. Maryse is back in town; her and Isabelle discuss her father's infidelity and Isabelle's yin fen addiction. They reconcile. At the Seelie Court, the Seelie Queen drives a wedge between Simon and the Shadowhunters by revealing Clary still harbors feelings for Jace. An unknown individual with a plot to execute Valentine contacts Luke. Luke heads down to the Institute cells to kill Valentine, but is foiled by Sebastian and Alec. Alec decides not to press charges. Isabelle asks Raphael to pursue a relationship with her and he refuses. Sebastian plays piano next to several burner phones on a chair. Hearing a noise from a closet, he threatens a bound man he has kept inside.
2815"A Problem of Memory"Peter DeLuiseAllison RymerJuly 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)267314-280.46[33]
Alec is worried about Magnus' wellbeing, he questions Magnus, but is assured by the warlock nothing is amiss. Simon breaks up with Clary, and Isabelle comforts her. That night Simon is introduced to a Bleeder's Den, where vampires bite mundanes to get high; a girl is found dead the next morning and Simon worries he may be the culprit. Sebastian's cousin, Aline, arrives at the New York Institute; the man captive in Sebastian's apartment is revealed to be the real Sebastian. After being arrested by Luke's police partner Ollie, Simon returns to the Bleeder's Den and stakes the real murderer of the dead girl. As a result of the torture he suffered in Valentine's body, Magnus is having flashbacks of the night he found his mother, dead. He finally confesses his struggles to Alec, who consoles him. The real Sebastian escapes and tries to warn Aline, but his captor kills him before he can reach her. The Shadowhunters portal Valentine to Idris, but are circumvented with Valentine ending up at Sebastian's apartment. Sebastian's true form is revealed and he calls Valentine "father".
2916"Day of Atonement"Paul WesleyPeter BinswangerJuly 17, 2017 (2017-07-17)267314-290.59[34]
Sebastian holds Valentine captive; he intends to send him to Edom as punishment for Valentine doing the same to him. Jace suspects Valentine is hiding in a cabin in Idris where he spent time during his childhood. Clary draws a portal rune and the two are transported to Lake Lyn in Idris. Jace and Clary lose track of each other and Clary hallucinates the Angel Ithuriel who tells her that Jonathan is alive. Alec senses Jace is in trouble through their parabatai bond and with the help of his father Robert, sends Isabelle to find him. Isabelle finds Jace and together they retrieve Clary and cure her of the hallucinogenic effects of the waters of Lake Lyn. The three look for the cabin only to find it deserted. Robert reveals to Alec that the Clave never recovered the Soul Sword and has been lying to the Downworld. Valentine convinces Sebastian to work with him. With information they found at the cabin, Clary realizes that her real brother Jonathan is still alive.
3017"A Dark Reflection"Jeffrey HuntHollie OvertonJuly 24, 2017 (2017-07-24)267314-300.60[35]
Sebastian is revealed to be in possession of the Soul Sword, thus with two of the three Mortal Instruments, he and Valentine hunt for the Mortal Mirror. Luke receives a message from Cleophas, still Valentine's captive, that the Clave lied about possessing the Soul Sword; he shares the information with Magnus. Magnus confronts Alec with the news and is furious that it was kept from him. No longer able to trust the Clave, he debates aligning with the Seelie Queen. Isabelle struggles with the fact that Max is growing up and convinces Maia to give a relationship with Simon a chance. Sebastian is torn about his loyalty to Valentine, as it pits him against his sister, Clary. Jace and Clary find out that her mother had hidden The Mortal Mirror. With the help of Dot, they recover it before being attacked by Sebastian. Dot stays behind to give them a chance to escape. Max uses a hair he found to track Jonathan to Sebastian. He challenges Sebastian with this knowledge.
3118"Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen"Amanda RowJamie GorenbergJuly 31, 2017 (2017-07-31)267314-310.63[36]
Max lies in a coma following Jonathan's attack and the Institute is put on lockdown when it becomes clear Jonathan is inside. Magnus and Luke meet with the Seelie Queen, who proposes a Downworlder alliance against Valentine, even if it means starting a war with the Shadowhunters. Luke refuses immediately while Magnus is given time to decide. Jonathan steals the Mortal Mirror. Magnus chooses to serve his people over his relationship with Alec and breaks up with him. Clary discovers Sebastian is Jonathan when he fails a test and manages to get the Mirror back before he escapes the Institute. However, her attempt to disarm the Mirror destroys it, and she realizes the real Mirror is Lake Lyn in Idris.
3219"Hail and Farewell"Matt HastingsBryan Q. MillerAugust 7, 2017 (2017-08-07)267314-320.60[37]
Isabelle, Jace and Clary are trying to take out Valentine and Jonathan but get attacked by a possessing demon. Jace kills the demon. Clary tells the Inquisitor that the Mortal Mirror is Lake Lyn in Idris. The Seelie Queen comes to the institute to meet with the Downworld Council but she refuses to give her support to capture and execute Valentine. Maia and Simon are dating.
3320"Beside Still Water"Matt HastingsTodd Slavkin & Darren SwimmerAugust 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)267314-330.59[38]
The dying Jonathan washed ashore on the shore of Manhattan, and using his blood, he summoned the wraith demons. Meanhwhile, Luke and Simon comes to Magnus after Maia's abduction, and in the final battle, Valentine eventually succedded in summoning Raziel and killed Jace. Clary, in a fit of rage, stabs Valentine, finally killing him. With Raziel's summoning, Clary wishes for Jace's resurrection. At the end, Magnus and Alec get back together.

text: Season 3 (2018)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)341"On Infernal Ground"Matt HastingsTodd Slavkin & Darren SwimmerMarch 20, 2018 (2018-03-20)267314-340.49[39]
Clary becomes a fully fledged Shadowhunter but her and Jace are concealing the truth over what happened at Lake Lyn. An owl faced demon starts preying on mundanes. Magnus deals with the fall out of his decision to side with the Seelie Queen.
352"The Powers That Be"Peter DeLuisePeter BinswangerMarch 27, 2018 (2018-03-27)267314-350.44[40]
Jace asks Clary out on their first proper date but it ends up being an awkward double date. Whilst attending a party Magnus realises the ley lines have been corrupted, he and Alec work together to try and fix it.
363"What Lies Beneath"Amanda RowAlex SchemmerApril 3, 2018 (2018-04-03)267314-360.46[41]
Alec hosts a dinner with his mother at Magnus' in which she reveals news which upsets him. Raphael faces an extremely upsetting personal loss. Simon tries desperately to enter the Seelie Realm and ask about the mysterious mark they gave him.
374"Thy Soul Instructed"Emile LevisettiJamie GorenbergApril 10, 2018 (2018-04-10)267314-370.35[42]
Jace's friends and family begin to notice some changes within his personality. Simon happens to bump into the ideal roommate, who might have ulterior motives for befriending Simon. Clary and Izzy pursue a Vampire that is out of control.
385"Stronger Than Heaven"Geoff ShotzBrian MillikinApril 17, 2018 (2018-04-17)267314-380.30[43]
Alec learns more about Magnus' past after asking to move in. To try and deal with the owl Clary seeks out Cleophas to see if she has any way to contact the angels. She manages to contact Ithuriel but he is killed by Lilith before he could say anything important. Jace is suspicious of Simons well  timed new roommate and it is revealed he is a werewolf.
396"A Window Into an Empty Room"Alexis KorycinskAisha Porter-ChristieApril 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)267314-390.43[44]
Magnus and Alec have a fight about their varying experiences which is left unresolved. Magnus and Clary team up to investigate the demon and a face from Magnus' past appears to help them. Simon tries to make amends to visitor who won't seem to leave him alone. The Lightwoods go out for a meal at the hunters moon. While investigating the demon Clary and Magnus find the owl demon trying to possess Ollie, Luke comes along and helps. The Owls identity is revealed and Ollie has been possessed.
407"Salt in the Wound"Joshua ButlerCeleste VasquezMay 1, 2018 (2018-05-01)267314-400.42[45]
Following the reveal of the Owl's identity, Jace and Clary fight upon the roof. Simon helps Clary after she was injured in the fight and takes her to the institute. Here its revealed to everyone that Jace is the owl and Lilith is controlling him. Clary finally reveals her secret about bringing Jace back at Lake Lyn. Magnus and Alec make up as the issues with Jace are more pressing. The shadowhunters head to Alicante to follow him. Alec, Isabelle and Clary tell the inquisitor that Jace has been possessed but it's too late for her to help as he murders her in her office. They manage to trap Jace and Clary sends them to Magnus' and allows herself to be taken to the Gard to buy them more time. While this is happening flashbacks show the past relationship of Maia and Jordan; they dated and eventually he turned her. Simon and Luke investigate Lilith's lair and the mark of Cain turns two of Lilith's children to salt.
418"A Heart of Darkness"Ari SandelJamie GorenbergMay 8, 2018 (2018-05-08)267314-410.42[46]
Clary is questioned by Jia Penhallow regarding her visit to the city and she reveals that she used the angel's wish to resurrect Jace. After this revelation, Penhallow sentences her to death. Simon, Maia and Jordan manage to locate the location that Lilith was using and try to find clues to her whereabouts. Ollie reveals to Lilith that Simon has the mark of Cain. Knowing that this is one of the only things that can banish her, Lilith goes to the Seelie realm. In order to preserve her life, the Seelie Queen tells Lilith where Jace is. Magnus uses his magic to send Alec and Isabelle into Jace's mind in hopes breaking Lilith's control over him. When he is found, Alec sees that he has been forced to kill Clary repeatedly and has tried to kill himself. Jace begs his siblings to kill him rather than remain under Lilith's control but Alec promises to get him out. Before they can, Lilith arrives. She threatens Magnus and takes back Jace.
429"Familia Ante Omnia"Matt HastingsTaylor MalloryMay 15, 2018 (2018-05-15)267314-420.37[47]
Jia Penhallow wants to question Valentine about a demon, so Clary resurrects him using a rune. Heidi tricks Simon into returning to his family's home when he is desperate for blood by holding them hostage; once there, he feeds on his sister Rebecca, revealing he is a vampire to his mother and sister. Clary deactivates the resurrection rune and Valentine returns to the grave. Jace takes Valentine's flesh but still needs Clary's heart for Lilith to resurrect Jonathan.
4310"Erchomai"Jeff HuntBryan Q. MillerMay 15, 2018 (2018-05-15)267314-430.31[47]
Magnus goes to Edom to look for his father Asmodeus who can help him save Jace. Simon enchants his mother, making her think that he is dead, but his sister forgives him and offers him help. Jace and Alec fight, but Magnus arrives just in time to free Jace from the possession, revealing that he traded his magic and now it is gone. Simon goads Lilith into attacking him, which triggers his mark and sends her back to Edom, but causes a huge explosion. Just before the explosion, Simon is knocked out of the window and when he regains consciousness, he tells Jace that Clary is dead and that he killed her.
4411"Lost Souls"[48]Matt Hastings[49]TBA2019 (2019)267314-44TBD
4512"Original Sin"[50]Matt Hastings[51]TBA2019 (2019)267314-45TBD
4613"Beati Bellicosi"[52]Paul Wesley[53]TBA2019 (2019)267314-46TBD
4714"A Kiss from a Rose"[54]Salli Richardson-Whitfield[55]Zoe Broad[56]2019 (2019)267314-47TBD
4815"To the Night Children"[57]Siluck Saysanasy[51]TBA2019 (2019)267314-48TBD
4916"Stay With Me"[58]Amanda Row[59]Aisha Porter-Christie[59]2019 (2019)267314-49TBD
5017"Heavenly Fire"[60]Shannon Kohli[61]Celeste Vasquez[61]2019 (2019)267314-50TBD
5118"The Beast Within"[62]Joshua Butler[63]Taylor Mallory[64]2019 (2019)267314-51TBD
5219"Aku Cinta Kamu"[65]Todd Slavkin[66]Jamie Gorenberg[67]2019 (2019)267314-52TBD
5320"City of Glass"[68]Matt Hastings[69]Bryan Q. Miller[69]2019 (2019)267314-53TBD

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Season 1 (2016)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"The Mortal Cup"

January 12, 2016
0.8
1.82[5]
0.4
0.88
1.2
2.70[70]

2

"The Descent Into Hell Isn't Easy"

January 19, 2016
0.4
1.01[7]
0.3
0.75
0.7
1.76[71]

3

"Dead Man's Party"

January 26, 2016
0.5
0.98[8]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

4

"Raising Hell"

February 2, 2016
0.4
0.96[9]
0.4
0.93
0.8
1.89[72]

5

"Moo Shu to Go"

February 9, 2016
0.4
0.95[10]
0.4
0.75
0.8
1.70[73]

6

"Of Men and Angels"

February 16, 2016
0.4
0.98[11]
0.4
N/A
0.8[74]
N/A

7

"Major Arcana"

February 23, 2016
0.4
0.84[12]
0.3
0.72
0.7
1.56[75]

8

"Bad Blood"

March 1, 2016
0.4
0.87[13]
0.3
0.74
0.7
1.61[76]

9

"Rise Up"

March 8, 2016
0.4
0.95[14]
0.3
0.77
0.7
1.72[77]

10

"This World Inverted"

March 15, 2016
0.3
0.78[15]
0.4
0.74
0.7
1.52[78]

11

"Blood Calls to Blood"

March 22, 2016
0.3
0.78[16]
0.3
N/A
0.6[79]
N/A

12

"Malec"

March 29, 2016
0.3
0.82[17]
0.3
N/A
0.6[80]
N/A

13

"Morning Star"

April 5, 2016
0.3
0.76[18]
0.3
N/A
0.6[81]
N/A

text: Season 2 (2017)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"This Guilty Blood"

January 2, 2017
0.4
1.19[19]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

2

"A Door Into the Dark"

January 9, 2017
0.3
0.75[20]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

3

"Parabatai Lost"

January 16, 2017
0.3
0.81[21]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

4

"Day of Wrath"

January 23, 2017
0.3
0.64[22]
N/A
0.55
N/A
1.19[82]

5

"Dust and Shadows"

January 30, 2017
0.2
0.58[23]
0.3
N/A
0.5[83]
N/A

6

"Iron Sisters"

February 6, 2017
0.3
0.65[24]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

7

"How Are Thou Fallen"

February 13, 2017
0.2
0.55[25]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

8

"Love is the Devil"

February 20, 2017
0.3
0.67[26]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

9

"Bound by Blood"

February 27, 2017
0.2
0.52[27]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

10

"By the Light of Dawn"

March 6, 2017
0.3
0.64[28]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

11

"Mea Maxima Culpa"

June 5, 2017
0.3
0.71[29]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

12

"You Are Not Your Own"

June 12, 2017
0.2
0.55[30]
0.2
0.44
0.4
0.99[84]

13

"Those of Demon Blood"

June 19, 2017
0.2
0.59[31]
0.2
N/A
0.4[85]
N/A

14

"The Fair Folk"

June 26, 2017
0.3
0.67[32]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

15

"A Problem of Memory"

July 10, 2017
0.2
0.46[33]
0.2
0.47
0.4
0.92[86]

16

"Day of Atonement"

July 17, 2017
0.2
0.59[34]
0.2
N/A
0.4[87]
N/A

17

"A Dark Reflection"

July 24, 2017
0.2
0.60[35]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

18

"Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen"

July 31, 2017
0.3
0.63[36]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

19

"Hail and Farewell"

August 7, 2017
0.2
0.60[37]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

20

"Beside Still Water"

August 14, 2017
0.2
0.59[38]
N/A
0.52
N/A
1.11[88]

text: Season 3 (2018)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"On Infernal Ground"

March 20, 2018
0.2
0.49[39]
N/A
0.51
N/A
1.01[89]

2

"The Powers That Be"

March 27, 2018
0.2
0.44[40]
N/A
0.43
N/A
0.88[90]

3

"What Lies Beneath"

April 3, 2018
0.2
0.46[41]
0.2
N/A
0.4[91]
N/A

4

"Thy Soul Instructed"

April 10, 2018
0.1
0.35[42]
0.2
0.46
0.3
0.81[92]

5

"Stronger Than Heaven"

April 17, 2018
0.1
0.30[43]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

6

"A Window Into an Empty Room"

April 24, 2018
0.2
0.43[44]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

7

"Salt in the Wound"

May 1, 2018
0.2
0.42[45]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

8

"A Heart of Darkness"

May 8, 2018
0.2
0.42[46]
0.2
0.41
0.4
0.83[93]

9

"Familia Onte Omnia"

May 15, 2018
0.1
0.37[47]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

10

"Erchomai"

May 15, 2018
0.1
0.31[47]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD


document_title: U.S. history of alcohol minimum purchase age by state

question_text: when did the drinking age increase to 21

root

text: The alcohol laws of the United States regarding minimum age for purchase have changed over time. The history is given in the table below. Unless otherwise noted, if different alcohol categories have different minimum purchase ages, the age listed below is set at the lowest age given (e.g. if the purchase age is 18 for beer and 21 for wine or spirits, as was the case in several states, the age in the table will read as "18", not "21"). In addition, the purchase age is not necessarily the same as the minimum age for consumption of alcoholic beverages, although they have often been the same.

tag: p

text: As one can see in the table below, there has been much volatility in the states' drinking ages since the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. Shortly after the ratification of the 21st amendment in December, most states set their purchase ages at 21 since that was the Voting age at the time. Most of these limits remained constant until the early 1970s. From 1969 to 1976, some 30 states lowered their purchase ages, generally to 18. This was primarily because the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1971 with the 26th amendment. A lot of states started to lower their minimum drinking age in response, most of this occurring in 1972 or 1973.[1][2][3] Twelve states kept their purchase ages at 21 since repeal of Prohibition and never changed them.

text: From 1976 to 1983, several states voluntarily raised their purchase ages to 19 (or, less commonly, 20 or 21), in part to combat drunk driving fatalities.[citation needed] In 1984, Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which required states to raise their ages for purchase and public possession to 21 by October 1986 or lose 10% of their federal highway funds. By mid-1988, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had raised their purchase ages to 21 (but not Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, see Additional Notes below). South Dakota and Wyoming were the final two states to comply with the age 21 mandate. The current drinking age of 21 remains a point of contention among many Americans, because of it being higher than the age of majority (18 in most states) and higher than the drinking ages of most other countries. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act is also seen as a congressional sidestep of the tenth amendment. Although debates have not been highly publicized, a few states have proposed legislation to lower their drinking age,[4] while Guam has raised its drinking age to 21 in July 2010.[5]

text:
State
Pre-Prohibition
(prior to 1919)
Post-Prohibition
(after 1933)
1970s / 26th Amendment
(adopted in 1971)
1980s /
Drinking Age Act of 1984
21st century

Alabama
Pre 1881:
None
1881:
21 (none with consent of parent)[6]
21
1975:
Lowered to 19[7]
1986:
Raised to 21[8]
21 (no one underage is allowed consumption Section 28-1)

Alaska
?
21[7]
1970:
Lowered to 19[9]
1984:
Raised to 21 with grandfather clause (if born before January 1, 1965)[10][11]
21

Arizona
?
21[11]
1972:
Lowered to 19[12][13]
1985:
Raised to 21[8]
21

Arkansas
Pre 1925:
None[7]
1925:
21[7]
21
21[14]
21[8]
21

California
Pre 1891:
Regulated by municipality/county (common age was 16)[15][16][17]
1891:
18 (statewide)[18]
1933:
21[7]
21
21[8]
21 (except small amounts for religious ceremonies)

Colorado
None[11]
1945:
18: for beer
21: for wine and liquor[7]
18[19]
Raised to 21 in 1987[8]
21

Connecticut
?
21[11]
1972:
Lowered to 18[20]
1982:
Raised to 19
1983:
Raised to 20
1985:
Raised to 21[21]
21 (exemptions: (1) a person over age eighteen who is an employee or permit holder under section 30-90a and who possesses alcoholic liquor in the course of such person’s employment or business, (2) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor on the order of a practicing physician, or (3) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor while accompanied by a parent, guardian or spouse of the minor, who has attained the age of twenty-one. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to burden a person’s exercise of religion under section 3 of article first of the Constitution of the state in violation of subsection (a) of section 52-571b.[22]

Delaware
?
21[11]
1972:
Lowered to 20[13]
1984:
Raised to 21[8]
21

District of Columbia
?
18: for beer and wine[11]
21: for liquor[23][24]
18: for beer and wine[13][24]
21: for liquor
1986:
Raised to 21 with grandfather clause.[25][26]
21

Florida
?
18[7]
1980:
19[27]
1985:
Raised to 21 with grandfather clause[27]
21[28]

Georgia
?
21[11]
1972:
Lowered to 18[12]
1984:
Raised to 19[14]
1985:
Raised to 20[14]
1986:
Raised to 21[14]
21

Hawaii
?
21[7]
1972:
Lowered to 18[13]
1986:
Raised to 21[8]
21

Idaho
?
20: for beer[29][30]
21: for wine and liquor[11][31]
1972:
Lowered to 19 (all)[13][32]
1987:
Raised to 21 in 1987 (Apr 11) with grandfather clause[8][33]
21

Illinois
1872:
Age of majority
(none with written consent of parent)[34]
pre 1961: Age of majority 1961: Raised to 21[35]
1973:
Lowered to 19: for beer and wine
21: for liquor[36]
1980:
Raised to 21[37]
21

Indiana
?
Post-1934:
21[7]
21[14]
21[8]
21

Iowa
?
21[7]
1972:
Lowered to 19 in 1972 (Jul 1)
1973:
Lowered to 18 in 1973 (Jul 1)
1978:
Raised to 19 in 1978 (Jul 1)[38]
1986:
Raised to 21 in 1986 (Jul 1) with grandfather clause.[14][38]
21

Kansas
?
1949:
18: for beer and wine with less than 4% ABV
21: for liquor[7]
18: for beer and wine with less than 4% ABV[14]
21: for beer and wine with 4% ABV or more[14]
21: for liquor[14][19]
1985:
Raised to 21[8]
21 (However, anyone under 21 may consume cereal malt beverages with parental supervision on their own property)

Kentucky
?
1938:
21[7]
21[14]
21[8]
21

Louisiana
?
As of 1948:
18[13]
18[19]
1987:
Raised to 21 de jure in 1987,[8]
but de facto age was still 18 until 1995 due to a sale loophole.
1995:
De facto age raised to 21 in 1995 when loophole was closed.[39]
1996:
In 1996, briefly lowered by Louisiana Supreme Court to 18 until it reversed its decision, raising to 21 three months later.[40]
Other exceptions still remain.[41]
21 (Exceptions to state law include:[42]

For an established religious purpose;
When a person under twenty-one years of age is accompanied by a parent, spouse, or legal guardian twenty-one years of age or older;
For medical purposes when purchased as an over the counter medication, or when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician, pharmacist, dentist, nurse, hospital, or medical institution;
In a private residence, which shall include a residential dwelling and up to twenty contiguous acres, on which the dwelling is located, owned by the same person who owns the dwelling;
The sale, handling, transport, or service in dispensing of any alcoholic beverage pursuant to lawful ownership of an establishment or to lawful employment of a person under twenty-one years of age by a duly licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of beverage alcohol.)

Maine
?
21[7]
1969:
Lowered to 20
1972:
Lowered to 18[12]
1977:
Raised to 20[8][43]
1985:
Raised to 21[8]
21

Maryland
?
21[7]
1974:
Lowered to 18: for beer and wine
21: for liquor[44][45]
1982:
Raised to 21 with grandfather clause[8][46]
21 (however anyone can drink when parents, spouses, teachers are present)

Massachusetts
?
21[11]
1973:
Lowered to 18
1979:
Raised to 20 in 1979 (Apr 16)[47][48][49]
Raised to 21 in 1985[8]
21

Michigan
?
21[7]
1972:
Lowered to 18 in 1972 (Jan 1)[50]
1978:
Raised to 19 in 1978 (Dec 3)[51][52]
1978:
Raised to 21 in 1978 (Dec 21), 18 days later.[8]
First state to raise age to 21 since it was lowered
21

Minnesota
?
21[11]
1973:
Lowered to 18 (June 1)
1976:
Raised to 19 (Sept 1)[53]
First state to raise age after lowering.
1986:
Raised to 21[54]
21

Mississippi
?
1966:
18: for beer and wine
21: for liquor[7]
(alcohol not legalized until 1966)
18[19]
Raised to 21 in 1986[8]
21

Missouri
?
1945:
21[7]
21
21[8]
21

Montana
?
21[11]
1971:
Lowered to 19[55]
1973:
Lowered to 18[56][57]
1979:
Raised to 19
1987:
Raised to 21[8][58]
21

Nebraska
?
21[59]
1969:
Lowered to 20
1972:
Lowered to 19[59]
1980:
Raised to 20[14]
1985:
Raised to 21[14]
21

Nevada
?
1933:
21[7]
21
21[8]
21

New Hampshire
?
21[11]
1973:
Lowered to 18[60]
1979:
Raised to 20
1985:
Raised to 21[8][21]
21

New Jersey
Before 1880:
None
Post-1880:
18 (penalties only against businesses)[61][62][63]
21[citation needed]
1973:
Lowered to 18[12]
1980:
Raised to 19
1983:
Raised to 21[8][64]
21

New Mexico
?
1934:
21[7]
21[14]
21[8]
21

New York
21
18[65]
18
1982:
Raised to 19 in 1982 (Dec)
1985:
Raised to 21 in 1985 (Dec)[21][66][67]
21

North Carolina
?
18[11]
18: for beer and wine[19]
21: for liquor
1983:
19: for beer and wine
21: for liquor
1986:
Raised to 21 in 1986 (Sep 1)[8][26]
21

North Dakota
?
1936:
21[7]
21[14]
21[68]
21

Ohio
?
1935:
18: for 3.2% ABW beer
21: for beer stronger than 3.2% ABW, wine and liquor[69]
18: for 3.2% ABW beer
21: for beer stronger than 3.2% ABW, wine and liquor
1982 (Aug. 19 to Oct. 1):
19: for 3.2% ABW beer[14]
21: for beer stronger than 3.2% ABW, wine and liquor[14]
1982 (From Oct. 1):
19: beer
21: wine and liquor[70]
1988:
21[14]
21 (However, anyone can drink with parents or legal-age spouse)

Oklahoma
?
Men:
21
Women:
18: 3.2% ABW beer
21: for beer stronger than 3.2% ABW, wine and liquor[71]
1976:
Lowered to 18 (for 3.2% ABW beer) for both sexes in 1976 (Dec)[72]
Last state to lower the drinking age.
1983:
Raised to 21[11][73]
21

Oregon
?
1933:
21[7]
21
21[8]
21

Pennsylvania
?
1935:
21[7]
21
21[8][52]
21

Rhode Island
?
21[11]
1970:
Lowered to 18[12][74]
1980:
Raised to 19
1981:
Raised to 20
1984:
Raised to 21[21]
21

South Carolina
21[75]
1935:
18: for beer and wine
21: for liquor[7]
18: for beer and wine[19]
21: for liquor
1984:
19: for beer and wine[7]
21: for liquor
1986:
Raised to 21[8]
21

South Dakota
?
1934:
21 (all)
1939:
Lowered to 18: for 3.2% beer
Raised to 19: for 3.2% beer[76]
1972:
18: for beer and wine
21: for liquor[13]
1984:
19: for beer and wine
21: for liquor[8]
1988:
Raised to 21[58]
21

Tennessee
Pre 1881:
None
1881:
21[77]
21[7]
1964:
Lowered to 18[7]
1979:
Raised to 19
1984:
Raised to 21[8]
21

Texas
Pre 1909:
21
None (with written permission of parent or guardian)
Post 1909:
21[78][79]
21[7]
1973:
Lowered to 18[80]
1981:
Raised to 19[81]
1986:
Raised to 21 in 1986 (Sep 1)[8][26]
21

Utah
?
1935:
21[7]
21[14]
21[8]
21

Vermont
?
21[7]
1971:
Lowered to 18[82][83]
1986:
Raised to 21[21][83]
21

Virginia
?
21[84]
1974:
Lowered to 18: for beer and wine
(21: for liquor remained)[84]
1981:
Raised to 19 for off-premises consumption
1983:
Raised to 19 (all beer)
1985:
Raised to 21[84]
21

Washington
"Age of majority"
since 1877[85]
21[citation needed]
21
21[8]
21

West Virginia
?
18: for beer and wine
21: for liquor[11]
1972:
Lowered to 18 (all)[86]
1983:
Raised to 19
(& 21 for non-residents)[8][43]
1986:
Raised to 21[8]
21

Wisconsin
1839–1866:
18: for wine and liquor
None: for beer
Post-1866:
21 (all)[87]
18: for beer
21: for wine and spirits
1957:
21: for residents of bordering states with age limit 21.[88]
1963:
Raised to 21 (off-premises beer sales, remained 18 for on-premises).[88]
1972:
Lowered to 18 (all) in 1972 (Mar)[88]
1977:
Border state restriction lifted.[88]
1984:
Raised to 19
1986:
Raised to 21 (September 1, 1986)[88]
21 (however anyone can drink when parents, spouses, teachers are present)[citation needed]

Wyoming
?
21[7]
1973:
Lowered to 19[13]
1988:
Raised to 21 in 1988 (Jul 1)[89][90]
Last state to raise de jure drinking age to 21
21

American Samoa
?
?
?
21?
21[91]

Northern Mariana Islands
–
–
?
21?
21[92]

Puerto Rico
?
18
18
Kept at 18
despite 10% highway funding
penalty under Drinking Age Act.
18[93]

Virgin Islands
?
?
?
18
18[94]

Guam
?
21?
18
18
Raised to 21 in 2010[5]

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text: Additional notes[edit]

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Contrary to popular belief, since the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, not all states specifically prohibit minors' and young adults' consumption of alcohol in private settings. That is because the federal law is concerned only with purchase and public possession, not private consumption, and contains several exceptions. As of January 1, 2007, 14 states and the District of Columbia ban underage consumption outright, 19 states do not specifically ban underage consumption outright, and 17 states have family member or location exceptions to their underage consumption laws. Federal law explicitly provides for religious, medical, employment and private club possession exceptions; as of 2005, 31 states have family member or location exceptions to their underage possession laws.[41]
In the 1960s the age for buying or drinking beer and wine in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) was 18; the age for hard liquor was 21.[23][24] Residents from Virginia and Maryland would often drive to D.C. to obtain alcohol. In Louisiana, the 1987 law raising the age from 18 to 21 was deliberately written solely to comply with the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 to avoid losing highway funding, while still allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to drink as before. Not only did it still allow 18- to 20-year-olds to consume in private, it contained a major loophole allowing bars and stores to sell alcohol to 18- to 20-year-olds without penalty (despite purchase being technically illegal) which meant that the de facto age was still 18.[39] In other words, the drinking age was 21 only on paper. This loophole was closed in 1995, but in 1996 the Louisiana Supreme Court declared a drinking age of 21 unconstitutional.[39] That briefly lowered the de jure purchase age to 18, causing an uproar which prompted the Louisiana Supreme Court to reverse its decision, raising the age to 21 three months later.[40] Other exceptions still remain to this day, including drinking in a private residence,[41] and Louisiana still has some of the most liberal general alcohol laws of any state.
Some states were "dry" well before national Prohibition was enacted in 1919, in some cases since achieving statehood. Also, some states did not become fully "wet" until several years after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 (e.g. Mississippi in 1966). Since 1966, all states and territories of the USA have been "wet", but dry counties and towns still exist in some states.

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