Chapter Summaries

The film showed Newt and his companions discovering and safely capturing an Occamy hatchling, while the screening-room discussion turned to how the film might influence wizards’ views of Muggles. Queenie’s apology for being unable to control her curiosity left Ron worried that she might be a natural Legilimens, and Harry’s knowing look kept their bet unresolved.

• Professor Dumbledore worried that the scenes of Credence’s oppression would make wizards more radical toward Muggles, while Professor Grindelwald argued that people interpreted events according to their own biases.
• Newt and his companions followed the Demiguise to an attic, where they found it feeding an Occamy hatchling.
• The Demiguise foresaw the bell startling the Occamy and protected Jacob when the creature rampaged; Newt and Tina then caught the Occamy using a cockroach and a teapot.
• Harry explained to Ron that the method would not have worked when they had intruded into an Occamy nest full of eggs.
• Queenie apologized after Newt objected to her using Legilimency, leaving Ron concerned that she was a natural Legilimens, while Harry did not yet make him settle their bet.

As the audience watched Newt Scamander's film, Grindelwald's betrayal of Credence and the damage it caused came into focus. When Credence rampaged through New York, Newt, Tina, and Queenie moved to act, while Jacob insisted on joining Queenie despite the danger.

• Harry refused Ron's offer to reduce the penalty, determined to keep the bet and watch him embarrass himself.
• Luna received Adam's invitation for her, Ginny, and Hermione to visit his new clothing store and give feedback.
• Grindelwald watched his betrayal of Credence on screen and regretted misjudging him, while Dumbledore questioned him about how he had felt.
• Credence revealed himself as the Obscurial, but could not bring himself to attack Grindelwald and instead destroyed the street outside.
• As Credence rampaged through New York, Newt gave Tina his suitcase and notes before Apparating away, and Tina followed after passing them to Queenie.
• Queenie tried to leave Jacob behind, but he insisted on going with her, and the film showed his experience as a First World War veteran.

Tina and Newt tried to save Credence, but the Magical Congress killed him when he lost control, prompting Graves to attack the Aurors. Newt and Tina exposed Graves as Grindelwald, and Newt helped the Congress erase the city's memories of the Obscurus incident with magical creatures.

• Tina stalled Graves while Newt followed Credence into the subway station, and Graves ordered the Aurors to seal off the area before entering.
• Tina calmed Credence, but President Seraphina led Aurors into the station and their spells destroyed the Obscurus, killing him.
• Graves condemned the laws that had failed Credence and fought off the Aurors until Newt bound him and Tina disarmed him.
• Newt used a Revealing Charm to expose Graves as Grindelwald, who allowed the Aurors to take him away.
• Newt proposed using diluted Swooping Evil venom and a Thunderbird rainstorm to make New York's residents forget the destruction.

After Jacob stepped into the rain, most viewers believed he had lost his memories and been separated from Queenie, though Newt and Tina knew the venom erased only painful memories. The film ended with Newt secretly helping Jacob open a bakery before leaving America, and Newt blushed when Tina saw him off.

• Jacob stepped into the rain, and Queenie kissed him goodbye before Newt and the others left.
• Viewers assumed Jacob had forgotten the wizards, while Newt and Tina realized his happy memories of them remained.
• The film showed Jacob leaving work with a suitcase that contained Occamy eggshells and a note offering him a way to finance a bakery.
• Newt prepared to leave America and turned to Tina at the ship, flushing when he saw her.

After watching the premiere of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry worried about Ron having to wear Ginny’s clothes as the forfeit for their bet. Ron refused Harry’s attempt to discuss the consequences, and they went to watch the next film.

• The film ended with hints about Jacob’s memories and an advertisement for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them II, leaving the audience eager for the next installment.
• Ron worried that the sequel might reveal more about Queenie and make him regret his bet with Harry.
• Harry returned home expecting dinner with Ginny, but found a note saying she had gone shopping with Hermione, Luna, and the others.
• Ginny came home with bags of dresses, and Harry feared Ron would have to wear them as his bet forfeit.
• Two weeks later, Ron insisted he would honor the bet, rejected Harry’s attempt to explain, and went with him into the screening room.

Hil Scamander brought Newt and Tina to the premiere of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, where Adam greeted them and invited them to dinner after the film. The movie opened with Grindelwald imprisoned, and the audience began debating whether he would escape during a transfer.

• Hil Scamander led Newt and Tina to their seats, and Tina teased him for being unfamiliar with the cinema.
• Adam arrived with their redemption gifts, took Hil’s voucher, and invited Newt and Tina to dinner after the movie.
• The film began with Grindelwald imprisoned, prompting the audience to speculate that a flying insect was an Animagus helping him escape.
• The insect struck Grindelwald’s magical barrier and died, leaving audience members embarrassed by their mistaken guesses.
• The audience learned that Grindelwald might be transferred for trial, and a wizard predicted he would escape as soon as he left his cell.

Viewers discovered that Grindelwald had escaped before his prison transfer by impersonating Abernathy, while the man beneath the carriage was Grindelwald in disguise. He seized control of the carriage, recovered a silver pendant, and tossed it away, leaving Newt convinced Grindelwald had brought the later theft of the Blood Pact on himself.

• The prison transfer began under heavy security as guards restrained Grindelwald and removed him from the prison amid the cheers of his followers.
• A disguised Grindelwald, posing as a prison employee, revealed the Elder Wand and Apparated beneath the carriage as it departed.
• Inside the carriage, Grindelwald transformed into Abernathy, revealing that the prisoner had never been him, while Dumbledore recognized the real Grindelwald clinging below.
• Grindelwald Apparated onto the carriage, knocked its drivers from the air, and left the Ministry official and Aurors without wands after their wands turned to ash.
• Grindelwald battled his pursuers, retrieved the silver pendant from Abernathy's mouth, soothed the Graphorn, and threw the pendant from the carriage.
• Newt concluded that Grindelwald had only himself to blame when the Niffler later stole the Blood Pact, and Grindelwald sneezed as his expression darkened.

After Grindelwald escaped by replacing his prison guard, the film shifted to Newt applying for permission to travel abroad at the British Ministry of Magic. The Ministry offered to let him work under his Auror brother, but Newt refused, leaving Harry to compare Newt’s hearing with his own unfair trial.

• Grindelwald restored Abernathy’s tongue, escaped from prison, and left him alive to spread news of his return.
• Three months later, Newt met Leta Lestrange at the British Ministry of Magic while applying for permission to leave the country for the fourth time.
• The Ministry offered to lift Newt’s travel restriction if he joined the Ministry and worked under his brother, Theseus.
• Harry recalled how Fudge had condemned him before a stern Wizengamot, while Newt’s hearing had involved only a few people and a proposed compromise.
• Newt rejected the Ministry’s offer, explaining that he lacked his brother’s talent for becoming an Auror.

Newt refused the Ministry's demand to hunt Credence and rejected the pressure to take a side in the conflict, so the mission went to Grimmson instead. The scene then shifted to Grindelwald, whose casual cruelty and indifference to mass displacement threatened to ruin his reputation further.

• The Ministry told Newt that Credence had survived and demanded that he find and kill him, but Newt refused and lost permission to travel abroad.
• Theseus warned Newt that he was under surveillance and urged him to understand that the Ministry wanted him to oppose Grindelwald.
• The Ministry assigned the Credence mission to Grimmson after Newt refused, and Newt walked away from the Fantastic Beast hunter.
• Grindelwald moved into a murdered victim's mansion in Paris and dismissed the millions who might be displaced by his plans as people seeking freedom.
• A baby's cry interrupted Grindelwald's conversation, and Professor Grindelwald realized Adam had deliberately preserved the damning scene to protect the Wizarding World from his causing trouble.

Adam reflected on his responsibility for Wizarding World reforms while the audience watched Dumbledore recruit Newt to investigate Credence, despite Newt’s objections. The screening ended this stretch with three baby Nifflers delighting the audience and Adam promoting responsible pet ownership and Niffler merchandise.

• Adam considered how the Wizarding Supremacist Party branches handled the effects of reform and planned to discuss economic incursions with The Office.
• Harry and Ron watched Grindelwald attack an infant, and Harry recoiled from the act despite understanding why wizards had supported Grindelwald’s ideals.
• Dumbledore told Newt that he had sent him to New York by revealing the Thunderbird’s location, then assigned him to investigate Credence and seek help at a Paris safe house.
• Newt accused Dumbledore of manipulating him and asked why Dumbledore would not go himself, and Dumbledore said he could not act against Grindelwald.
• Newt returned home, where three baby Nifflers delighted the audience, and Adam reminded wizards not to buy fantastic beasts impulsively while promoting Niffler merchandise and a commemorative card.

Queenie and Jacob came to Newt while their relationship was falling apart over marriage, and Newt removed the Love Potion affecting Jacob. After finding Tina’s postcard to Queenie, Newt hurried to Paris to find her, while a newspaper clipping in his suitcase revealed how long he had treasured Tina’s photograph.

• Queenie and Jacob visited Newt, who was disappointed that Tina had not come with them.
• Queenie explained that she and Jacob were arguing about marriage, and Newt realized she had used a Love Potion on Jacob.
• Newt removed the Love Potion, exposing Jacob’s reluctance to marry and prompting Queenie to Apparate away in anger.
• Newt repaired Tina’s torn postcard and discovered that she had arranged to meet Queenie in Paris, so he began packing to go find her.
• Newt’s suitcase revealed a newspaper clipping of Tina, and Tina asked him about keeping her picture.

Tina tracked Credence to a Paris circus, where Nagini’s transformation and Credence’s escape left Tina searching for clues about his past. Meanwhile, Grindelwald revealed that he wanted Credence’s allegiance because he intended to use him against Dumbledore, who confronted him about the plan.

• Newt and Jacob set out to find Tina and Queenie while Tina followed Credence’s trail to a circus in Paris.
• Credence called the performer Nagini, who transformed into a giant snake, and then helped her attack the ringmaster and release the circus’s imprisoned magical creatures.
• Tina pursued Credence but lost him, then learned from the ringmaster that Credence had been asking about his mother and might be related to him.
• Tina investigated rumors that Credence was the missing child of House Lestrange, while Grindelwald told his followers he knew what Credence was seeking.
• Grindelwald explained that Credence’s purpose was tied to Dumbledore, prompting Dumbledore to ask whether Grindelwald had recruited Credence to kill him.

Newt and Jacob traveled to Paris to find Tina, while Queenie sought help from the French Ministry of Magic and a Grindelwald follower infiltrated it. In New York, Credence's search for his origins ended in violence when a hunter killed the only person who knew his past, unleashing Credence's Obscurus.

• Newt and Jacob arranged to cross the border and set off for Paris, while Newt's romantic compliment impressed one audience member and embarrassed Newt and Tina.
• Newt followed Tina's trail using spells and a Niffler, then learned she had left with a wizard; Queenie asked the French Ministry of Magic for Tina but found no record of her.
• A follower of Grindelwald infiltrated the French Ministry of Magic using Transfiguration.
• Credence and Nagini found a servant who knew about Credence's origins, but Grimmson killed him with a Killing Curse before he could finish explaining.
• Nagini was trapped, and Credence unleashed his Obscurus; Grimmson fought back with a Shield Charm but eventually retreated.

As Credence grieved, Grindelwald’s manipulation of him was revealed, while Newt and Jacob found Tina and escaped their cage with help from a Bowtruckle. The film then showed the Ministry confronting Dumbledore at Hogwarts over Grindelwald, leaving Professor Grindelwald furious after Dumbledore was bound and placed under tighter surveillance.

• Grimmson reported to Grindelwald, revealing that Grindelwald had arranged the death that devastated Credence to make him easier to manipulate.
• Newt and Jacob found Tina but were locked in a cage, and Newt used a Bowtruckle to pick the lock.
• Tina and Newt recalled their wedding night after she asked how he had felt when she called him Mr. Scamander.
• Ministry officials stormed Hogwarts and demanded that Dumbledore deal with Grindelwald, but Dumbledore said he could not do it because they had once been closer than brothers.
• Travers bound Dumbledore’s wrists with iron rings that detected his spells and increased the Ministry’s surveillance of him, angering Professor Grindelwald.

The audience watched Leta’s memories, Queenie’s encounter with Grindelwald, and Dumbledore’s vision in the Mirror of Erised. The mirror revealed young Dumbledore and Grindelwald reaching toward each other, leaving the audience to recognize their connection.

• Dumbledore told Grindelwald that Travers had died and that Travers’s son had been executed, and Grindelwald accepted that he could not take revenge without risking Adam discovering his actions.
• The film showed Newt turning his Boggart into a dragon made from office desks, while Leta’s Boggart appeared as a mysterious white cloth.
• Queenie met Grindelwald after leaving the French Ministry, rejected his recruitment at first, and was allowed to leave, but the audience feared his appeal had unsettled her.
• Dumbledore stood before the Mirror of Erised, which showed him and a young Grindelwald facing each other with their palms extended.
• The audience recognized the young figures as Dumbledore and Grindelwald, represented by Professor Campbell and another professor.

The screening audience watched Dumbledore’s vision in the Mirror of Erised and learned that he and Grindelwald had joined their blood to make a silver pendant. On screen, Newt tried awkwardly to reconcile with Tina as Grindelwald summoned his followers across Paris and manipulated Credence with a lead about his origins.

• Adam explained that the Mirror of Erised had been placed in the Forbidden Forest to attract young wizards seeking strength.
• The audience saw Dumbledore and Grindelwald merge drops of their blood into a silver pendant, which viewers recognized as the object Grindelwald carried.
• Newt freed the Zouwu and later awkwardly tried to repair his relationship with Tina, who was cheered by his Runespoor compliment.
• Grindelwald’s black curtain spread across Paris as he summoned his followers, and Newt chose to take an illegal shortcut to reach Credence.
• Grindelwald met Credence, offered him a lead about his origins, and used his uncertainty to make him more dependent.

Jacob met the frail, prophetic Nicolas Flamel, whose crystal ball showed Newt, Tina, Grindelwald, and blue flames. As Nicolas intervened to help them, Newt infiltrated the French Ministry disguised as Theseus and came face-to-face with his real brother.

• Nicolas Flamel introduced himself to Jacob and the others as an immortal alchemist, then used his crystal ball to seek Queenie.
• Jacob rushed away before Nicolas finished his prophecy, which showed Newt and Tina alongside Grindelwald and Protego Diabolica.
• Harry wondered whether Nicolas had foreseen his own death, remembering that the Sorcerer's Stone had been destroyed after Harry's first-year adventure.
• Nicolas took a book bearing a red gem and contacted its portrait, then decided to help Jacob, Newt, and the others.
• Newt used Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as Theseus and infiltrate the French Ministry of Magic, where he unexpectedly met the real Theseus.

Ron and Harry watched Newt and Tina infiltrate the French Ministry of Magic, while Newt’s devotion to his brother and his awkward romance with Tina drew reactions from the audience. After escaping the Ministry with the Zouwu, Newt and his companions headed to Père Lachaise Cemetery, where they found an unexpectedly large crowd.

• Ron admired Theseus’s devotion to Newt, while Harry remembered his own strained relationship with Dudley.
• Newt and Tina argued over their misunderstanding about Theseus and Leta, then shared a romantic moment before Leta arrived at the Ministry records room.
• Leta discovered Newt with the help of a Bowtruckle, and Nifflers pursued him and his companions through the Ministry.
• Newt released the Zouwu to hold off the Nifflers and used its spatial travel ability to escape the Ministry’s anti-Apparition protections.
• Newt and his companions rushed to Père Lachaise Cemetery to find the records, and the audience was surprised by how many people were there.

Leta revealed that she had accidentally switched baby Corvus with another child, meaning Credence’s search for his origins had reached another dead end. The Stone Gate then opened onto a vast gathering of Grindelwald’s pure-blood followers, leaving the audience stunned by the size of his movement.

• Leta explained that she had switched baby Corvus with a quieter child before the shipwreck, and the baby who died at sea had been the real Corvus.
• Tina asked whether Leta knew the other baby’s identity, but Leta said she did not, leaving Credence without a clear lead to his origins.
• The Stone Gate opened, and the audience saw a huge crowd of pure-blood wizards gathered in the graveyard as Grindelwald’s followers.
• The audience wondered how the Ministries of Magic had defeated Grindelwald’s enormous movement.

Harry realized Queenie might be wavering toward Grindelwald’s followers, while Tina and Newt questioned whether Grindelwald had falsified the evidence about Credence. As Grindelwald addressed his assembled followers, the audience saw how commanding he was compared with Voldemort.

• Harry pointed out that Jacob had come because of Nicolas Flamel’s prophecy, but Queenie’s reason for being there was unclear.
• Ron realized Queenie might have become one of Grindelwald’s followers, and Harry suggested her heart had begun to waver.
• Tina and Newt suspected Grindelwald had tampered with their investigation, raising the possibility that Credence had not died.
• Adam said Credence’s true identity would not be revealed until later, then turned his attention back to the film.
• Grindelwald silenced the applause with a gesture, prompting a wizard in the screening room to compare him unfavorably with Voldemort.