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The Raid (miniseries)

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The Raid is the second episode of the miniseries. It aired on December 22, 2018.

Official synopsis[]

Efforts to liberate female rabbits to join the new warren lead to trouble for its members. At Hazel's behest, Fiver endures another haunting vision.

Plot[]

Captain Holly and Hazel.

Captain Holly and Hazel.

The next morning, Holly recounts his travels to find the group to Hazel: After barely surviving the destruction of Sandleford at the hands of humans, Holly traveled across the country looking for the group before coming across an injured rabbit who warns Holly about a warren named Efrafa.

As Watership Down's main burrow is being created, Bigwig voices his frustration at their progress as well as their lack of does. Knowing that there will be fighting between the bucks over the one doe they have and also that they need does to dig, with Fiver agreeing but for the fact does are mothers and companions to the rabbits, Bigwig suggests raiding a nearby farm to recruit the does there, but Hazel disagrees, shaken by Holly’s story.

A gull with an injured wing suddenly crashes in front of the group. Hazel, seeing an opportunity, insists on befriending the gull, who is known as Kehaar, in order to ask him to look for does, though the bird later refuses to help. After Dandelion and Hawkbit fight over Strawberry, Hazel goes with Fiver and Bigwig to raid the farm.

Hazel speaks to clover wsd 2018

At the farm, they attempt to free a doe named Clover and her friends, but they are forced to retreat after Bigwig gets attacked and thrown down by the farm cat named Puss. Hoping to put Hazel's mind at ease, Fiver turns to his visions, he finds himself in a pool of blood and looks up to see a heavily injured rabbit in a pipe. Fiver doesn't tell Hazel of the death but reassures Hazel that the does will be freed in the next raid.

Back home, Strawberry digs out a warren for the rabbits. Kehaar flies off in an attempt to abandon the rabbits, while overlooking the countryside, the gull notices a large warren and realizes his wing is weak before returning out of will and informing the rabbits of the nearby warren just to be allowed to continue to stay. That night, Holly, Blackberry, and Bluebell head for the warren. On the way, however, they are stopped by Captain Orchis and his soldiers before being escorted to Efrafa.

They are brought before General Woundwort, where their request for does is denied and they are imprisoned. The following night, Holly’s group makes a break for it, taking advantage of an oncoming train to aid in their escape. At the same time, Hazel goes alone back to the farm, but finds that the cage has been moved inside the farm. He sneaks through the farmhouse and finds the does, managing to free them. When the cat attacks them, Bigwig and Fiver come to the rescue, but they are chased throughout the house while the farmer and his wife are alerted. While attempting to save Clover, Hazel is shot by the farmer and collapses into a storm drain.

The others search for Hazel, but find no sign of him. In a state of limbo, Hazel is visited by the Black Rabbit of Inlé, the Lapine grim reaper, and she assures him his time has not yet come.

Black Rabbit visits Hazel

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