Drama
Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives as Lee Scoresby in this week's His Dark Materials cold open, floating along in his hot air balloon and singing. It's the first time the show has seemed, if not cheerful, at least as if it has sprung into full color. It helps
Drama
Last week's His Dark Materials ended with Lyra's capture by the gobbler goons, unaware the child they collected was the last one Mrs. Coulter ever wanted to see go North for experimentation. In other circumstances, this might have been the worst thing to happen. Since these
Drama
When we last left Lyra at the end of the first episode of His Dark Materials, both she and Roger were on their way to London, though each had no idea the other was on board, as Lyra traveled first class, while Roger was taking the caged child route. This
Sci-Fi
It's been a long road to the television adaptation of His Dark Materials, the obsessively popular young adult fantasy series from Philip Pullman. After a disastrous first outing as a Harry Potter-like film series (starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Dakota Blue Richards), the series never made it