Review: His Dark Materials - The Idea of the North - 1.02

***Contains Spoilers***

His Dark MaterialsTonight, His Dark Materials returned for an all-new second episode, “The Idea of North.” In the episode, Lyra (Dafne Keen) arrives in London to assist Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson), who has agreed to send her people out to look for Roger (Lewin Lloyd). In the meantime, she wants to mold Lyra and change her into someone respectable. Lyra is more interested in finding her friend.

Lyra learns that neither Mrs. Coulter nor her daemon are quite what they seem. More is revealed as the Gyptians continue to look for the Gobblers and the missing children, and it seems something much larger is at play. It’s all interconnected, and the Magisterium’s control may be even farther reaching than expected.

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Advance Preview: His Dark Materials Brings Pullman's Rich Fantasy World to Life

His Dark MaterialsTomorrow night the awaited series, His Dark Materials, premieres on HBO. The series is based on Philip Pullman’s award-winning book trilogy of the same name. The first season will cover the first novel. The world of the show is similar to our own in some ways, but also very different. In some ways their technology is more advanced than in ours, but in other ways they fall behind. The biggest difference, however, is that in the world of the series, humans live with daemons, but not the kind you’re used to. Daemons are the manifestation of the soul outside of the body as an animal, and every person has one. They talk and can change into any kind of animal, but when a child reaches puberty, they settle on their form, reflecting the person’s true nature.

At the beginning of the series Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) brings a baby to Jordan College, invoking Scholastic Sanctuary and giving her to the Master of the college, Dr. Carne (Clarke Peters), who will keep her safe.

Lyra (Dafne Keen) grows up at the college with her daemon, Pan, and befriends another orphan, Roger (Lewin Lloyd), and together they go on mischievous adventures.

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Advance Preview: See is an Ambitious Sci-Fi Drama With Stunning Visuals That Has Potential

SeeWhen Apple TV+ goes live tomorrow, it will debut the first three episodes of the series See, created by Steven Knight. The show takes place 600 years in the future after a virus has wiped out most of humanity, with only two million people left surviving. The virus also rendered the survivors and their subsequent offspring without sight. After centuries with no one born able to see, sight becomes myth and even heresy to discuss. Humans learn to adapt to a new way of life.

Things change when in the village of Alkenny, Maghra (Hera Hilmar), wife of Baba Voss (Jason Momoa), gives birth to twins fathered by a different man.

When it’s discovered that the babies are the first people to have the gift of sight in centuries, Queen Kane (Sylvia Hoeks) sends her Witchfinder General, Tamacti Jun (Christian Camargo) to the village.

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Advance Preview: The Walking Dead - Ghosts

The Walking DeadThis week’s episode of The Walking Dead, which airs Sunday, is titled “Ghosts.” I can’t talk about the title without discussing spoilers, but it’s pretty apropos.

As the possibility of The Whispers returning looms over the group, paranoia takes over. If that wasn’t enough, they’re confronted with enough walkers that they're left with little time to deal with much else.

Meanwhile, Carol (Melissa McBride) struggles with her need for revenge on Alpha (Samantha Morton), and her actions could affect everyone.

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Advance Preview: The Walking Dead - We Are the End of the World

The Walking DeadThe Walking Dead is back again on Sunday with an all-new episode, “We Are the End of the World.” A flashback serves to reveal how Alpha became who she is and how the Whisperers came to be, including meeting Beta for the first time. Alpha also struggles to teach her daughter not to fear and to be ready for what’s to come.

Interspersed with the flashbacks, a previous event causes one of the Whisperer’s to doubt their ways, which could stir up some rebellion or cause even worse problems for the leader. Can Alpha keep control of the pack?

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