That season set Lyra off on a globetrotting adventure to find a missing friend, discovering along the way that not only is her explorer uncle, Lord Asriel (James McAvoy), and her mentor, Mrs. It came flying out of the blocks in its 2019 debut season, much like its “leap before you look” young heroine Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) who bounded across the rooftops of the Jordan College of an alternate reality – a world in which human souls manifest as animal companions called daemons, and which is governed with an iron fist by the religious body known as the Magisterium who teach that the mysterious substance known as dust is the physical manifestation of sin.
The show has had its stumbles getting to this point though. And yes, that includes the iconoclastic “Let’s kill God” plot that saw the author’s books banned in many an American classroom. This closing act easily stands as the best of the bunch as it confidently brings to life on-screen The Amber Spyglass, Pullman’s most challenging entry, without pulling any of said book’s punches. And it’s a pity that His Dark Materials never quite entered the pop cultural zeitgeist like its aforementioned peers as what showrunner Jack Thorne has given us is one the best fantasy adaptations of recent times. Now that’s not entirely fair, as the fact that we’re here, in the third and final season of this adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s popular trilogy, attests that some people cared. But a few years back, HBO (in collaboration with BBC) launched His Dark Materials, another piece of big-budget marquee genre television, seemingly following the established recipe for success rather slavishly… and nobody seemed to care. Going on those descriptions alone, you would probably be forgiven for thinking I was referring to Game of Thrones or maybe Westworld.
An elaborate animated intro credits scene accompanied by an earworm theme song created by an accomplished Hollywood composer.
Beloved genre source material known for asking complex questions about morality and identity as it explored fantastical narratives.
A collection of top-drawer actors – mostly British – with at least one A-list name in the mix.
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