S1E8
Betrayal
His Dark Materials · 2019-12-22 · 59 min
FLICKFEEL
77
from 37 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
As the Magisterium closes in, Lyra learns more about Asriel’s rebellion. But her assistance to him comes at great personal cost.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
27
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
58
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 37 comments — 36 said when.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
➖ steady — holds one level all the way
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“This is where the decision to have Will and Lyras stories play simultaneously really pays off. The knowledge that both of them are entering the a window at the same time is really exciting.”
Omni314▲ 146about 50–100% inread it ↗
“A good 6/7 minutes of well written dialogue, full of the depth of the books.”
▲ 132about 33–66% inread it ↗
“and then it panned out to Roger's corpse and I was like "oh...true."”
▲ 111about 90–95% inread it ↗
“Oh the slow drop of the blade was a nice horrible touch and with the daemon pleading.”
apple_kicks▲ 93about 75–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Jamie Childs, William McGregor
- written
- Jack Thorne
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Amir Wilson as Will Parry
Lewin Lloyd as Roger Parslow
James McAvoy as Lord Asriel
Robert Emms as Thomas
Eloise Little as Salcilia (voice)
Cath Whitefield as WPC Jenkins
Gary Lewis as Thorold
Jamie Wilkes as Pale Faced Man