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S2E1

The City of Magpies

His Dark Materials Β· 2020-11-08 Β· 49 min

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what happens

Lyra and Will find themselves in a strange new place. The Magisterium take action as Mrs Coulter interrogates a suspected heretic witch, and Lee Scoresby embarks on a mission.

how it went

Left to right is this episode β€” its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

25

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

54

how much it moved you

Two separate readings, not parts of the score β€” the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.

Read from 70 comments β€” 34 said when.

setupcomplicationdevelopmentclimax1007550250INTENSITYTENSION0%25%50%75%100%

βž– steady β€” Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout β€” never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.

Drag 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 β€” 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 β€” wider means fewer people described it
openingending

βž– steady β€” 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.

Reddit24 read

  • β€œthat was over way too fast!”

    emnozzβ–² 64about 85–100% inread it β†—

  • β€œThat was a great first episode. The pacing was much stronger than most episodes from season 1.”

    Torre_degli_Angeliβ–² 59about 0–15% inread it β†—

  • β€œThe Spectre victim scene was so, SO tense”

    galaxy-boi_02β–² 56about 75–100% inread it β†—

  • β€œI was a bit annoyed with the extra long recap”

    zoapcfrβ–² 40about 0–10% inread it β†—

who made it

directed
Jamie Childs
written
Jack Thorne

guest cast

Billed for this episode only β€” the turn people remember an episode for.

  • Marama Corlett as Katja Sirkka
  • Ian Peck as Cardinal Sturrock
  • Ṓọpẹ́ DΓ¬rΓ­sΓΉ as Sergi (voice)
  • Kit Connor as Pantalaimon (voice)
  • David Suchet as Kaisa (voice)
  • Cristela Alonzo as Hester (voice)
  • Remmie Milner as Lena Feldt
  • Ella Schrey-Yeats as Paola
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