S3E2
The Break
His Dark Materials · 2022-12-24 · 60 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 22 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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…
what happens
Will tries to save Lyra from her mother and the Magisterium, but it comes at a great personal cost. Asriel’s plans change when unexpected angelic visitors crash into his republic.
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
20
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
34
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 22 comments — 9 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
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.
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
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.
“overall enjoyed the first two episodes”
Glomerulus▲ 69about 0–10% inread it ↗
“I will say I missed the chaos of the Lyra rescue sequence at the end. This was a little more quiet than I expected.”
cbdart512▲ 62about 80–100% inread it ↗
“Not the gay character dying half an hour after being introduced 💀 (really liked that scene, btw).”
AidenSpier▲ 45about 0–10% inread it ↗
“Ok this episode was exciting af.”
AidenSpier▲ 45about 90–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Amit Gupta
- written
- Jack Thorne, Amelia Spencer
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi
Kit Connor as Pantalaimon (voice)
Joe Tandberg as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Lauren Grace as Joseph
Sorcha Groundsell as Maddy
Victoria Hamilton as Stelmaria (voice)
Wade Briggs as Archangel Alarbus
Aisha-May Hunte as Asriel's Soldier