S3E3
The Intention Craft
His Dark Materials · 2023-01-01 · 58 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 22 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
Lyra and Will seek help from Iorek to fix the Subtle Knife before reaching an agreement to go to the Land of the Dead together. Mrs Coulter goes on trial in Asriel’s 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
57
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
44
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 — 7 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.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- 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.
“Holy shit did Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy did shine on that scene. You know which one. That central scene that encapsulates all that HDM is about. You had the theological talk, the coming to realization you've devoted your life to a lie, the trading of metaphorical and ideological blows... And beneath that the raw emotional tension between two people who understand each other at their core (well, they actually made a child together so...), have the power to truly hurt each other, actually do it but still care deeply for the other. It was beautifully written (with lines straight from the book, that was great) and acted. One of the best scenes of the show (that can sometimes take the wind out of what should be its most intense moments) so far.”
Triskan▲ 74about 33–66% inread it ↗
“Similarly underwhelmed by the lack of spectacle and to-do in the reforging of the knife”
jenjenhan▲ 50about 33–66% inread it ↗
“I giggled at the forging scene because they showed just the knife, and not anyone manipulating it (after Will’s part) and I realized “they don’t know how a bear would do it either.””
ruskiix▲ 42about 33–66% inread it ↗
“I wanted to hug Pantalaimon so hard in that final shot”
AidenSpier▲ 34about 90–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Charles Martin
- written
- Jack Thorne
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi
Lia Williams as Dr Cooper
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Sergi (voice)
Kit Connor as Pantalaimon (voice)
Joe Tandberg as Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Lindsay Duncan as Octavia (voice)
Lauren Grace as Joseph
Sorcha Groundsell as Maddy