HisDarkMaterials stages a jailbreak—and ends on a major cliffhanger. Our recap of the HBO fantasy's best episode yet
Most of this conflict of conscience is seen through the eyes of Lyra, who’s posing as just another kid named Lizzie Brooks now that she’s been imprisoned. While she reunites with her old kidnapped friend Roger and begins to scout the place, the scientists in charge can be found drinking when they’re not on duty. It’s clear that they know what they’re doing is wrong. The booze is required to convince themselves otherwise.
It’s a killshot of an argument. All Mrs. Coulter can do is talk about sacrifice, and how Lyra will eventually see all her mother has done to make a better world for her to live in. At this point the show boils down to an acting showcase, pitting Ruth Wilson’s maddeningly duplicitous Mrs. Coulter against the childlike confidence and clarity of Dafne Keen’s Lyra. And it’s here where you see what they have in common: They’re both accomplished liars.
An extraordinary moment follows: Coulter screams through the door in anger and frustration, while Lyra roars back in rage and betrayal. If you had to boil the whole show down to one moment of raw conflict between the old and cynical and the young and innocent, this would be it.
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