Great review. I haven’t read “His Dark Materials“ in roughly 20 years, so my memory is hazy. When I didn’t really enjoy the show I began to wonder if the books aren’t as good as I remember them. But now I’m in the middle of “The Secret Commonwealth“, and it reads so much better than the show feels that I am convinced…

The only people who call smug child prodigies “annoying” are those who weren't smug child prodigies themselves. ;-)

I agree this was the weakest episode so far, but I’m still holding out hope. Campion can be annoying, but I really hope the Hitler Youth kid who ratted on Father dies by the end of the season.

Leti deserves better than the loose cannon that Tic turns out to be. I didn't like that his violence seemed to scare her, but also attract her. Is that really a message the show wants to put out?

I’ve also been wondering about the other children. Also, it was mentioned that Mother and Father had 12 embryos to work with. Was it ever explained why they only “hatched” six of those?

Don’t rely on IMDb for unaired shows too much. They’re often wrong.

I like the show so far, but at this point I am wary if I’m going to continue to like it. I don’t have a real handle on what kind of show it is going to be. That is a positive, to be sure, but depending on the story choices down the road I might lose interest.

And now I’m back. I started at the beginning again, and I will now enter unknown territory with the next episode. I heard some of the developments later in the show, and that made me decide to give it another chance. I’m actually curious if I will make it to the end. I think it’s easier to binge the show than to watch…

I hope we’ll see more of Nora Zehetner’s character. For a moment I thought she was really dead, but that would’ve made no sense casting-wise.

Agreed. I intensely disliked the finale, for all the reasons you give, and for one more: I hated how the effect of the drug took as long as the plot required. The nameless people basically dropped like flies after their first sip, whereas the “important” people took forever. Long enough for them to think and talk…

That was my favorite episode of the whole season. Go figure. I binged them, so I don’t actually remember why I liked this one the most, but I know I did.

“If your criteria for this series include tastefulness or realism, you’re going to conclude that Mildred Pierce finally loses its way this week.”

I’m only now watching the show. I have never watched The Vampire Diaries, so I don’t constantly compare the two. I like it better than most people apparently have, and I believe if it came out today it would have better chances. Case in point this comment:

If the dress was shorter before, was it only a top??

I really didn’t like this episode, except for Phoebe Waller-Bridge. If there were more than two episodes left I might bail. This way I’m curious enough to see how it ends, but I very much doubt I’d be back for another season, should there even be one.

One of my favorite shows of 2020. Perhaps it will even end up as my favorite. There are things I had hoped for that didn’t happen, but ultimately I loved almost everything about it anyway. I have seen Sonoya Mizuno in a bunch of other shows and movies, but I didn’t recognize her at all. I will have to re-watch both Ex…

Sure, any of those are possibilities, but I don’t get why they show that scene in the first place if it doesn’t have any narrative consequences.

How does Lord Boreal get his car unlocked? It seemed to me like they cut a scene there.

I liked last week’s episode a little better, because this one was a bit predictable. But it was still really good, and it shows of the show’s biggest strength, namely its cast.

So far Evil has been fine, but not great IMO. But I will be watching it for as long as it runs because of Katja Herbers. I also have hopes that it will still grow into a great show.