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His Dark Materials – Season 1, Episode 1 Lyra's Jordan

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His Dark Materials – Season 1, Episode 1

Lyra's Jordan

Aired Nov 3, 2019

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Orphan Lyra Belacqua's world is upended by her long-absent uncle's return from the North, while the glamorous Mrs. Coulter visits Jordan College with a proposition.

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

11/06/2019

Although director Tom Hooper goes heavy on the action in the premiere - so! many! shots! of! Lyra! running! - sometimes it feels like the characters themselves are just floating in space.

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

10/09/2021

"Lyra's Jordan" is a promising introduction into the world of His Dark Materials and definitely has us curious enough to watch a second episode.

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Gena Radcliffe

The Spool

01/23/2020

Much of the first hour of His Dark Materials is given over to world-building, and what a feast for the eyes this world is.

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Patrick Crossen

Film Inquiry

11/08/2019

His Dark Materials is, at its core, a story of adventure, so strap in and let's see where the zeppelins take us.

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Huw Saunders

Cultured Vultures

11/07/2019

9/10

At long last, the fabulous, dæmonic, loss-of-innocence journey of His Dark Materials is being adapted properly.

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Tessa Smith

Mama's Geeky

11/05/2019

2/5

While the first episode of His Dark Materials is extremely slow and boring, the series as a whole shows promise.

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Synopsis

Orphan Lyra Belacqua's world is upended by her long-absent uncle's return from the North, while the glamorous Mrs. Coulter visits Jordan College with a proposition.

Director: Tom Hooper
Executive Producer: Dan McCulloch, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner, Philip Pullman, Jack Thorne, Tom Hooper, Otto Bathurst, Deborah A. Forte, Toby Emmerich, Carolyn Blackwood, Ben Irving, Piers Wenger
Screenwriter: Jack Thorne
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 3, 2019