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His Dark Materials – Season 1, Episode 5 The Lost Boy

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His Dark Materials – Season 1, Episode 5

The Lost Boy

Aired Dec 1, 2019

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The alethiometer sends Lyra and Iorek on a new path, leading to a shocking but vital clue.

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

12/27/2019

Jack Thorne is really jumping into all kinds of world building in fifth episode "The Lost Boy," and some of it really works-hello, Serafina Pekkala!-and some of it doesn't quite click yet.

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Alex Flood

NME (New Musical Express)

07/13/2021

Pullman's best-loved tales deserve a big budget to produce the goods. So far, that cash has been put to good use.

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Gena Radcliffe

The Spool

01/21/2020

His Dark Materials, despite it being a fantasy series, addresses a number of unpleasant topics, including mental illness, child death, and murder, all of which are featured in 'The Lost Boy.'

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Patrick Crossen

Film Inquiry

12/07/2019

This episode delivered just what I've been looking for, and is the best of the season thus far.

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Huw Saunders

Cultured Vultures

12/03/2019

5/10

No adaptation's going to be a 1-to-1 perfect replica of the original. But here the existing fault lines have split wide open.

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Synopsis

The alethiometer sends Lyra and Iorek on a new path, leading to a shocking but vital clue.

Director: Otto Bathurst
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: Dec 1, 2019