The Nevers
The Nevers is an American science fiction drama television series created by Joss Whedon for HBO. Whedon left the show prior to its premiere. It was later cancelled and removed from HBO Max
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in EpisodesThe Nevers S1E4: “Undertaking” — Work, Death, and Impossibility
The following contains spoilers for The Nevers S1E4, “Undertaking” The Nevers S1E4 (written by Madhuri Shekar and directed by David Semel) opens with Mary’s funeral procession. Shots of her wooden casket being carried are interspersed with shots of wooden crates (which we will learn are full of explosives) being carried through the streets of London. […] More
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The Nevers S1E3: “Ignition” Sparks What May Be a Dumpster Fire
The following contains spoilers for The Nevers S1E3, “Ignition.” I closed my thoughts on the pilot episode of The Nevers by suggesting that the show might turn out to be a nuanced exploration of various issues endemic to modernity, or it might turn out to be a muddled mess. After S1E2, I was very hopeful […] More
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The Nevers S1E2: “Exposure” Brings Out Fuzzy Moral Logics
The following contains spoilers for The Nevers S1E2, “Exposure,” and in fact notes how the season’s second episode ends in its very first sentence. The Nevers S1E2, “Exposure,” ends by exposing that it is Lavinia Bidlow (Olivia Williams) who is behind the experiments being done on the Touched by Dr. Hague (Denis O’Hare), which means […] More
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The Nevers S1E1 Interrogates Modernity Through the Touched
The following contains spoilers for the pilot episode of The Nevers—S1E1/”Touched” It is a bit into the runtime of The Nevers S1E1 (“Touched”) that Lord Massen (Pip Torrens) lays out the stakes of the series, during a meeting with a bunch of other stodgy white muckety-mucks about the issue of the Touched. He is so […] More
