Ranking of "HIS DARK MATERIALS" Season One (2019) Episodes
Below is my ranking of the Season One episodes of "HIS DARK MATERIALS", HBO's adaptation of Philip Pullman's 1995 novel, "The Golden Compass" aka "Northern Lights" and the first part of his 1997 novel, "The Subtle Knife". Written by Jack Thorne, the series stars Dafne Keen:
RANKING OF "HIS DARK MATERIALS" SEASON ONE (2019) Episodes
1. (1.02) "The Idea of North" - Orphan Lyra Belacqua starts a new life in London with the charming socialite, Mrs. Marisa Coulter; determined to find her missing friend, Roger Parslow. The Gyptians continue searching for their missing children and the elusive Gobblers, a group of government sanctioned child snatchers.
2. (1.06) "The Daemon-Cages" - Lyra discovers the horrific truth behind the Gobblers' activities at a science station in the North called Bolvangar.
3. (1.08) "Betrayal" - As the Magesterium, a religious-political body, closes in; Lyra learns more about Lord Asriel's rebellion. But her assistance to him comes at a great personal cost.
4. (1.01) "Lyra's Jordan" - Lyra's world at Jordan College in Oxford, is turned upside-down by the arrival of her long-absent uncle Lord Asriel from the North. Meanwhile, she meets the glamorous Mrs. Coulter for the first time.
5. (1.04) "Armour" - As Lyra and the Gyptians head up North, she searches for allies in her search for Lord Asriel. With the help of a balloonist named Lee Scoresby, she comes across an armored bear named Iorek Byrnison at a port town in Svalbard.
6. (1.03) "Spies" - Lyra is rescued from the clutches of the Gobblers by the Gyptians, who helps her piece together more about her past and keep her safe from the Magisterium.
7. (1.07) "Fight to the Death" - Separated from her friends and captured by the armoured bears ruled the usurper king Iofur Raknison, Lyra must use all of her methods of deception to thwart him in order to be rescued by Iorek Byrnison, the true king. Meanwhile, Mrs. Coulter plots her next move.
8. (1.05) "The Lost Boy" - On their journey to the Bolvangar Station, Lyra and the Gyptians finally discover what the Gobblers have been doing to the missing children. In the alternate World, an adolescent named Will Parry and his mentally ill mother Elaine are being stalked by Magisterium official Lord Carlo Boreal, who seeks Will's father, a missing explorer named John Parry.