Following the portal opened by Lord Asriel (James McAvoy), Lyra (Dafne Keen) has now entered a bizarre island city named Cittàgazze, where she meets Will Parry (Amir Wilson) from a parallel world, who is also on a run. It doesn’t take them long to discover that the seemingly deserted region only has young survivors, whilst all the adults are dead because of a mysterious black liquid that fills up the entire city. Meanwhile, Magisterium and Marisa Coulter (Ruth Wilson) are trying their best to deny the existence of a portal to another world and put a lid on it as soon as possible.
His Dark Materials Season 2 Web Series Cast, Episodes, Release Date, Trailer and Ratings
At its heart, His Dark Materials — the trilogy of young adult fantasy novels penned by Sir Philip Pullman — and the BBC-HBO co-produced series named after it and written by Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes), are both about control. In one sense, it's control over knowledge. The shaman-like John “Jopari” Parry (Andrew Scott) crystallises the meaning when he first appears midway through His Dark Materials season 2. He notes that there are always two groups fighting for power. One, the Magisterium in this case, decides what the truth is, what people should know, and what they can say. It's a pointed reference made by Pullman about the Catholic Church in history. The other, Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) and his loose cohort, wants you to explore and think for yourself.