One of my favorite things about
His Dark Materials is how it starts off as a fun children’s fantasy with an occasional smattering of theological rage and despair, before it goes full-tilt “If God exists, why don’t we kill him?” “Æsahættr,” the finale of the extremely successful second season of
His Dark Materials, is all about that turning point. After a rousing penultimate episode last week,
His Dark Materials delivers on revelations and fateful meetings with the season 2 finale, which marks the beginning of the end of this grand story.
Mother of All
Following the Spectres’ attack on one of their witch guardians, Lyra and Will insist that the witches leave to protect themselves, but Serafina is determined to do her duty by Lyra. However, Serafina is willing to play things a little more cautiously, sending her two fellow witches out on separate quests: one to scout the path ahead, the other to head back to Cittàgazze, to warn a man they had spotted earlier in the city. But she is most cautious of Will’s knife, which she eyes warily after seeing its effect on the Spectres. While her two witches are off on their separate missions, a bedraggled Ruta Skadi (poor