Starring
Jessie Mei Li, Ben Barnes, Archie Renaux, Kit Young, Amita Suman, Freddy Carter, Zoë Wanamaker, Sujaya Dasgupta
Format
Hour-long fantasy drama; complete first season watched for review
First, a brief primer: The “Grisha” of the Grishaverse are elite (in every sense) warriors in the Second Army with powers that look like magic to regular humans, but are actually manipulations of matter. (The practice is called the Small Science, which is adorable.) The Second Army is led by General Kirigan (Ben Barnes, fulfilling many an online poster’s dream by taking on the role of the Darkling), who’s probably more powerful than the rest of the Grisha, and certainly has more black leather and fur than any of them. The existence of a Second Army means there must be a First Army, which is where we find our protagonist, Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li). Orphaned at a young age, Alina clings to her best friend Mal (Archie Renaux), with whom she grew up in a group home in a town call
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