HBO ‘s latest fantasy epic, The Nevers , premieres this Sunday, April 11. The series takes us to a version of Victorian London that finds itself …
HBO ‘s latest fantasy epic, The Nevers, premieres this Sunday, April 11. The series takes us to a version of Victorian London that finds itself in total tumult when people emerge as “touched” with special “turns” or powers. Leading the action is the mysterious Amalia True ( Laura Donnelly) and her best friend (and fellow touched) Penance Adair ( Ann Skelly). Together the two women are trying to recruit and save fellow touched all while navigating a complex landscape of heroes and foes. With its fiery heroines and witty banter, The Nevers has all the hallmarks of a Joss Whedon show, but is HBO’s The Nevers technically a Joss Whedon show? Yes, but no, but also definitely yes. The answer it seems is as complicated as the show’s early storylines! The Nevers opens on a seemingly nondescript morning in 1896 London. Amalia walks dead-eyed with laundry in a seedy area. Penance uses her wits to fix a broken water pump, and a woman we’ll later know as the villainous scourge “Maladie” (Amy Manson) is being carted off to an insane asylum. A glittering vessel enters the skies and florescent drops fall from the heavens, touching these women and others.
