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This is where the acting math comes into play. Claudia Black as “Stripe” aka Zephyr Alexis Navine Photo: Keith Bernstein/HBO The disembodied future soldier and Victorian host fuse to become the Amalia that we know - but not quite. The Galanthi ends up in the 1890s, and while the arrival imbues the women of London with new abilities, the being also plants Zephyr’s spirit in the body of Molly, a battered housewife who’s decided to end her own life. In a war torn base, they discover one remaining creature, who escapes via portal and takes the soul of Zephyr Alexis Navine (Claudia Black), with it. Directed by Zetna Fuentes and penned by Jane Espenson, “True” picks up with a group of Planetary Defense Coalition soldiers dedicated to defending the alien entities known as the Galanthi. Many viewers likely checked their HBO accounts to make sure they were watching the right show, but yes, this was actually The Nevers. That’s always really attractive from an acting point of view, to be able to have so much going on under the surface that you just can’t show.”Īfter devoting an hour to busting the villainous Maladie out of jail, and the ethical debate that sends Penance and Amalia running in different directions, episode 6 picks up. I had the chance to play somebody incredibly complex and layered, 90% of whom is hidden from everybody else. “This was the part that made me want to play the role.

“At times it felt like a math problem,” Laura Donnelly, who plays Amalia on the series, jokes to Polygon.

#THE BIG CLOCK CAST FULL#

That was until episode 6, Sunday’s “Part 1” midseason finale, when the full scope of the series came into view. Though the first episode of The Nevers revealed an extraterrestrial explanation for how the women of Victorian-era London gained superpowers overnight, the rest of the freshman HBO series’ first season was more steampunk than classical sci-fi.

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