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His Dark Materials

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S1

Lyra trades Oxford for the Arctic to find the children who keep vanishing

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Do you need to watch it?

Yes. It's part of the chronological order leading up to the end of the saga.

Where it falls in the order

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Quick recap

The Master of Jordan College gives Lyra the alethiometer. Roger vanishes, and Mrs. Coulter takes Lyra to London. Lyra learns Coulter runs the child kidnappings, escapes and is taken in by the Gyptians, who tell her Coulter is her mother. In our world, Will Parry looks after his mother while Lord Boreal, who crosses between worlds, watches him. Up North, Lyra helps Iorek recover his armor, finds Roger at Bolvangar and wrecks the machine that cuts children from their daemons. Lyra brings Roger to Lord Asriel, who severs the boy from his daemon to open a bridge to another world. Roger dies. Lyra follows her father across, and Will finds a window in the air.

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Hidden details

  1. CameoHamilton's creator in the balloon

    Lin-Manuel Miranda, of Hamilton fame, plays Lee Scoresby, the Texan aeronaut. He wrapped his part in October 2018.

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  2. ReferenceFrom Logan to Oxford

    Dafne Keen, the show's Lyra, broke out as Laura, aka X-23, opposite Hugh Jackman in Logan (2017).

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  3. SetupA boy from another world

    Will Parry, who doesn't show up until the second book, is already here in S1, living in our world. Remember his face.

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