'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: "The Cave"
His Dark Materials landed in Cittàgazze for the premiere episode, introducing a third world between Land Will-Earth and Lyra-Counter-Earth, sort of an "Earth Mark 3," in which Dust is a malevolent force.
This week, Will and Lyra take their leave of the city of children (after a bit of arguing over Lyra's wardrobe) and head to the place that holds more magic for Lyra than anywhere else: Our world of 2019. She discovers cell phones, which are (to her) best understood as a variation on the alethiometer, computers, 21st-century cars, and a brand new Oxford, one that doesn't have a Jordan College.
Mrs. Coulter: "Sometimes, subtlety is overrated."
