The Nevers star Laura Donnelly reveals that the series is returning to HBO very soon. Unfolding in the last years of the Victorian era, The Nevers focuses on a group known as the Touched. Consisting mostly of women, the Touched manifest extraordinary abilities. Some of those abilities can be charming and fairly benign, though others are distinctly more dangerous. Amalia True (Donnelly) and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) are among those with special gifts, maintaining a refuge for others like them.
Prior to the resurfacing of allegations about his toxic behavior on the sets of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its Angel spinoff, The Nevers creator Joss Whedon announced that he was exiting the HBO show. He cited exhaustion and a need to focus on his well-being. The Nevers premiered in April 2021, with the first season split into two parts, and Philippa Goslett taking over as showrunner. After an eventful midseason conclusion, the show went on an extended hiatus. It was reported, in June 2021, that new episodes would arrive in 2022. But with the year just about over, that was starting to look doubtful.
In an interview with Den Of Geek, to promote her role as Elsa Bloodstone in the Marvel special Werewolf By Night, Donnelly also briefly discussed The Nevers season 1. The actress confirmed that the HBO sci-fi drama would debut new episodes in December.
What To Expect When The Nevers Returns
Before it went on a break, The Nevers reshaped the entire premise and setting that it had relied on. Leaving the Victorian era behind, the sixth episode takes place sometime in the future. In a hectic hour, viewers are introduced to Zephyr Alexis Navine. Known as Stripe, the future soldier gets into the body of Amalia. This reshapes the entirety of the premise, linking who the main protagonist was before she became Touched and offering a horrifying glimpse of a future where the situation has essentially descended into an all-out war.
Those who have followed Whedon's work will recognize that he pulled a similar storytelling trick with a previous series, Dollhouse, in which a flash-forward to a dystopic future reconfigured an already complex premise. Given that there's a new showrunner at the helm, and given that there's so little known about what the new episodes will consist of, The Nevers has the opportunity to clearly define its path when it's back in just a few months. It can resume with more of a focus on the Victorian backdrop that helped sell the series or lean into Zephyr and her hellish circumstances.
Source: Den Of Geek