This was an incredible episode. The acting was incredible, as always. Ruth Wilson is such an incredible joy to watch and Dafne Keen is so impressive-more impressive than ever this episode.
This was my favorite episode of the season so far. Kept me on the edge of my seat. The episode seemed to fly by because it was the perfect amount of action/suspense/drama. Just really great.
I hope if the producers/directors/cast read these reviews they know that 90% (if not more) are happy with this adaptation. They're doing a great job of telling this story and yes, I've read the books.
So sick of hearing these petty complaints from people that just live to complain and hate on things (see "nosedive" review-but actually just ignore it because it's a bunch of crap). That guy is just miserable and probably hates everything. A mess? Nope. Haters won't talk about how much more details we are getting (for example: Mrs Coulter) and all the gorgeous cinematography/music/acting. They want to cry about how every shot isn't filled with daemons and whine about how it's not a shot for shot reincarnation of the book. Get over it and stop rating episodes poorly because you'll never be satisfied!!