The Nevers is a science fiction television series created by Joss Whedon that premiered on HBO in 2021. The show is set in Victorian London and follows a group of women with extraordinary abilities who are being hunted by a mysterious organization.
The Victorian-era London setting of the series centres on a group of largely female characters known as the Touched who exhibit unusual powers out of the blue. Among them are Penance Adair, a talented inventor, and Amalia True, a secretive and cunning widow and her best friend. Following a bidding war with other networks and streaming providers like Netflix, HBO in June 2018 ordered the series straight to series. The first actress to join the series was Laura Donnelly in April 2019, and the rest of the cast followed in July 2019.
The Nevers Plot
The Nevers is a science fiction television series created by Joss Whedon that premiered on HBO in 2021. The show is set in Victorian London and follows a group of women with extraordinary abilities who are being hunted by a mysterious organization.
The main plot of the series centers around the efforts of these women, known as the Orphans, to uncover the source of their abilities and protect themselves from their enemies. Along the way, they must also deal with the challenges and dangers of living in a society that does not understand or accept their abilities.
As the Orphans delve deeper into the mystery of their abilities, they uncover a larger conspiracy that threatens not only their own lives, but the fate of the entire world. Along the way, they must also confront their own pasts and the true nature of their abilities.
Emily in Paris Total Episode List, Length, Run Time, and Cast
The Nevers Episodes Length
The episodes of The Nevers, a science fiction television series created by Joss Whedon, range in length from approximately 45 minutes to just over an hour. The specific runtimes of each episode are as follows:
| Title | Directed by | Written By | Original air date | Runtime |
| Pilot | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | April 11, 2021 | 56 minutes |
| Exposure | Joss Whedon | Jane Espenson | April 18, 2021 | 51 minutes |
| Ignition | David Semel | Kevin Lau | April 25, 2021 | 47 minutes |
| Undertaking | David Semel | Madhuri Shekar | May 2, 2021 | 48 minutes |
| Hanged | Joss Whedon | Melissa Iqbal | May 9, 2021 | 51 minutes |
| True | Zetna Fuentes | Jane Espenson | May 16, 2021 | 46 minutes |
The Nevers: Main Cast
- Laura Donnelly as Zephyr Alexis Navine / Amalia True: One of The Touched, with the ability to see glimpses of the future. The most irresponsible, spontaneous, and psychologically broken hero of 19th-century London, and a danger to the British elite. She is dedicated to her cause and never turns down a drink.
- Claudia Black portrays Zephyr in a previous body in the episode “True”.
- Ann Skelly as Penance Adair: Amalia’s best friend, and a Touched with the power of ‘seeing’ electrical energy patterns and a skill for inventing. She is both religious and heretically progressive.
- Olivia Williams as Lavinia Bidlow: A rich supporter of the Touched, and patron of the Orphanage where many of the main characters live.
- James Norton as Hugo Swann: An aristocratic pansexual young man, who owns a private club and specializes in extortion.
- Tom Riley as Augustus “Augie” Bidlow: A kind gentleman bird watcher, Lavinia’s brother and secretly one of the Touched.
- Pip Torrens as Lord Gilbert Massen: A former military man and strong supporter of the British Empire, and very skeptical regarding people with extraordinary powers.
- Denis O’Hare as Dr. Edmund Hague: A brutal American surgeon who is experimenting on the Touched.
- Rochelle Neil as Annie Carbey, aka Bonfire Annie: A criminal with the ability to generate balls of flame.
- Amy Manson as Maladie / Sarah: An unstable member of The Touched living underground. Originally known as Sarah, Maladie is not only in charge of a band of renegades, but is on a killing spree.[4][5] Maladie also disguises herself as Effie Boyle, a deceased journalist. Manson is credited with the pseudonym Margaret Tuttle when Effie appears.
- Zackary Momoh as Doctor Horatio Cousens: A West Indian physician. Amalia was there when he discovered his own power to heal. He collaborates with her, and the Beggar King.
- Eleanor Tomlinson as Mary Brighton: A failed singer who has a big surprise ahead of her.
- Elizabeth Berrington as Lucy Best: A former thief from an extremely poor upbringing who can shatter whatever she touches.
- Viola Prettejohn as Myrtle Haplisch: An omniglot who can understand any spoken language although her own words come out in randomly shifting languages that she cannot control.
- Anna Devlin as Primrose Chattoway: A sixteen-year-old girl who is ten feet tall.
- Kiran Sonia Sawar as Harriet Kaur: A Scottish Sikh who lives at the orphanage; her breath turns things into glass. She dreams of being a lawyer.
- Ben Chaplin as Inspector Frank Mundi: A large and gruff policeman with a strong sense of morals. He has a reputation for violence and heavy drinking.
- Ella Smith as Desirée Blodgett: A prostitute who causes others around her to pour out secrets when they are feeling strong emotions.
- Vinnie Heaven as Nimble Jack: A young thief and member of the Touched who is notorious for breaking and entering and is capable of creating floating disks that can be used as shields or as stepping stones for accessing high places.
- Genre: Drama, Science fiction, Historical fiction, Steampunk
- Created by: Joss Whedon
- Composer: Mark Isham
- Country of origin: United States
- Original language: English
- No. of seasons: 1
- No. of episodes: 6
- Producers: Bernadette Caulfield, Jane Espenson, Douglas Petrie, Ilene S. Landress, Philippa Goslett
- Original network: HBO
- Original release: April 11 – May 16, 2021
