Season 1

Season 1 Part 1 Review:

Joss Whedon's fourth (and possibly last) TV series is one not to miss if you're a die hard fan of the creator. Like the freshman seasons of his other shows (not including Firefly), Whedon's show take time to flourish into the ambitious and beloved fantasy/sci-fi works we love today, the same's the case with this series. Although flawed in many places, The Nevers is Whedon's most exciting original effort since Firefly, with a premise that has numerous seasons of story in it.

Whedon does plenty with the Victorian era, giving us some fantastic Gothic dialogue seasoned with his trademark wisecrack banter. The characters here are absolutely amazing and prove to be descendants of the Scoobies and the Serenity crew. I'd even say that Whedon's nerdy aesthetic makes this more lively and iconic than say Penny Dreadful, which got dull in many moments. With Emmy season in full swing, I think Laura Donnelly deserves a nomination for her fierce and tortured protagonist, one that I was beginning to love more than Buffy Summers. Everyone's at the top of their game, even the male characters are intriguing due to the number of Brit character actors playing them such as Nick Frost and James Norton.

It's messy, but once you get to the mid season finale, you will see that Whedon had one hell of an ambitious story to be told. Unfortunately with his leaving, what he had planned will never be known and it will now be the duty of showrunner Philippa Goslett. It'll be interesting to see where she takes the series and if this runs for more than two seasons, Goslett will be the name associated with the series moving forward. However, Whedon re-using a technique from Dollhouse to tell the story for the midseason finale was ambitious and mind blowing, showing viewers they had no idea what was coming. I can only hope Goslett can come up with exciting twists and characters shown here.