Season 1

"A touch of power can change the world."

The **first season** of *The Nevers* television series has 12 episodes, broken into two parts. Part One premiered on April 11, 2021 on HBO and was available to stream on HBO Max.

On December 12, 2022, HBO announced that *The Nevers* was not only canceled, but that the series was being pulled from HBO Max. On January 31, 2023, Roku and Tubi picked up *The Nevers* as its streaming home, including the six episodes that had never been aired.

## Synopsis

August, 1896. Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event which gives certain people — mostly women — abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. But no matter their particular "turns," all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger. It falls to mysterious, quick-fisted widow Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and brilliant young inventor Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) to protect and shelter these gifted "orphans." To do so, they will have to face the brutal forces determined to annihilate their kind.

## Production

The season was originally going to have 10 episodes, but the filming was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic through the fifth episode. Shooting returned in September, when they finished the fifth and sixth episode. HBO and HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys explains: "There was kind of a natural narrative break at six. So that was the thought then was to air six episodes. So at least we had something to put out there for subscribers and fans." The season was then expanded to two parts of six episodes each.

The series premiere drew over 1.4 million viewers across linear and digital during its premiere on Sunday night, the best debut for an HBO Max original series.

Filming for the upcoming second part of the season (episodes 7–12) began on June 29, 2021 and concluded on December 18, 2021.

Originally announced for 2022, the second part was postponed to debut in the first quarter of 2023, reportedly in February 2023. However, HBO announced in December 2022 that *The Nevers* was not only canceled, but that the series was being pulled from HBO Max. Roku and Tubi picked up *The Nevers* in January 2023 as its streaming home, and that will include the six final episodes that have never been aired.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Laura Donnelly as Amalia True / Zephyr Navine
* Ann Skelly as Penance Adair
* Olivia Williams as Lavinia Bidlow
* James Norton as Lord Hugo Swann
* Tom Riley as Augustus "Augie" Bidlow
* Pip Torrens as Lord Gilbert Massen
* Denis O'Hare as Dr. Edmund Hague
* Rochelle Neil as "Bonfire" Annie Carbey
* Amy Manson as Maladie
* Zackary Momoh as Horatio Cousens
* Eleanor Tomlinson as Mary Brighton
* Elizabeth Berrington as Lucy Best
* Viola Prettejohn as Myrtle Haplisch
* Ella Smith as Désirée Blodgett
* Anna Devlin as Primrose Chattoway
* Kiran Sonia Sawar as Harriet Kaur
* Ben Chaplin as Inspector Frank Mundi

### Recurring cast

* Martyn Ford as Nicolas "Odium" Perbal
* Vinnie Heaven as Nimble Jack
* Zain Hussain as Aneel
* Pui Fan Lee as Su Ping Lim
* George Dawson as Arthur Twimble
* Domenique Fragale as Elisabetta Cassini
* Sylvie Briggs as Clara Stowe
* Jack Wheatley as Nigel Blodgett
* Brett Curtis as George
* Nicholas Farrell as Prince Albrecht
* Andrew Havill as Douglas Broome
* Tim Steed as Lord Allaven-Tyne
* Rupert Vansittart as Lord Broughton
* Timothy Bentinck as General Pecking
* Mark Benton as the Colonel
* Matt Emery as Detective Birch
* Lola Dubus as Dominique
* David Garrick as Winemar Kroos

## Episodes

### Part One

Six episodes aired for the first part of this season:

### Part Two

Additional 6 episodes aired for the second half of season 1.

## Releases

* The official podcast *The Touch Base* follows the release of each episode.
* *Season 1: Soundtrack from the Original Series* is an album that collects Mark Isham's original soundtrack for season 1 part 1.
* The home video *Season 1, Part 1*, available in DVD and Blu-ray, collects the first six episodes and bonus material.

## Gallery

### Videos

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jennifer Maas, "'Westworld,' 'The Nevers' to Be Pulled From HBO Max." *Variety*. Retrieved on December 12, 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matt Webb Mitovich, "Westworld, The Nevers (All 12 Episodes) and Other HBO Max Castoffs to Stream Free on Roku and Tubi — Find Out When." *TVLine*, January 31 2023.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Nevers - Official Website for the HBO Series." *HBO*. Retrieved on March 25, 2021.
4. ↑ Jennifer Maas and Tim Baysinger, "HBO Received 'No Complaints' About Joss Whedon Before He Exited 'The Nevers,' Casey Bloys Says." *The Wrap*, February 10, 2021.
5. ↑ "HBO's 'The Nevers' Premiere Draws 1.4M+ Viewers Across Linear & Digital, Best-Ever Original Series Debut On HBO Max." *Deadline*, April 12, 2021
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jennifer Maas, "HBO's 'The Nevers' Begins Production on Season 1B, New Episodes to Debut in 2022 (Exclusive)." *The Wrap*, June 28, 2021.
7. ↑ Ann Skelly, "Season 1 wrapped! ☂️ ⚡️ #TheNevers." *Instagram*, December 18, 2021.
8. ↑ "'The Nevers' Season 1 Part 2 Release Date Moves to 2023 on HBO." *Midgard Times*, October 2, 2022.
9. ↑ "HBO Drama Series THE NEVERS Debuts April 11." *WarnerMedia*, March 23, 2021.
10. ↑ Matt Webb Mitovich, "The Nevers: Get Release Dates for All 12 Episodes on Tubi, Including 6 New Ones — Plus, Scoop on What's Ahead!" *TVLine*, February 10 2023.