The Nevers

Synopsis: In ‘True’. After Amalia’s (Laura Donnelly) origin story is revealed, a long-awaited reunion crystallizes the Orphans’ mission.   The Story Having seen a bit of Maladies backstory in last week’s show. We see Amalia’s origins,...

Synopsis: In ‘Hanged’. The city buzzes with anticipation over a pending execution. Penance grapples with a moral calling at odds with Amalia’s plan. With the two women at a crossroads, the Orphans must decide whom to...

Synopsis: In ‘Undertaking’. Mundi seeks justice, Amalia and her most trusted advisors make a list of potential enemies. Harriet, Primrose and the other Orphans attempt to decipher a message. Amalia exposes an unexpected threat.   The...

Synopsis: In Ignition. Penance creates an amplifier to spread Mary’s song across the city – but first, Mary must find her elusive voice. As danger mounts against her group, Amalia propositions an unlikely ally and sets...

Synopsis: In ‘Exposure’. With the city reeling from Maladie’s opera debut, Mundi takes a personal stake in tracking her down, while Amalia launches an investigation of her own. Meanwhile, the charitable Lavinia Bidlow seeks to destigmatize...

Synopsis: Three years after an inexplicable event suddenly touched them with extraordinary abilities, Amalia True and Penance Adair work to protect their kind from widespread, deepening antipathy. Meanwhile, police inspector Frank Mundi Ben Chaplin investigates a...

Lewis Call is a professor history at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Call’s research interests in Intellectual History, Anarchism, History of Sexuality, and Science Fiction Studies. After publishing various articles on Buffy the Vampire...