Set toward the end of the Victorian era in England, the new HBO steampunk-inspired series follows a band of powerful women who have been imbued with supernatural abilities after Earth is hit by a cosmic event.
London is quickly divided into two groups: the ‘Touched’, those with supernatural abilities, and citizens – mostly men – who oppose them.
According to a press release, Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) become “the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of – well, pretty much all the forces – to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place.” The Nevers also stars – brace yourselves, because this cast is stacked – Olivia Williams, James Norton,