Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
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About
"Genteel English magic with a fairy-shaped nightmare underneath"
Set in an alternate Regency England where magic has faded into theory, a reclusive scholar named Mr Norrell proves practical magic still works, just as the Napoleonic Wars need it. His flashier pupil, Jonathan Strange, pushes further into magic's darker corners, disturbing an old fairy power. The show is slow, handsome, and eerie rather than action-packed, built on Gothic atmosphere, dry wit, and a growing sense of dread. It rewards patience with genuine strangeness and melancholy rather than spectacle, closer to a haunted historical drama than typical fantasy.
the slow-building dread and Marc Warren's genuinely unsettling fairy antagonist.
you want brisk pacing, since this unfolds with deliberate, novelistic slowness.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Chapter One: The Friends of English Magic | 7.7 | 696 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Chapter Two: How Is Lady Pole? | 8.1 | 511 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Chapter Three: The Education of a Magician | 8.1 | 490 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Chapter Four: All the Mirrors of the World | 8.2 | 461 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Chapter Five: Arabella | 8.3 | 469 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Chapter Six: The Black Tower | 8.5 | 455 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Chapter Seven: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | 8.6 | 466 | 60 min |