I'm still enjoying it, but I did have some small issues with that episode:
- The bits that aren't connected to Lyra I didn't think were very good, in general. Some acting/writing issues, but even with Boreal those scenes felt a little out of place. Not sure if introducing this plot now was a great idea.
- There are some issues with the editing/plotting, as when Lyra sees the unlocked elevator, then proceeds to take the fire escape - without presumably having seen that Boreal was taking the elevator. The kids also were portrayed as especially dim in that scene with Mrs. Coulter.
- Finally, about Lyra... The actress I still think is very good, but she came over as very naive and scared in this one. That's of course normal, being a kid and all, but I can't help but think some of the characteristics that made her such a great character in the books were missing. She's supposed to be brave (brazen, even?) and a natural liar, but that has yet to be demonstrated.
- And the scene that drove her out of the apartment was also slightly jarring. This random journalist knows everything about the GOB (=gobblers), what they do, and goes telling it all to Lyra in Mrs Coulter's own apartment? Afaik that isn't supposed to be public knowledge, is it?
I did very much enjoy the interactions between Lyra & Coulter though, as well as the daemons. In for the season, at least.
