The Nevers Episode 2 Hints Amalia True Has A Secret Power

HBO’s The Nevers has so far focused on characters that each have a single distinguishing ability, but there have also been hints of Amalia True having another secret power. The sci-fi drama unfolds during the last years of Queen Victoria’s reign, with London experiencing the emergence of the ‘Touched’ people. The group is largely, although not exclusively, comprised of women and they’re notable for the unique abilities they inexplicably begin to manifest. Their emergence proves to be divisive. It ultimately leads certain individuals to champion the Touched and provide a sanctuary for them. Others, meanwhile, view the group as a threat to be dealt with.

The powers exhibited by the Touched, referred to as ‘turns’, vary. In the case of Amalia True (played by Laura Donnelly), who is presented as the main character of The Nevers, she’s a Touched woman whose turn allows her to see glimpses of the future. She calls these glimpses “ripplings”, which show her brief and vague snapshots of what will occur at some later point. Still, the show has provided a few key hints that Amalia could be concealing a second power and it’s also provided several explanations for why she might want to keep the full extent of her abilities a secret.

The first major hint occurs during a scene in episode 1 of The Nevers. After being threatened by the Beggar King (Nick Frost), as he’s holding a knife to her face, Amalia calmy responds that “this isn’t my face.” The exchange leaves the Beggar King visibly shaken. Then, in episode 2, during a tense confrontation, Maladie refers to Amalia as the “woman who sheds her skin” and repeatedly encourages her to do just that. This suggests that Amalia could possibly be a shapeshifter.

The series provides a potential explanation for why Amalia would want her to hide her shapeshifting turn. In the premiere episode, as Amalia and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) spend a night at the theater, a big point is made of the fact that The Touched aren’t threatening and that their abilities are even desirable. This argument is easier to make if Amalia just sees the future and, in Penance’s case, if a person can see energy and invent things on that basis. The power to shapeshift would conversely be seen as potentially sinister and too strange to be accepted by broader society. Another possibility is that Amalia simply cannot control when or how she shapeshifts, which is why she prefers to keep knowledge of it under wraps. She can barely control her ripplings, The Nevers shows.

It’s less clear how Amalia would have received two separate turns and whether other characters have more than one ability. It’s interesting to note, however, that Amalia received her power just as she had drowned herself. It could be the case that she absorbed someone else’s turn in those few seconds before she swam up back to the surface, which would potentially explain why she’s not in complete control of her turn the way that Penance and others are. The manner in which Amalia’s drowning is filmed, juxtaposed as it is with moments of other Londoners getting their turns, it does indicate that something happened to Amalia while she was underwater. In any case, it’s one of several mysteries The Nevers is teasing.

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