When you reach the end of this compellingly morbid episode you suddenly realise Mrs Coulter isn't even in it! It’s an
interesting idea to go into the second half of the series with a different
intent. For all the talk of how dark a story this ultimately is the action so
far has stayed mostly on the side of easier to digest fantasy save for the odd
outburst from Mrs Coulter. There’s been no real clues as to what might be
happening with the stolen children yet here matters take a different turn. Edgier
than the four episodes preceding it, `The Lost Boy` takes the story down a dark
alley of mental instability, shock discoveries, grief and nasty murders. Each
key scene revolves around the dead and the lost giving it the feel of an
episode of Game of Thrones with
equally sudden moments that will make the viewer gasp.
