Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestWhen therapist, Ross’s whole scientific belief system is called into question after he witnesses HIM’s powers first-hand, he is determined to find a way to help his patient. Meanwhile, following the accident, Azfal remains unconscious in intensive care. With his family and Faith praying for him to wake up, HIM feels helpless, particularly when Faith berates him for running from the scene.
HIM is a British three-part miniseries created by Andy de Emmony and Paula Milne for ITV. A supernatural drama, it stars Fionn Whitehead as the titular character, with supporting roles by Katherine Kelly and James Murray. A 17-year-old boy, known only as HIM, caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood is also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, each now remarried with new families. Like most boys, he finds it hard to process his feelings so tends to 'act out'. But his behaviour is also triggered by something else — his primal struggle to contain the terrifying secret of a supernatural power he inherited from his grandfather. A power that only his ageing grandmother understands, who urges him to use his gift only for ‘good’ for she knows if he doesn’t it could end in tragedy.
Acting
Fionn Whitehead simmers with barely-contained fury throughout.
Direction
De Emmony makes suburban homes feel genuinely menacing.
Creators
Andy de Emmony, Paula Milne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired in 2016 when ITV was desperately chasing that 'prestige drama' shine from BBC and Channel 4.
Fionn Whitehead filmed this between school and his breakthrough in Dunkirk — his brooding intensity here is basically audition footage.
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