3.759 minSeason 1 • Episode 9
LatestIn this new world order, unlikely alliances have been made... new leaders have risen. They are gathering their loyal soldiers... and facing off against their enemies... in a battle for Power.
The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly teenage girls develop the power to electrocute people at will. Following remarkable characters from London to Seattle, Nigeria to Eastern Europe, the Power evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of power balance.
Acting
Toni Collette's panicked Mayor energy is *chef's kiss*
Production
Globetrotting scale on a TV budget actually works
Writing
Alderman's novel translated with vicious wit intact
Toni Collette
Mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez
Halle Bush
Allie Montgomery
Ria Zmitrowicz
Roxy Monke
Auliʻi Cravalho
Jos Cleary-Lopez
Toheeb Jimoh
Tunde Ojo
John Leguizamo
Rob Lopez
Nico Hiraga
Ryan
Daniela Vega
Sister Maria
Eddie Marsan
Bernie Monke
Zrinka Cvitešić
Tatiana Moskalev
Josh Charles
Governor Daniel Dandon
Rob Delaney
Tom
Alice Eve
Kristen
Edwina Findley
Helen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series arrived months after Roe was overturned in the US, making its 'what if women had power' premise accidentally more urgent and more depressing.
Naomi Alderman wrote the novel before #MeToo went viral; the adaptation kept updating references until it became weirdly prescient about 2020s backlash politics.
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