The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will. It's hereditary, it's inbuilt, and it can't be taken away from them. Coming alive to the thrill of pure power: the ability to hurt or even kill by releasing electrical jolts from their fingertips, they rapidly learn they can awaken the Power in older women. Soon enough nearly every woman in the world can do it. And then everything is different.[1]
Cast and characters
Main
Toni Collette as Mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez, the mayor of
Seattle and a mother of three including Jos[2]
In February 2019, it was announced that
Jane Featherstone and
Reed Morano would adapt the novel The Power by
Naomi Alderman for
Amazon.[8][9][5][10] The production company Sister Pictures had previously optioned the book in 2016.[8][1] Featherstone, Naomi de Pear, Alderman, Claire Wilson, and Raelle Tucker serve as executive producers, while Tim Bricknell serves as a produce.[8] In March 2022, Morano exited the series, opting not to be credited as director and executive producer.[11]
The series had been set to start production in late 2019 in the US state of
Georgia but moved to
Fairford and
Lechlade in the south west of the UK due to a newly signed abortion law in Georgia.[18][19][20] Filming began in early February 2020 but was paused in March due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Other shooting locations included the
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and
Bawdsey, which was chosen to take the place of
Toronto, where filming had been planned to occur before the pandemic.[21][22] In late October 2021, the series filmed near
Walvis Bay in
Namibia.[23]
Collette filmed her scenes for the series over a period of five weeks.[24]
The Power (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Roxy"
1:01
2.
"The Hour"
1:05
3.
"Eve"
1:20
4.
"A Flare"
2:45
5.
"Fireflies"
1:23
6.
"Blood on the Bar"
1:03
7.
"Burst into Flames"
1:48
8.
"Carpathia"
0:45
9.
"Deliverance?"
1:47
10.
"Kick in the Teeth"
1:27
11.
"Fix It"
2:08
12.
"No Good Deed"
1:11
13.
"Prelude"
3:10
14.
"Double Speak"
1:51
15.
"Rumors"
3:35
16.
"Girls Working"
0:29
17.
"Nostalgia"
1:27
18.
"Rebel Nuns"
2:10
19.
"Ripple 1"
2:14
20.
"New Organ"
2:03
21.
"Margot"
2:44
22.
"On the Bone"
1:34
23.
"Ignition"
3:16
24.
"Tunde"
3:10
25.
"She Shapes, She Sews"
2:44
26.
"Birthright"
1:25
27.
"Feet of Your Mother"
1:49
28.
"Glitch"
3:07
29.
"Eye 4 an Eye"
1:09
30.
"What You Get"
1:45
31.
"Skein Research"
2:00
32.
"Grain of Salt"
2:19
33.
"Footwear"
1:08
34.
"Guns + Jewels"
2:50
35.
"The Water"
2:35
36.
"In Your Eyes"
3:59
37.
"Surrender"
2:16
38.
"God's Opus"
3:28
39.
"A Cure"
4:35
40.
"You Will Need This"
1:23
41.
"New Religion"
2:17
42.
"Roots"
2:10
Total length:
88:25
Release
The first three episodes premiered on
Prime Video on 31 March 2023, with one new episode released each Friday until the finale on 12 May 2023.[26][27][28]
Reception
On the
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes, The Power holds an approval rating of 74%, based on 46 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Power is too ill-defined to do justice to its mighty potential, but the core idea is intriguing enough to give it a charge."[29]Metacritic, which uses a
weighted average, has assigned the series a score of 66 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[30]