The Mists of Avalon (Season 1)

The Mists of Avalon (2001) is a fantasy miniseries you can watch online on iFILM. It retells the King Arthur legend from the side of the women who shaped it with magic while the chronicles looked elsewhere.

Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, will do anything to keep Avalon's old magic alive as Christianity pushes the ancient faith aside. She grooms her niece Morgaine as her heir, while Morgause schemes to bend the line of succession toward herself. The fate of a kingdom rests on these three women. Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies and Joan Allen lead the cast.

Adapted from Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel and directed by Uli Edel for TNT, this is Arthuriana from the inside out — Arthur, Lancelot and Merlin are all here, but the focus is faith, power and the women who pay for it. Go in expecting slow, character-driven fantasy over battlefield spectacle. Stream all episodes of The Mists of Avalon online on iFILM.