In its final season, the series struggles to cook up something fresh, but it’s still hard to resist.
The series proves that it’s still got plenty of life left in it, even after a decade in the deep freeze.
Despite some improvements that streamline the storytelling, the series is still trying to do a little too much all at once.
The series is buoyed by a sharp script but fails to develop a real sense of momentum.
The show’s second season is structured less around storylines than around feelings.
Here’s hoping that the remainder of the year plays out more smoothly than a hostile corporate takeover.
As a locked-room mystery set 30,000 feet in the air, the series does a decent job of keeping you guessing.
The series doesn’t extrapolate on everything it has to say, but it nevertheless remains an intoxicating shot of imagination.
The show’s second season exudes even more of the breezy freshness of a back-to-basics TV series than the first.
Thrilling and cheesy in equal measure, the series breezes toward its finish as a particularly well-oiled drama.
The series is far better when it focuses on its characters’ shenanigans than on social commentary.
The show’s most powerful moments come from its small cultural specificities.
The show’s temporal structure deftly elucidates the devastating legacy of the cult at its center.
The initial narrative groundwork that’s laid out is intriguing, but rumblings of societal discontent receive mere lip service.
The show’s true resonance lies in its exploration of the Chosen One trope.
The series is formally playful, deftly balancing its absurdity with healthy doses of sincerity.
The series takes itself a touch too seriously to succeed as a farce but draws its characters too broadly to achieve any real pathos.
The series seems content to recreate the events of the case rather than explore them in any deeper psychological or thematic fashion.
Like the David Cronenberg film upon which it’s based, the show’s biggest strength is its stylish sense of dread.
The show’s mixture of comedy and fantastical nostalgia is as intoxicating as ever.
The series embodies the “this is fine” meme, exploring the desperate impulse to shrug your shoulders as the world burns around you.