Here's the Rub: 2.5 Minute AWESOME intro song that blazes an amazing trail of atmosphere toward the main story most appropriately and beautifully. But, then we have 2 minutes of unnecessary flash-backs to the previous week. All any series needs of this quality, caliber and simplicity is just the last 15 to 30 seconds of the LAST 15 to 30 minutes of the previous episode. It needs NO more! Assuming it's done with the same richness and flow. It's an absolutely stellar production, yet it gets bogged down in high mellow-drama in unexpected places where the need for further HEIGHTENED suspense is most needed. The mellow-drama is done exceptionally well though regarding the further development of relationships in each episode, but gets far TOO 'sappy' almost immediately, which, at least for me, steals from the deeper need of the frightening dark-intent of the show by putting it near the ending rather than the middle.
In a sense, like FAR to many series that pertain to horror, it almost seems to be trying to entertain to many types of audiences. Never a good approach when the main theme is horror/suspense, both of which this series does above average. My only advice would be to minimize the 'sappy', and enrich the uncomfortable discomfort without the need for more 'gruesome', which this show is actually almost lacking, unlike many others. I think it's a 7.0 so far. May it long-live-and-prosper another ten years...
In a sense, like FAR to many series that pertain to horror, it almost seems to be trying to entertain to many types of audiences. Never a good approach when the main theme is horror/suspense, both of which this series does above average. My only advice would be to minimize the 'sappy', and enrich the uncomfortable discomfort without the need for more 'gruesome', which this show is actually almost lacking, unlike many others. I think it's a 7.0 so far. May it long-live-and-prosper another ten years...