I went into this with high hopes, having just rewatched the first series. I really enjoyed the supernatural/paranormal themes of season one, and I think Jodie Foster is a tremendous actress, so I was very excited for this new episode, and instead I'm disappointed. The production values look cheap (the CGI reindeer herd was laughable), they're going far too hard on the supernatural elements instead of letting it fester in our minds, and way too much screen time is spent on characters who aren't the detectives. The scriptwriting is very lacklustre as well, I haven't seen seasons two and three but this comes nowhere near the genius that was series one - it feels like a Netflix Original mid-budget ripoff that's cancelled after one season. I don't think I'll bother with the rest.
EDIT: Rewatched and bumped my review up to a 6, it still has some pretty big flaws but is much better the second time round.
EDIT: Rewatched and bumped my review up to a 6, it still has some pretty big flaws but is much better the second time round.