Each season brings own story and style. This one is bleaker, darker and goes straight into supernatural. There are Inupiat / native Alaskan themes. But it is northern Alaska with no light so probably makes sense. Yes, perhaps too much GoT whitewalker nods but it is not bad. Jodie Foster and Kali Reis are great as tough as nails female cops with a bad history together. It is keeping us entertained, trying to figure out who is really dead, who is the walking dead and who killed the girl and station workers. It is better than Season 2, not as good as Season 3. There will never be another Season 1. Move on if that is your comparison.