so for context, I had a few days off of work, I'm a huge fan of horror and tv in general, and I really enjoyed lost. Saw this show brought up a lot, noticed it shared some lost staff, was immediately interested. I have 1 episode left before im caught up, I started watching last saturday and legit couldn't stop.
Ep 1-2 of season 1 I found a bit of a slog, ep 3 onwards I was hooked. Overall thoughts are that the show reminds me of Lost just in a different setting with different motifs. I know people tend to get soured on the mystery box type of shit but I love having constant questions, I love not knowing entirely what's going on, etc.
My understanding is that season 2 was harshly critized, but I honestly had a lot of fun with it. It's definitely "more of the same" but even early in season 2 I felt like we were still in early game. Hopefully this show keeps on getting renewed because it feels like a 5 season show at least IMO. Character wise, everyone is kinda miserable but I like Jade, Victor, Donna, Julie, and Kenny, but honestly by s2 I felt like most of the prominent cast had likable traits. Season 2 to me feels like it evolves a lot on ideas in s1. From what I understand, people were upset the lighthouse, spiderwebs, etc wasn't answered? But from what I understand in season 2, there's a few ideas that emerge that suggest the town may be a sort of "dreamscape" for the deceased of the town? There's a lot of hints that most of the crazy shit that occurs is based on the thoughts/minds of individuals that died in the town? I don't actually know but I love that, I'm hyped for more seasons. I do think the whole "characters withholding information" from each other is the biggest sore point of the series though. I can understand the writers wanting to withhold information, but in my opinion its not written intelligently a lot of the time.