Overview
- Netflix released all nine episodes Thursday, bringing the author-led Harry Hole adaptation to screens as a dark Oslo-set crime series.
- Season 1 adapts The Devil’s Star, tracking a serial-killer case and a showdown with a corrupt colleague in classic Nordic noir style scored by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
- Critics split on tone and complexity, with The Times cheering a rollicking ride, The Hollywood Reporter calling it well-acted but convoluted, and Slate blasting the grisly excess.
- The show opened with a limited 100% Rotten Tomatoes critics score and entered Netflix’s U.S. top 10, with Forbes noting a #6 debut soon after launch.
- Creator Jo Nesbø and the cast say there are no plans yet for Season 2 and that any renewal hinges on viewing figures, even as the finale leaves room to continue the story.