Overview
- The eight‑episode series, which premiered on Thursday, May 21, is now available to stream on Netflix.
- Critics widely praise Alfred Molina and the veteran ensemble for giving emotional weight to characters grappling with grief and late‑life change.
- The show frames its mystery around a life‑draining creature and a secretive retirement‑community apparatus that the residents investigate.
- Reviewers repeatedly compare the series’ tone and 1980s‑style nostalgia to Stranger Things while noting predictable plotting, uneven midseason pacing, and occasional weak creature effects.
- Beyond genre trappings, coverage highlights the series as part of a trend toward elder‑led stories and says it uses surveillance, memory‑care settings, and corporate control as a way to explore how society treats older adults.