I have a feeling a lot of the high score (8.0 while writing) is due to the first episodes. Two first ones are really good, gripping, interesting and set up a chilling tone, but then the gear drops, more characters are introduced and the show just lingers on for the rest of the episodes. The slow paced grim tone works to a point, but when there is nothing else it just gets boring. Honestly I can't remember the last time I dosed off so many times while watching something. I wanted to like this more and kept watching til the end, but imo the ending wasn't even that satisfying.

Castle Rock suffered from a lot of the same problems, the series seem to take a completely new turn after a few interesting episodes. Too bad since the acting, cinematography etc production values in general are top notch.

A lot of the good in this show is Ben Mendelsohns charisma, he's perfect in the role and the character is believable. The same can't be said about many others, I felt many of the characters weren't properly introduced and I kept thinking who is this and why is he getting so much screen time, only to realize he is one of the main characters (Jack). The Holly Gibney character felt especially off. She's something of a genius, neurotic, asperger/autist, highly sensitive person, but doesn't seem to have any social skill problems, climbs out of windows etc. functions as anyone really, very inconsistent character imo.

So, lot's of good when it comes to atmosphere, but lacks in many ways.