Knutby

On and on and on . . . A slow build for the back story and then getting to 'it' pretty early on. After that pretty much just, as one might say, grinding it out, episode after episode. Pretty specific erotica all involving 'god speak' in depth and with continuity. Granted it's soft core in that genitalia is not exactly exposed but very, very nearly and quite specifically implied.

I find it odd that this is not mentioned in the other reviews posted to date.

Every episode is just another excuse to have sex using very, very religious language as the stimulant and showing the build and climax.

A little later on violence begins to be added into the intoxicant and everything ramps up.

Unfortunately, as interesting as all this might sound, it actually isn't, because it's pretty dull. Boring writing, directing, acting.

Interesting that, while actually inventing Christian Porn with this series, it also includes the self-destruct component of bland.

And I must say that I'm impressed, they nailed it. The cult is now long gone from here, but you would run into it's members regularly at the local grocery store, but they mostly kept to themselves. The cult was really big at the time, their around 90 members made out 1/6 of the villagers. Now, only a handful still lives here and thankfully, it's the saner ones.

The pastor was released from prison a few months ago, and now lives in a halfway house.

Sadly overrated. Had some hopes for this one. Seen two episodes and it feels rushed and lacking depth. No character building. Just feels like its portraying what happened without letting the viewer feel any for anyone. Too bad. And the acting is not all there. Some are better than others. I have liked the actress playing "eva" ( obviously Åsa ) in other productions but doesnt feel like this is the role for her. It doesnt feel genuine.

Edit: Have to say I thought it got better by the third episode. Maybe just more in the mood for it.

A dark series that shows a circle of people who at different stages of life end up in a sect, we get to follow their journey when they are seen by manipulative and power-mad people. Fantastic good series with first-class actors.

Aliette Opheim, who plays the bride of Christ, is the series' big star and lifts the entire series on her shoulders and plays a role that is fascinatingly scary.

What sucked me in here was the depiction of some very bizarre behavior as experienced from the inside, so that it all seems perfectly normal to the loonies doing it, even when it leads to cold-blooded murder.

The people here are, after all, devout Christians just doing their best to serve Lord Jesus. Even when it leads to adultery, lying, grinding others into the dirt, and, if it pleases Jesus, cold-blooded murder.

You probably have plenty of people just like these in your town. Heck, if you're in a red state, they're probably running your town, burning books, scheming to ruin the lives of perfect strangers, and otherwise staying busy while waiting for Lord Jesus to show up.

Perhaps you even have some of these people in your own family. Or...since the chances are 50-50 in America...maybe YOU are one of them.

Heaven help us.