Below

The first scene of Below shows a house being dragged into the ocean, and that image sets the tone for the whole series. The six-episode Canadian show quickly became Netflix’s biggest debut from that country. The story takes place in Snook’s Arm, a real Newfoundland fishing town where the government is pushing residents to accept a resettlement check and leave. Calvin Penny refuses. Played by Josh Hartnett, he is a single father and an iceberg ice harvester who chips ice for vodka makers. His own father was pulled underwater years earlier, and now the water around the town is acting strangely a…

Dean

2026-10-24

⭐ 9

Great show. No political propaganda, great story and well developed, interesting characters. I enjoyed this show a lot.

"Great show. No political propaganda, great story and well developed, interesting characters. I enjoyed this show a lot." -- A review by Dean. 9/10! I see that like with the word "woke", "political propaganda" is anything we want it to mean in the moment. Today, "political propaganda" *does not* mean any of the following: 1. Climate change, what?! That's not real! 2. Female scientist, AND SHE'S IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY OVER MEN?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! If her hair was blue, but the character was the same, would it have been "political propaganda" then? 3. Billionaires !@#$ing with peo…