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The Head

The Head

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  • Spain,
  • Japan
  • 2020-2022
  • · 2 seasons
  • · 50m

Creators Àlex Pastor, David Pastor
Cast Katharine O'Donnelly, John Lynch, Olivia Morris
Genre Drama, Mystery

Winter has fallen on the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station, and only a small team remains to continue their research. When commander Johan Berg returns, he finds the entire team, including his wife, dead or missing. To find her, he must trust Maggie, a young doctor, who is apparently the sole survivor.

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80

RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico

Strong performances and breakneck storytelling—there’s a twist like every five minutes—combine to make this an incredibly watchable thriller that should find an audience through buzz and word of mouth on the streaming service.

78

Paste Magazine by Shane Ryan

The performances are solid—Katharine O’Donnelly as the doctor and Alexandre Willaume as Johan, the man forced to investigate the crimes, are particularly good—the setting is both expansive and claustrophobic, and the isolation of the South Pole makes for a tremendous murder cauldron. It hits the right notes, at least broadly, and as far as watchability; I blazed through six episodes in three days.

70

Decider by Joel Keller

Your enjoyment of the series will depend on if you want to go on that ride with Johan and his crew, as well as watch the flashbacks that Maggie reports to Johan. We thought the first episode moved along well; despite the fact that we didn’t really get to know the group of Winterers very well, aside from Arthur, Maggie and Annika.