Decent show, pretty slow burn, and nearly full hour episodes add to the feeling. I suspect the low imdb ratings (sub 6 when I last checked) didn't make past the first episode because of that aspect. It's In the vein of Small Irish Town shows, sans podcasters, where the town's secrets are exposed as the investigation progresses, (and here's some The Killing - AMC -  in there too, for sure; in the casting alone, it's obvious), but Aussie - style. It's not the first of it's type from there. There have been at least half a dozen others quite like this in the past, of the full gamut of quality. This is high-middle quality (as opposed to mid-high) of what I've taken the time to watch.

Michael Dorman plays expressive deadpan again, but I've only seen him in 2 things that I remember, so I'm not sure if that's just "him." The show's direction does seem influenced by Patriot, but more by The Killing. this is something else entirely from former, and has very little humor. D & T doesn't hold a candle to either show, but it's an oddball, long-form, but short season, murder investigation show that's worth a watch. I most likely would have skipped it if it were set in the British Isles area, and/or didn't have Dorman as a lead. With both, it's not great TV, I probably wouldn't watch it again. season 2 probably won't happen... but I don't feel like I wasted those 6 hours. It was creatively written and shot, and there was some good acting involved. 

I read this series, and it's hardly Christian. If anything, it focuses on a different religion for most of it. Bible historians and religious scholars can create fantastic works of fiction because they study books and the types of myth-building that can be translated into great storytelling.

I just started watching the series, but now I know it's an adaptation of the series I read. It is a production of a conservative streamer, so whether it ends up proselytizing Christianity is an open question for me at this point, but it would be hard to justify.

Judging by the early production values I've seen, I'd highly recommend skipping the show or reading the books first, because It's a good set of books, start to finish, and they're hard to find these days, (with everything overrun with LitRPG's and "fantasy" romance novels).

If I make it through, I'll leave an opinion on e01.

IMO, these 6 episodes outshine any 6 episodes of the rest of the franchise. I'm glad it's coming back. I thought it might have been a miniseries.

This was nice and weird.

Same people who put together Detectorists. If you like this, you'll probably like that.

If you're more into the "weird," and less into the "nice," there's always Britannia, where the manager of the store, (and the brains behind both this and Detectorists), is an ancient Druid high on various hallucinogens and dealing with supernatural weirdness while the Romans invade England for 3 seasons. It's as if a psychedelic rock band from the 60's made a video about that particular invasion of Britain, and got their buddies for the soundtrack.