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Ragnarok · Season 1 · Netflix

Ragnarok Season 1

Ragnarok Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.0/10. 6 episodes on Netflix from 31 January 2020.

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BollyMeter7.0/10A 70% Rotten Tomatoes score from 10 critics reflected divided reception: the show's intimate scale and environmental allegory were praised, but several critics found the pacing too modest for its mythological ambitions.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Ragnarok launched on Netflix in January 2020, refracting Norse mythology through a contemporary Norwegian town threatened by industrial pollution. The series leans into an environmental allegory and opts to keep the scale intimate rather than spectacle-driven, creating a slow burn that grounds the myth in teen drama. It treats the mythological weight with restraint, which can make the pacing feel like a mismatch for viewers expecting a bigger ramp-up. The production values are notably pretty, even as the overall tone lands closer to a tepid teen drama.

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Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1New Boy7.6

    “New Boy” sells Thor-like destiny by first weaponizing teen chaos and industrial dread, then ending with a threat that refuses comfort.

    The moment: Magne catches a hammer thrown at him without flinching - the first signal that something mythological is stirring beneath the mundane surface.

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  2. E2Episode 2

    Episode 2 turns Thor into a teen pressure system and makes the factory’s secrecy feel like the real supernatural threat.

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  3. E3Episode 3

    S01E03 turns pollution and denial into the episode’s real monster, forcing Thor’s myth to hurt in everyday, personal ways.

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  4. E4Episode 4

    Episode 4 turns pollution into a governance system and destiny into pressure, tightening the town’s trap before any big myth spectacle.

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  5. E5Episode 5

    Ragnarok S1E5 builds dread with information and industrial menace, but delays the emotional payoff a beat too long.

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  6. E6Episode 67.6

    S01E06 makes Ragnarok feel personal by weaponizing consequences through friendships, even as some emotional turns arrive a beat too fast.

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