History YMMV / LowWinterSun

* XPacHeat: ''Series/BreakingBad'' fans quickly grew to resent the endless promos attached to the show's final season, in an obvious attempt to piggyback off the success of a show on its way out. And it didn't work at all.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar shows such as ''Series/TheWire'' and ''Series/TheShield'' were, they offered interesting, complex characters and flashes of dark humor that kept audiences coming back. ''Low Winter Sun'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the show an outright nihilistic tone.

* XPacHeat: ''Series/BreakingBad'' fans quickly grew to resent the endless promos attached to the show's final season, in an obvious attempt to piggyback off the success of a show on its way out. And it didn't work at all.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar shows such as ''Series/TheWire'' and ''Series/TheShield'' were, they offered interesting, complex characters and flashes of dark humor that kept audiences coming back. ''Series/LowWinterSun'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the show an outright nihilistic tone.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Even ''Series/TheWire'' was not as relentlessly bleak as this show.
** To elaborate, as dark as similar shows such as ''Series/TheWire'' and ''Series/TheShield'' were, they offered interesting, complex characters and flashes of dark humor that kept audiences coming back. ''Series/LowWinterSun'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the show an outright nihilistic tone.
* {{Narm}}: "No! No!" (splash)
** Frank repeatedly screaming "KATIA!" in ''Revelations''.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Even ''TheWire'' was not as relentlessly bleak as this show.

* XPacHeat: ''BreakingBad'' fans quickly grew to resent the endless promos attached to the show's final season, in an obvious attempt to piggyback off the success of a show on its way out. And it didn't work at all.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The critical consensus is that this show is ''too'' indebted to the Anti-Hero Trend that [[Series/TheSopranos defined cable's]] [[Series/TheShield rise to]] [[Series/{{Deadwood}} prominence]], including AMC stablemates ''Series/MadMen'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', without truly understanding what made so many of its forebearers so great. Judging by the low ratings, audiences agree.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Frank and Katia both. [[spoiler: When they meet again Toronto, she seems surprised and even annoyed to see him, rather than relieved. Is she just hiding her true feelings in front of her employers? Or did she genuinely have no real feelings for him? With this in mind, it has to be asked if Frank actually did love her, or if the obsessive nature of his relationship with women has only made him think that he did. The troubling confrontation he has with his ex-wife in "Ann Arbor" supports the pessimistic interpretation.

* [[Narm]]: "No! No!" (splash)

* {Narm}: "No! No!" (splash)

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The critical consensus is that this show is ''too'' indebted to the Anti-Hero Trend that defined cable's rise to prominence, including AMC stablemates ''Series/MadMen'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', without truly understanding what made so many of its forebearers so great. Judging by the low ratings, audiences agree.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The critical consensus. Judging by the low ratings, audiences agree.