North of North Netflix The top three shows I’m seeing in the Netflix top 10 list right now are the final season of You, the breakout romance drama Ransom Canyon and reality series Battle Camp that has a picture of a women eating a tarantula. Great. But one show is missing from the entire list, a 100% rated entry that was not given enough attention at launch.
That show is North of North, the Indigenous comedy that has perfect scores from almost two dozen critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Close to release, it was hovering around the 4-5th spots on the list, but it quickly was erased entirely, and by shows that are not at all better than it. I’m concerned that because it doesn’t have high profile actors or very much promotion at all, it’s getting ignored, so I wanted to shine a spotlight on it as it really is quite great.
Perhaps it’s not FX’s Reservation Dogs, but a solid comedy in its own right. Here’s the synopsis: “A young Inuk woman wants to build a new future for herself after a spontaneous — and extremely public — exit from her marriage. But it won't be easy in a small Arctic town where everybody knows your business.” North of North RT I cannot find it on any “recommended” or “new” section in the Netflix profiles on my account where it hasn’t been watched yet.
So it’s not just audiences that aren’t paying attention, it would seem to be Netflix as well. This seems like a series that should be a shoe-in for a second season with its low cost and high scores. There are some small, early indicators that the show may return for season 2 like sets being moved and preserved, but nothing official yet, unfortunately.
Viewership may still be an issue. North of North is an easy watch with just eight episodes that are less than half an hour each. Really the perfect binge across a day or two.
It deserves better than to permanently drop off the Netflix top 10 list so quickly, and honestly, I just think that people would like it a lot even if it’s not eye-catching with big stars or some sort of word-of-mouth virality. I hope we seem more of it in the long term, but that remains to be seen. Follow me on Twitter , YouTube , and Bluesky
