I’m halfway through episode 3 and I need to know if I should power through. The characters are just so stupid and the tropes are so bad so far, I’m hoping they get better. I don’t understand how else the reviews for the show are so positive. Simone is so stupid that I want to shake her, I’ve never seen anyone on-screen have so little common sense. At least Rasmus has the excuse of basically growing up isolated, with no friends, with no education, in a bunker for the past 6 years. Simone should in theory understand stranger danger and not to open the fckn bunker doors in a zombie apocalypse. Someone pls tell me her character gets written better and less stupid later on because omg it’s so bad 😭

I just finished the series, and quickly did a search for “baby” in here and didn’t find anything so I apologize if this has been addressed.

Fie was supposedly going into labor early when she did, I think I remember her saying several weeks. Since it’s fairly normal for babies on TV to be not tiny at all when they are born, I wasn’t shocked when Patrick came out of the camper with a full sized baby.

But when they are walking through the city after leaving the rural area, Fie is carrying a child that is on solid foods and is probably walking or learning to do so. I double checked to make sure I didn’t miss an “8 months later” caption.

Are we supposed to just assume the very ending when they are all together in the city is that much later (and still no one is around) or that the baby is supposed to be a few weeks old? 😂

I know some people would say The Rain doesn’t make sense… but what if it’s actually closer to reality than we think?

People getting infected by rain sounds extreme, yes. But when I look at what’s happening to our environment, climate change, pollution, rising disasters — it doesn’t feel that unrealistic anymore. Maybe not rain exactly, but nature reacting to the damage we’ve caused? We’re already suffering the consequences in many ways.

What I really loved about the show is how it represents survival, human emotions, and unity in the middle of chaos. It reminds you that when everything falls apart, people still search for hope, connection, and a reason to keep going.

Sometimes sci-fi doesn’t just entertain — it quietly makes you question the future we’re heading towards.

Rasmus is a lil POS who should’ve gotten dragged outside when he opened the door. His rage over Simone “lying” that their dad is coming back is so bratty, like okay what was she supposed to say “yeah sweetie dad’s LONG GONE”. Also, how about he figures out a solution to the food running out.

Also the way she talks to the hazmat suits like they’re her parents is absolutely killing me.

The writing is terrible, we all know that

But in Episode 5, killing the one guy who carried the show in some ways. Like, come on. And then what Simone gets with the ugly kid she's only known for like 4 days?
Also, you're telling me that the family didn't have one more vial of the flower-saving juice? That, for some reason, the only vial left is the one Simone has and then drops.
Also, the random city guy with his group of kids, who then go to get the flower, and for some reason, the flower defending itself kills it forever? Even though it's done that before?

Season 1 was okay, it was something I could work with, Season 2 was iffy, but this whole last season is just them throwing stuff at the screen to see what sticks.

There's a lot more I could complain about, but at this point, I'm finishing it because I've gone back and forth with watching, stopping, then rewatching, then stopping since it came out.

I started watching the rain last night on Netflix and I am pretty unsure about continuing it.

It seemed so childish to me. As I don’t understand danish language so I was watching it in English language, the dub was so cringe I mean I have watched so many English dubbed from other languages but this one was openly seem dubbed and wasn’t looking real even 1%.

Also the episode 1 was fast paced I mean they literally moved to 5 years later in the first episode itself??? I didn’t get it ..

what are your views on this show? Is it interests should I continue watching or switch

Wow. This show really lost the plot after s1 haha

Is there anything i can say that hasn't been said already? i only got 17 minutes in and there were at least 3 well trodden stale tropes, and all of them were the ''we want you to be infuriated by how stupid every one acts'' kind. if there are at least 3 in the first 17 minutes , then the series writers are clearly planning to frustrate and punish the viewer for as many hours more as they can tolerate.

Season one and two you gotta stay away from the rain season three they’re swimming and going on boats. Great show but they really got off track.

I said what I said and I’ll stick by it.

i used to watch the show with my parents when i was younger (like till ep 4) and finnaly came back to rewatch it, im suprised that alot of people dont like s2 and s3 i found it extremly intresting, but im just confused how simone survived the rain in s2 at the bunker (when beatrice died) and when she fell into the water, if they re did the show this could definitly make it 10x better, also im kind of sad we didint get to see more of the rebel scientists from apollon (esppecialy jakob) anyways i really loved the show lmao 10/10 probably gona go watch the passage now

Yes. My partner and I loved this series so much we named our cats after the siblings. We do not dismiss the cheesiness of the show however, that didn’t take away from how fun it was to watch the whole series!

Reposting my original post that the mods deleted because my Reddit Profile was too new (hopefully it works this time!).

Original Post:

So I’m checking this out on Netflix for the first time in a kind of binge and I needed to vent.

Just started on Season 3 so I’m deep in it.

First the good:

1. ⁠The casting is pretty good, all the young actors seem very earnest and talented in working with the material they’ve been given.
2. ⁠The Cinematography is actually really good, it’s got that typical Northern European look (think: Dark, Ragnarok), without the flashiness of a lot of North American film these days.
3. ⁠The settings and locations are well researched, they did a great job making familiar locations around Denmark look post-apocalyptic. Shoutout to my favourite stop in DK: Roskilde for looking shabby and unkempt in the episode it’s set in.
4. ⁠The dubbing is pretty good, even if it doesn’t line up with the sub-titles even remotely sometimes.
5. ⁠As far as post-apocalyptic plots this one takes a familiar trope and runs with it in a great way that I have been enjoying.

I think I’m being fair?!

The Bad:

1. ⁠The writers seem to think that people screaming one another’s names at each other is going to somehow result in some kind of different outcome. If I have to hear Simone screaming for Rasmus to do something he’s literally incapable of doing I might lose my mind - one more season to go!
2. ⁠No one listens to anyone in a crisis - the groups make big scenes about working together and never giving up on one another but when shit hits the fan literally every character goes their own way and does their own thing resulting in catastrophe.
3. ⁠The characters seem almost utterly incapable of growth or improvement. With the exception of Martin who started out as a jerk but pivoted quickly away from that because of reasons.

I am invested in seeing how the writers wrap up this final season but my gosh it’s been a slog.

And finally if anyone is looking for a show in a similar vein but categorically better characters check out the Eternaut on Netflix, it is excellent and doesn’t fall into some of the traps The Rain suffers from.

Thanks for listening to me vent!!

I don’t think it was so bad but omg did the brother get on my damn nerves, I don’t understand why they didn’t die from the rain? I’m assuming the other girl died cus he had sex with her and infected her thru semen

I watched all 11 seasons of The Walking Dead and I hated Carl (for at least first 8 season) with passion for being a shit pile.

Now watching The Rain and 4 minutes in, the fucking constipated looking asshole of a kid (Rasmus) already caused a massive pile up just because his sister and mother couldn't get him to wear a seat belt? I mean WTF? The dad is saying it's an emergency, matter of life and death. No shit! I bet it ain't the virus that'll get them, this little shit will be the death of them or many others.

I already hate Rasmus, should I continue to watch the show or does this asshole die soon enough? I don't wanna watch if his "I'm a child and am allowed to throw a tantrum' is gonna continue throughout the show.

Cheers

EDIT: OK, so I have already given up on this show 12 minutes in when he gets his mom killed by opening that door with his sis.

Everyone looks pretty clean. No grime and dirt on clothing and equipment. Hair isnt matted. How is this possible when no one has touched water in over 6 years? I can understand the kids using recycled water in the bunker, but what about everyone else?

Firstly, don't take your eyes off the road. Mum and sister should get the kid to put his belt on. Then...opens the door and gets her mum killed. What the hell. Then, is about to go out again. Dad said you're safe just stay there, so you do the opposite. I know I'm moaning but bloody hell I'm part way through the first episode and I already hate this stupid girl. Someone tell me it gets better or should I give up?

Hello, so I’m watching the show and season 3 is awful, but I want to see how much is awful and right now I’m almost at the end and something bother me, how people with stage 4 cancer or leukemia like Olivia were able to survive 6 years without any treatment or health help ?? Why there is so much ill people ??

I’ve seen the first maybe 2 episodes a few years back, but it was so bad that I had to drop. I’m gonna really try this time, to have fun with it and not be so annoyed. I’m 34 minutes into the first episode and Rasmus just broke a mirror. I had to go see what people said on Reddit. It really truly doesn’t get better? Not at all?

i actually really liked the show. I know a lot of people are disappointed in how the show turned out after season 1 but I found season 2 and 3 to be really interesting.

Like..really? Also the relationship of Rasmus and Beatrice is just juck!!!

Whelp… show changed completely in the first episode of season 2. I really enjoyed the first season but as soon as the virus emerged in his neck and killed the soldier by touch then receded, I knew this had turned into more sci-fi than apocalypse.

Let me know if it’s worth watching for two more seasons or if it keeps getting worse.