Overview
- Multiple outlets published early reviews on Tuesday and Wednesday after advance access to up to seven episodes, with critics largely agreeing that Stephen Graham’s turn as incarcerated killer Jurek Walter is the series’ standout element.
- The Apple TV series adapts Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna novels but relocates the story from Stockholm to a fictional small town in Pennsylvania and anglicizes character names, a choice reviewers say changes the original’s local texture.
- Critics describe Nocturne as a slow-burning, Nordic-noir–style thriller that builds dread through the claustrophobic hospital setting and patient manipulation rather than fast procedural solutions.
- Several reviewers praise Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz and a strong supporting cast, while others fault the show for convoluted plotting, pacing issues, underwritten peripheral characters and some implausible plot swings.
- Apple TV is widely reported to plan a staggered release with the first two episodes on Oct. 30 followed by weekly installments, though at least one outlet listed a different premiere date, producing minor scheduling confusion in early coverage.