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Finished watching The Terror: Infamy a few days ago.

As a recap, Infamy was AMC's attempt to make The Terror into an anthology series, so this "season 2" is completely unrelated to the age of sail arctic horror from season 1. I've already given my thoughts on that decision (not a fan), so I won't get into it now. It's hard to talk about the two seasons without comparing them, but I'm going to try, since they're essentially completely unrelated shows and it wouldn't make sense to hold one up to the other.

Infamy is set during WWII, in a Japanese internment camp in the coastal USA, and the monster in this season is a yurei.

George Takei had a consulting role in this series. He's also acting in it, but his part is small and I wouldn't suggest watching it just for him.

Visually, it was pretty good. I mean in terms of costuming, visuals, effects - this show is really easy on the eyes. (And, okay, there are some very pretty people in it, which also helps. ;p) And the effects in the horror-specific parts were good, not cheesy or ineffective.

The supernatural/horror elements are more thoroughly incorporated here than they are in the original-flavour The Terror; the yurei is an important part of the story and doesn't feel pasted on, unlike season 1's Tuunbaq. In some cases the humans and the overall situation are scarier than the monster, but I think that's to be expected with a story like this. It did have a few super effective scary monster scenes, though!

Overall, it has a hopeful ending, though not everybody makes it through in one piece.

Infamy was pretty all right; not an amazing must-rec, but I thought it was worth the time to watch it. Started out doing one episode every few days, but after a bit I was watching it two at a time because I wanted to know what happened next. So, there is that. I did go into it with low expectations, because a lot of reviews I'd seen said that it was underwhelming, so this is something to take into consideration. I did find the writing uneven, and I broadly agree with the people who say that the execution doesn't live up to the concept, but it was still a lot better than I expected it to be.

I would recommend giving it a look if any of these factors appeal to you:
+ WWII US setting from the perspective of Japanese-American characters
+ Japanese monsters/ghosts/bakemono/etc
+ Pretty people in '40s clothing (and also kimono in some cases)
+ "Historical setting + horror" concept in general

I would not recommend it if these factors are important to you:
- If you need an active fandom in order to be interested in watching something (Infamy has none to speak of)
- If you want M/M or F/F canon relationships or slashy shipping potential
- If you liked original-flavour The Terror and want more of the same