Like Yiannis said, Kyle Chandler gave an amazing, nuanced performance, again - he has really turned into a very dependable actor. We saw plenty of it in "Friday Night Lights" of course, but I remember when he was first coming along with that fucking "Newsies" show, or whatever the name was, and he is as good as anybody working right now.
I think the thing I loved the best about it is that this is classic noir/hardboiled storytelling - the desperation, the way everything goes against every character, the way good and evil, as it relates to who we root for, are turned inside-out and upside-down. The tension is ramped way up, even though like Y said, we don't necessarily get anywhere. Everything is closing in on them the whole time, just like a great noir should be. And that's the thing I love - it's not "neo-noir," trying to reinvent the genre - it is classic noir and it doesn't miss a beat. Linda Cardellini gets better and better looking. The brother Kevin is a total fuck-up, which adds to the delicious pressure on everyone around him, and on us, because we hate him and/or are just as frustrated by him as anyone, but we're ready to see him sacrificed. That scene with the Mexican/Colombian (?) drug guy on the dock when he took out the boat and Kevin was unexpectedly there was so stressful. John Leguizamo is great (as usual). I'm not as convinced by Beau Bridges because he just is naturally a little too soft for the role, but he does a good job. The son was great too. I can't look at Sissy Spacek because she gives me the ginger heebie-jeebies, but that is very much a "me" problem and has nothing to do with the show.
I just wish I hadn't binged it over 24 hours because now I have to wait AGES
Another huge artistic success for Netflix.