I ended up skipping a few episodes of the first season of "The Terror" as I found it to be too slow for my taste, despite the quality of the performances. I watched every episode of "Infamy" though where the real life and supernatural elements meshed a bit better for me.
Already facing prejudice treatment, the Japanese-American residents of Los Angeles are rounded up and sent to an internment camp when the Pearl Harbour attack draws the US into World War 2. The Nakayama family are one such family sent to the camp, their party including Luz (Cristina Rodlo) the pregnant girlfriend of the son Chester (Derek Mio). There is, however, a vengeful spirit within the camp, one with a tie to the Nakayama's but who will kill indiscriminately to meet their ends.
The meshing of genuine stories of man's inhumanity, with a supernatural element is not an uncommon one at the moment, last year's Amazon series "Them" for example, did something similar. As I said above, it didn't really work for me with the first season of "The Terror" and the slow pace led to me skipping some. I didn't do that here, but overall I'd describe the series as good, but inessential.
Nothing wrong with the performances though, with Mio carrying the series along with his parents, played by Shingo Usami and Naoko Mori. George Takei has a consistent but small role, but the significance of him in the cast is deeper than that, given that he actually spent time as a child living in the conditions detailed in the show.
Despite me watching them all, I would say that the show could have cut the number of episodes without significant damage to the story. It hit similar story beats a little too often. The strong visual effects and the performances though mean I feel much more positively about this season, and am a little disappointed that there won't be a third.