Most critics are won over. Eight of nine reviews are positive, and the praise gathers around the same things: the quantity of archive footage, the long interviews with people still convinced they were right, and Ma Anand Sheela, whom several reviewers name as the figure who carries all six parts. The directors are credited with letting both the Rajneeshees and the Oregon locals speak at length and declining to rule between them, which most find unsettling in a useful way.
The reservations are about length and balance. The AV Club finds the series lopsided, leaning on follower interviews and skimping on the true-crime detail; Paste, the one mixed notice, thinks it rambles and never gets to grips with the guru himself. The Hollywood Reporter admires it while calling the binge exhausting. The spread is narrow. Nobody dislikes it; the argument is over whether six hours is more than the story needs.