La Palma is ridiculous, but it’s the top show on Netflix today

With as many original series as Netflix puts out every month, some of them are inevitably going to fall through the cracks, doomed to wallow in obscurity. But others manage to cut through the noise and find an audience, even when the odds are stacked against them. That is the case for the Norwegian disaster series La Palma, which has risen to the top spot of Netflix's TV charts a week after its four episodes premiered on the service.

The limited TV series follows a family on vacation in...