All right, I'm 6 minutes into the first episode, and I think by 6 minutes you'll know whether you're interested or not.
I'm going to keep watching.
It's a serialized glass onion.
Update: finished the first episode, it's a better glass onion so far. I was kind of falling asleep with that movie. This one, I want to go on to the next episode.
There are some things about it that I don't like, but overall it's good. Unless it drags on or changes drastically I will watch the whole thing.
My minor criticisms are mostly the same as all other detective movies lately. Hyper-intelligent lead detective who is already 3 moves ahead, not so reluctantly called "The best detective in the world". I find these characters boring for the same reason Superman is boring. Daniel Craig in Glass Onion gets around this by being charming and barely on screen compared to the interesting characters. Mandy Patinkin works alright so far by being adorable and arguably acting as sidekick to the female lead.
Then there are frequent flashbacks showing how the detective is actually even more moves ahead than you thought, and the setbacks were actually all part of his plan. Nothing too bad so far, but I'm sure we'll eventually get a really long one near the end.
But the characters are good and the story is interesting so far. So I would recommend giving it a shot.
How does it compare against knives out ?
If you liked Knives Out I think you'll like this show. Similar tone, but it feels like there's a lot more unfolding here.
For me, it's in the "fine" category so far: nothing I'd jump to recommend to others, but engaging enough to likely watch the whole season. It's fairly light and fluffy, but I don't find it as charming as I think it's trying to be. (For comparison, I thought Knives Out was also fine, but didn't really care for Glass Onion.)
So you are saying its better than glass onion ?
I mean, it's subjective, right? So far, yes, I'm enjoying it more than Glass Onion, but I'm sure there are people who loved Glass Onion that won't like Death and Other Details. Besides, it's hard to judge a whole season from just two episodes. Maybe as the season goes on, the plot twists will become ridiculous, or maybe the resolution will be mindblowing. Dunno yet.