[slg]

I think part of the problem is that it signified a shift in genre for a lot of people. You start out with a mad scientist who is doing experiments trying to understand death and the story of the girl who escaped his grasps. The dancing scene transitioned the show to be about someone who can heal people with hand gestures. I enjoyed the twists, but I can certainly imagine someone viewing it as going from (somewhat) hard sci-fi to being about magic and that change turning them off the show. The fact that the actual dancing look ridiculous also probably didn't help.

[vertex-four]

What? It was a story about an unreliable narrator and about belief the whole time to me - the story being told could've been anything.

[nitrogen]

I find a lot of shows are trying to check both the "belief in belief" box and the "sciency" box at the same time, and it does a disservice to both. The OA on Netflix and The Oasis on Amazon are just two examples.

[thoughtpalette]

I believe the dancing being ridiculous as well as the breathing sounds combined could have been the turning factors.