The La Palma series Netflix ends explained: Who survives?

In the Norwegian series La Palma, a family’s tropical Christmas vacation is cut short by a volcanic eruption that triggers the largest tsunami in history. Directed by Kasper Barfoed (The Nurse), this disaster drama also follows the geological researchers and officials who raise the alarm about the world’s worst natural disaster. So everyone succumbs to earthquakes, eruptions and tsunamis? Does anyone make it off the Spanish island unscathed? Read on to find out who lives to tell the tale.

Check out this guide to read about the cast and characters.

Despite a fatal boating accident off the coast of La Palma, everything else in the tropical area appears delicate. That is, until researchers Marie (Thea Sofie Loch Næss) and Haukur (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) visit the island’s volatile and active volcano, which last erupted in 2021. Marie notices that a lot more rainwater is coming down the mountain — finally.. .