They even managed to pull off a holiday/christmas special. Jamie Clayton is awesome as always.

As it turns out the new episodes dont arrive until May - so the xmas special was sort of an intra-season thing

Yes I watched it last week.  The show itself was awesome.  I love the way the Sense8s are all learning about others but literally being able to walk said mile in their shoes.  It is also amazing watching the character development. 

I was a bit let down that we were only treated to a single special episode rather than a whole season. 
Sense8 nonetheless justifies my Netflix subscription price.  The rest of the shows are bonus at this point. 

Great characters, interesting concept...not much development of the plot though. I really hope season 2 proper has some decent action...