Rebecka Martinsson
Watched the lot!
Some aspects were good, the camera work, the music the styling, but this show was riddled with problems. Firstly it was just so repetitive and shallow, the same predictable murder, the same locals accused of it, the same semi-botched investigation and then our heroine gets her man, this is lazy formulaic script writing.
Had it not been for the mesmeric acting of Ida Engvoll in series 1 I would have turned it off. However it is difficult to judge anything through the medium of sub-titles but this actress dominated the screen. Had it not been for the forensic pathologist who was as idiosyncratic as the doctor in Montalbano I would have turned this off!
Series 2, what a disaster, who fails to sign up the lead star for a minimum of three seasons, the replacement just failed to convince and the bland script became more and more clunky.
The indigenous "Sami" issues were just badly handled from start to finish as I could see nothing different, special or exceptional that made them "other'd" from anyone else.
Season 2 Episode 5 with a drug case this drama stepped into a new gear, it really was great.
Lastly why was everyone just rude to everyone for no apparent reason. Note to self rural Sweden is not a holiday destination!
Overall this was a mixed bag of stories, it really had no consistency, I'm going to give the whole lot a weak 6, meaning worth watching hang in there!
Watched the lot!
Some aspects were good, the camera work, the music the styling, but this show was riddled with problems. Firstly it was just so repetitive and shallow, the same predictable murder, the same locals accused of it, the same semi-botched investigation and then our heroine gets her man, this is lazy formulaic script writing.
Had it not been for the mesmeric acting of Ida Engvoll in series 1 I would have turned it off. However it is difficult to judge anything through the medium of sub-titles but this actress dominated the screen. Had it not been for the forensic pathologist who was as idiosyncratic as the doctor in Montalbano I would have turned this off!
Series 2, what a disaster, who fails to sign up the lead star for a minimum of three seasons, the replacement just failed to convince and the bland script became more and more clunky.
The indigenous "Sami" issues were just badly handled from start to finish as I could see nothing different, special or exceptional that made them "other'd" from anyone else.
Season 2 Episode 5 with a drug case this drama stepped into a new gear, it really was great.
Lastly why was everyone just rude to everyone for no apparent reason. Note to self rural Sweden is not a holiday destination!
Overall this was a mixed bag of stories, it really had no consistency, I'm going to give the whole lot a weak 6, meaning worth watching hang in there!