This is the first political show I actually enjoyed. I watched Designated Survivor, but in the middle of season two or at the end of it, I lost interest. One thing about Okkupert is that it doesn't drag the story indefinitely. In real life, politics and conflict never end. The fact that it's Norwegian is new and exotic and I liked it a lot. You always wonder what will happen next and who will win. The decisions and characters also very much resembled real life people and what they would do in such situations. I recommend this show.
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I personally didn't like how the characters' moral compass seemed to disintegrate during the show, but it nevertheless seemed very realistic, unfortunately. At some point, you may wonder who is the good guy or the bad guy, or if there even are such things. Although Fritt Norge used violence and deception, I found myself wishing for their "team" to win. They were the only ones really trying to free Norway. Collaborating with the Russians only ensured they would stay longer, since it was obvious they were there to stay and probably would annex Norway someday. Evidence for this: the many illegal immigrants, most of them undercover russian agents.
It seems to me the best thing to avoid all this mess would have been for Jesper to destroy the gas and oil installations in the ocean right after learning of the EU's plot to take over. "We said we close our facilities and that's the end of it, no one will make us produce something we don't want to". That's my thinking. But then again... Would they have changed their mind or retaliated? Notwithstanding, it would have taken away the one thing they were there for. Norway did warn them for years that they would close their facilities and they did have an alternative source of energy : thorium plants.
It's sad that in the end everyone used blackmailing, theft, murder, adultery, and lying to get what they want. That was kind of depressing. I hope it's not like that in real life! They also seemed to want kill everyone in the show at the end (for realistic reasons though). Thankfully, Norway was free again. Kind of. Not really...
The last message of the show from Jesper: wanna make the world clean? Make it clean yourself! Don't wait for others!
***SPOILERS FOLLOW***
I personally didn't like how the characters' moral compass seemed to disintegrate during the show, but it nevertheless seemed very realistic, unfortunately. At some point, you may wonder who is the good guy or the bad guy, or if there even are such things. Although Fritt Norge used violence and deception, I found myself wishing for their "team" to win. They were the only ones really trying to free Norway. Collaborating with the Russians only ensured they would stay longer, since it was obvious they were there to stay and probably would annex Norway someday. Evidence for this: the many illegal immigrants, most of them undercover russian agents.
It seems to me the best thing to avoid all this mess would have been for Jesper to destroy the gas and oil installations in the ocean right after learning of the EU's plot to take over. "We said we close our facilities and that's the end of it, no one will make us produce something we don't want to". That's my thinking. But then again... Would they have changed their mind or retaliated? Notwithstanding, it would have taken away the one thing they were there for. Norway did warn them for years that they would close their facilities and they did have an alternative source of energy : thorium plants.
It's sad that in the end everyone used blackmailing, theft, murder, adultery, and lying to get what they want. That was kind of depressing. I hope it's not like that in real life! They also seemed to want kill everyone in the show at the end (for realistic reasons though). Thankfully, Norway was free again. Kind of. Not really...
The last message of the show from Jesper: wanna make the world clean? Make it clean yourself! Don't wait for others!