Workaholic main character. Check.
Troubled private life. Check.
Loved one becomes a target. Check.
Doesn't tell rest of team/boss where he's heading to. Check.
Doesn't wait for backup. Check.
Continues on while suspended. Check.
Leaves hospital prematurely to go back to work. Check.
Etc, etc.
I don't see why people are raving about Wallander. You can easily replace it with the hundreds of other detective series out there.
Troubled private life. Check.
Loved one becomes a target. Check.
Doesn't tell rest of team/boss where he's heading to. Check.
Doesn't wait for backup. Check.
Continues on while suspended. Check.
Leaves hospital prematurely to go back to work. Check.
Etc, etc.
I don't see why people are raving about Wallander. You can easily replace it with the hundreds of other detective series out there.