My review only refers to the first 3 part episode from Season 1, titled "The Sandhamn Murders".
I have never read the novels, hopefully they are better than these premier episode. There is a considerable amount of soap opera theatrics revolving around Nora, the female lead (Alexandra Rapaport) and her jealous husband, Henrik (Jonas Malmsjo). Henrik slaps Nora after a harrowing episode with a suspect and a rifle, because he suspects her of carrying on the police detective, Thomas Andreasson (Jakob Cedergren), who she has met only twice or three times in public in the entire episode to that point.
Worse still though is the ridiculously written plot that leads to Nora's confrontation with the suspect with the rifle.
Detective Thomas is pursuing a very possible murder suspect, who has knowingly fled, and has taken with him a loaded rifle.
Detective Thomas brings civilian Nora along--and only Nora--to track Jonny, the rifle suspect. The plot reason for this ridiculously improper police action is that she believes she knows where Jonny might be hiding.
Even more inexplicably though, Detective Thomas does not call for back-up, nor does he even inform his department that he is going to confront a possible murder suspect who is armed with a rifle. Even the worst of the private eye shows of the past were never written this silly.
Predictably, it is Nora who ends up happening upon Jonny and having to face down the barrel of a loaded rifle. This infuriating script writing is only there to present the audience with that "heart in your throat" moment, of whether sweet Nora will be shot.
There were other annoyingly predictable parts relating to Detective Thomas's shaky relationship with his police mates and his superior, showing us how dull witted they are, and how much of a "lone wolf" Detective Thomas is.
Maybe, hopefully, this series will shed some of this melodrama and opt for more realistic portrayals of police work and human relationships. The two leads (Jakob Cedergren and Alexandra Rapaport) are enjoyable to watch and seem to have chemistry. They deserve better than what this episode gave them to play out.
I have never read the novels, hopefully they are better than these premier episode. There is a considerable amount of soap opera theatrics revolving around Nora, the female lead (Alexandra Rapaport) and her jealous husband, Henrik (Jonas Malmsjo). Henrik slaps Nora after a harrowing episode with a suspect and a rifle, because he suspects her of carrying on the police detective, Thomas Andreasson (Jakob Cedergren), who she has met only twice or three times in public in the entire episode to that point.
Worse still though is the ridiculously written plot that leads to Nora's confrontation with the suspect with the rifle.
Detective Thomas is pursuing a very possible murder suspect, who has knowingly fled, and has taken with him a loaded rifle.
Detective Thomas brings civilian Nora along--and only Nora--to track Jonny, the rifle suspect. The plot reason for this ridiculously improper police action is that she believes she knows where Jonny might be hiding.
Even more inexplicably though, Detective Thomas does not call for back-up, nor does he even inform his department that he is going to confront a possible murder suspect who is armed with a rifle. Even the worst of the private eye shows of the past were never written this silly.
Predictably, it is Nora who ends up happening upon Jonny and having to face down the barrel of a loaded rifle. This infuriating script writing is only there to present the audience with that "heart in your throat" moment, of whether sweet Nora will be shot.
There were other annoyingly predictable parts relating to Detective Thomas's shaky relationship with his police mates and his superior, showing us how dull witted they are, and how much of a "lone wolf" Detective Thomas is.
Maybe, hopefully, this series will shed some of this melodrama and opt for more realistic portrayals of police work and human relationships. The two leads (Jakob Cedergren and Alexandra Rapaport) are enjoyable to watch and seem to have chemistry. They deserve better than what this episode gave them to play out.