Well filmed, cool location, nice casting. But the script. Geez. Tired of Rosa's self-indulgent pity party. Woe is me. Every character literally insulting every other character. Nobody helping anyone else. Everyone clinging to their own demented dreams. Everyone thinking they know best. Ugh.
5 Reviews
1 & 3 are awesome, not 2
classicrun-4491411 April 2023
The first season had me hooked. It was a decades, old mystery, combined with modern murder and disappearances. Many people were not who they seemed to be. Small towns have a lot of dark secrets. As much as season one grabbed me, season two turned me off. They decided to do the whole drug angle and blaming it on the foreigners with more big city interaction at a drug squad. This plot has been done to death on show after show after show. The Muslim culture was a part of season one but it is the focus in season two. There are all the traditional conflicts about women wearing scarves and dressing appropriately and men being traditional men. Again these topics have been done to death. Season three finally got back to what season one was. Wilder is once again investigating murder and mystery in a small, remote town. This is where the series shines. Not many people know what life is like in a remote, Swiss village, and have not traditionally seen it on the screen. Season two was so bad I actually fast forwarded through most of it so don't give up it does get better once again with season three.
Very much worth your time
Rogermex11 December 2022
Complex and very intelligent. Unfortunately the extremely common theme of conflict between a village/town/city and a determined developer/exploiter. Beautiful scenery and cinematography, fine editing.
Acting is all good. One of the characters is played by a person who has perfected the "sneer" affect - you might not like it, but it's pretty unusual and cool. Protagonist seems to maintain a proper balance of professionalism and suppressed emotional turmoil. Perhaps a few too many side plots. Maybe those will clarify and reveal the criminal mystery, but after three episodes I'm not sure.
Just finshed episode 3, certainly will continue.
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I've now seen the 1st and 2nd season. I don't usually give out a 10, but I think the series rates it. Very grim and complex mysteries, interesting characters, and fine acting. Beautiful cinematography and editing. Moral turpitude and moral choices. Can't wait to begin the 3rd season.
Acting is all good. One of the characters is played by a person who has perfected the "sneer" affect - you might not like it, but it's pretty unusual and cool. Protagonist seems to maintain a proper balance of professionalism and suppressed emotional turmoil. Perhaps a few too many side plots. Maybe those will clarify and reveal the criminal mystery, but after three episodes I'm not sure.
Just finshed episode 3, certainly will continue.
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I've now seen the 1st and 2nd season. I don't usually give out a 10, but I think the series rates it. Very grim and complex mysteries, interesting characters, and fine acting. Beautiful cinematography and editing. Moral turpitude and moral choices. Can't wait to begin the 3rd season.
very weak plot
martinschulz-6382325 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Just watched season 1.
The good: the cast, location and style The debatable: kissing up to international audiences The ugly: the plot
This series tries to borrow elements from many successful crime series across the world and relocate the action to the Switzerland alps.
Visually: true detective, cardinal (Canada) Story elements: British (that is, not so gory) Setting: feels in parts like Trapped (Iceland)
The directing and acting is actually decent. There is also some plausible development of characters.
As for many German TV series, there's the 'golden rule' that you can't overdo it. Boy are they wrong.
The hodgepodge of story threads is totally over the top. The concept is totally lost between them. As usual, logic and plausibility leave the vessel during the middle of the series.
Why was the avalanche not investigated (i.e. The cause, the missing persons, the witnesses etc.? What exactly was Wilder's dad's role in the explosion?
And here are some weak and abandoned threads of the story: Where again did the foot come from to land in a timely manner in front of Wilder's car? Why introduce a pale and tamed terrorist, dutifully assassinated, into the story? Why an Arab investor with no connection to the locals? What is the police's organization - it's a total mess. The procurator's presence and local origin is implausible (if helpful to the resolution). The killing of the presumed terrorist for personal motives by a police officer. Suspended police carry on as if they were immune to prosecution. Given the solution, why again was there serious and successful blackmail under the supposition that Neurotome was at the origin of the landslide? And what on earth would a nuclear landfill look like in the middle of a alps valley?
Given that season 1 recounts the foundational, historical and very personal story of Wilder, I conclude that I should stop watching.
Vedict: They should loose their script writer as soon as they can...
The good: the cast, location and style The debatable: kissing up to international audiences The ugly: the plot
This series tries to borrow elements from many successful crime series across the world and relocate the action to the Switzerland alps.
Visually: true detective, cardinal (Canada) Story elements: British (that is, not so gory) Setting: feels in parts like Trapped (Iceland)
The directing and acting is actually decent. There is also some plausible development of characters.
As for many German TV series, there's the 'golden rule' that you can't overdo it. Boy are they wrong.
The hodgepodge of story threads is totally over the top. The concept is totally lost between them. As usual, logic and plausibility leave the vessel during the middle of the series.
Why was the avalanche not investigated (i.e. The cause, the missing persons, the witnesses etc.? What exactly was Wilder's dad's role in the explosion?
And here are some weak and abandoned threads of the story: Where again did the foot come from to land in a timely manner in front of Wilder's car? Why introduce a pale and tamed terrorist, dutifully assassinated, into the story? Why an Arab investor with no connection to the locals? What is the police's organization - it's a total mess. The procurator's presence and local origin is implausible (if helpful to the resolution). The killing of the presumed terrorist for personal motives by a police officer. Suspended police carry on as if they were immune to prosecution. Given the solution, why again was there serious and successful blackmail under the supposition that Neurotome was at the origin of the landslide? And what on earth would a nuclear landfill look like in the middle of a alps valley?
Given that season 1 recounts the foundational, historical and very personal story of Wilder, I conclude that I should stop watching.
Vedict: They should loose their script writer as soon as they can...
prison sentences in switzerland
hacheaime13 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I liked season 1 of the series although the script was filled with many implausible details but season 2 goes further with the prison sentence of Rosa's father who is liberated after only 3 years in jail for murder of the village artist and complicity in the forced avalanche that caused the death oh 12 children. Nobody seems to really mind except Rosa. This is plain stupid and I think it is an insult to the intelligence of the viewers.
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