Leif Lien is Chief Technical Officer for Norway's Civil Defence in the Oslo area; this puts him in charge of the network of tunnels and old bomb shelters under the city. In one of these shelters he is preparing for the end of civilisation; something he is sure will happen soon. Ravn Eikanger is a doctor who has been told that he can't use an untested new procedure to treat his terminally ill wife. Leif allows Ravn to use the clinic he has built in his shelter in exchange for also treating other 'customers' who don't want to go to official hospitals. The third person in the shelter is Leif's friend Teo Naustvik who is wanted by police and criminals alike after a botched robbery left him with a bag full of cash and his criminal colleagues locked in a bank vault. Over the course of the series Ravn attempts to find a cure for his comatose wife while the rest of the world thinks she is dead
and his daughter grows to suspect that he murdered her. A police officer closes in on Teo, with tragic consequences and Leif is frustrated that nobody is taking his warnings that civilisation is in danger seriously.
Enjoyment of this series, as with many others, does rely on just accepting what we are told even if it is medically or scientifically unlikely/impossible. If you can it is rather fun. The story is intriguing as the genre was uncertain; at times it was a crime drama, a medical drama, a comment on the ethics of medical research and the money to be made in the field and even elements of a post-apocalyptic thriller. The characters are interesting, particularly the rather paranoid Leif and the likable but incompetent criminal Teo. The largely subterranean setting gives the series a good atmosphere. The cast does a fine job; most notably Pål Sverre Hagen, Sven Nordin and Mikkel Bratt Silset as Leif, Ravn and Teo respectively. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to people looking for something a little different.
These comments are based on watching the series in Norwegian with English subtitles.
Enjoyment of this series, as with many others, does rely on just accepting what we are told even if it is medically or scientifically unlikely/impossible. If you can it is rather fun. The story is intriguing as the genre was uncertain; at times it was a crime drama, a medical drama, a comment on the ethics of medical research and the money to be made in the field and even elements of a post-apocalyptic thriller. The characters are interesting, particularly the rather paranoid Leif and the likable but incompetent criminal Teo. The largely subterranean setting gives the series a good atmosphere. The cast does a fine job; most notably Pål Sverre Hagen, Sven Nordin and Mikkel Bratt Silset as Leif, Ravn and Teo respectively. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to people looking for something a little different.
These comments are based on watching the series in Norwegian with English subtitles.