I enjoyed this, it's very different from US or UK crime series.
The first thing I noticed was the cinematography. Beautiful landscapes filmed in that unique Northern light and pollution-free clarity. Then the Scandinavian cultural cues for interior and exterior scenes. Minimalist style which any interior designer would find fascinating. They even film the cooking & food with style & flair! The gentleness, simplicity and quality of Scandinavian life is a good & interesting backdrop from which our crime unit works.
It's a Scandi Noir, but not as noir as some. It's quite an easy watch, the process of investigation is the focus, not shootouts and SWAT.
The hero detective is a high functioning autistic Savant - there seems to be a lot of them in Scandi-noirs - but the techniques of Memory training and building a Memory Palace are real, and fascinating topics as a side study.
The crimes are interesting, and there aren't too many non sequit.-sequitur devices in the solving.
I do agree with comments about the two daughters of ithe star detectives n the series. With a limited cast list it falls upon these two to create problems and havoc for the Crime Team to engage with. Are these the 2 most stupid young women in Finland? Their stubborn & repeated refusal to follow obviously good advice/instruction gets them - and others - into trouble time and time again.
But I do like the series, it's refreshingly different from the norm, and not as heavy as some of the other Scandi crime dramas.
The first thing I noticed was the cinematography. Beautiful landscapes filmed in that unique Northern light and pollution-free clarity. Then the Scandinavian cultural cues for interior and exterior scenes. Minimalist style which any interior designer would find fascinating. They even film the cooking & food with style & flair! The gentleness, simplicity and quality of Scandinavian life is a good & interesting backdrop from which our crime unit works.
It's a Scandi Noir, but not as noir as some. It's quite an easy watch, the process of investigation is the focus, not shootouts and SWAT.
The hero detective is a high functioning autistic Savant - there seems to be a lot of them in Scandi-noirs - but the techniques of Memory training and building a Memory Palace are real, and fascinating topics as a side study.
The crimes are interesting, and there aren't too many non sequit.-sequitur devices in the solving.
I do agree with comments about the two daughters of ithe star detectives n the series. With a limited cast list it falls upon these two to create problems and havoc for the Crime Team to engage with. Are these the 2 most stupid young women in Finland? Their stubborn & repeated refusal to follow obviously good advice/instruction gets them - and others - into trouble time and time again.
But I do like the series, it's refreshingly different from the norm, and not as heavy as some of the other Scandi crime dramas.