Series 1 9*
There was a lot to keep you hooked in the Swedish thriller.
The good-guys were good, and the bad-guys really bad.
Quite a few familiar faces from other productions including the ubiquitous Dar Salim.
The reason for the murder which sparked the whole cold case investigation was very weak, but there was an interesting twist at the conclusion.
A few holes, not least the editing error which featured a key fact in the final episode catch-up synopsis which had not been previously mentioned at all.
Good performances from Julia Ragnarsson, Cecilia Nilsson, the menacing knife throwing Dar Salim and the weasely Johan Widerberg.
Series 2 2*
Having given the first series 9*, this was most disappointing.
The good characters from the first series are still there, but they can't help the woeful production.
The storylines were just ridiculous; totally implausible, and there are so many plot holes, inconsistencies, continuity errors and some woeful acting (Nicky Naudé and Görel Crona).
The last episode was just horrible. Repeatedly showing glimpses of gratuitous snuff porn. It was most distasteful and had I know the series was going that way I wouldn't have bothered watching it.
As for the main character, Olivia Rönning, she has no job but seems to have "access all areas" to the police investigations, interviews, visits to crime scenes ... just too unbelievable.
I also found the blatant tokenism in the first episode most unnecessary. The family character did not appear in the first series nor in any subsequent episode. Is there not a case when positive discrimination for no reason is just an insult to those of diversity? The character's brief appearance had no bearing on anything in the plot.
