Just as a disclaimer I'm a big fan of the Scandi/Nordic Noir genre so I'm coming at this review with an admiration for television from this region but this one just doesn't do it for me at all.
The premise of a sexually transmitted outbreak that requires preexisting herpes infection is just silly but the story doesn't stop being ridiculous from there. Take the lead scientist who studies sexually transmitted diseases as an example. We are led to believe that we are in the midst of an outbreak of an extremely dangerous sexually transmitted disease so he goes and strikes up an affair with the first women he meets LOL. If I were someone educated in virology and in the middle of trying to control an outbreak that is spread through sexual contact I think sex with strangers would be the last thing on my mind but maybe that's just me?
I feel like this show had too many cooks in the kitchen in the writers room because it's basically like two or three scripts wrapped into one but not in a good way. This could have stood alone as a nordic noir crime series investigating the abduction and murder of Russian prostitutes or it could have been a science fiction series about a mutating viral outbreak but both of them together makes this feel more like a comedy than anything serious. I honestly found myself laughing out loud at parts that I know weren't intended to be funny.
Overall I feel like I wasted time watching this. It's a shame that the script wasn't better because there are some good finish actors in this show that have given excellent performances in other series. It just goes to show you how important good writing is.
The premise of a sexually transmitted outbreak that requires preexisting herpes infection is just silly but the story doesn't stop being ridiculous from there. Take the lead scientist who studies sexually transmitted diseases as an example. We are led to believe that we are in the midst of an outbreak of an extremely dangerous sexually transmitted disease so he goes and strikes up an affair with the first women he meets LOL. If I were someone educated in virology and in the middle of trying to control an outbreak that is spread through sexual contact I think sex with strangers would be the last thing on my mind but maybe that's just me?
I feel like this show had too many cooks in the kitchen in the writers room because it's basically like two or three scripts wrapped into one but not in a good way. This could have stood alone as a nordic noir crime series investigating the abduction and murder of Russian prostitutes or it could have been a science fiction series about a mutating viral outbreak but both of them together makes this feel more like a comedy than anything serious. I honestly found myself laughing out loud at parts that I know weren't intended to be funny.
Overall I feel like I wasted time watching this. It's a shame that the script wasn't better because there are some good finish actors in this show that have given excellent performances in other series. It just goes to show you how important good writing is.