It is a great pity that so many people do not get beyond ep. 1 and 2 in this, frankly, superb series. There again asking anyone to sit through a couple of hours of subtitled drama with the promise that it will be really good is a hard ask.
But it is really good. In actual fact I enjoyed even the opening hour or so - Saga, the aspergic Swedish detective, is just fascinating and her relationship with Martin (the Danish "traditional" detective) is something that grows between them (and on the viewer) - and is all the better for the time it has. The result is some laugh out loud moments in every episode, if you get the joke - but also a relationship that is very unusual and works on many levels.
In fact this feature of the series is so enjoyable that the fiendishly complex plot - which leaves an impressive body count across the two countries - becomes almost a background. It does grip, though, right to the very end. Some silly bits, some bits that do not quite stand up to too close an examination, but that is the nature of this sort of thing.
But it is really good. In actual fact I enjoyed even the opening hour or so - Saga, the aspergic Swedish detective, is just fascinating and her relationship with Martin (the Danish "traditional" detective) is something that grows between them (and on the viewer) - and is all the better for the time it has. The result is some laugh out loud moments in every episode, if you get the joke - but also a relationship that is very unusual and works on many levels.
In fact this feature of the series is so enjoyable that the fiendishly complex plot - which leaves an impressive body count across the two countries - becomes almost a background. It does grip, though, right to the very end. Some silly bits, some bits that do not quite stand up to too close an examination, but that is the nature of this sort of thing.