ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME

Sounds very good, but it'd give me nightmares Hi pengy hope life is treating you well

I'm fine fankooo   how is the bundle of fur?

Thanks Pengy, I'll definitely check it out.

Thanks to Pengy for posting this: I've been meaning to for over a week, but kept forgetting...

 

It looks really promising: a second series has been commissioned, but won't be broadcast in Denmark and Sweden till next year...

Thanks! It sounds like another winner!

Awesome, thanks for posting. Love these Scandanavian dramas

We saw the first part and are looking forward to catching up the second before Homeland.

Saw both parts and hooked. As usual with these things, a very strong cast of interesting characters with a gripping storyline. Top marks.

 

Except for the bloke who moved the woman and her kids away from the violent husband. Was he recruited from the 70's? That hair and moustache on top of the brown shirt and ugly tie combo.

 

Peter Wyngarde will be suing

Mrs Jer decided that the latter and the detective boss and some of the music were all quite reminiscent of 70's gentlemen's documentaries.

Tried to edit my previous comment but deleted it somehow.

 

Was talking to a friend earlier and he told me that the female detective in this has a form of Asperger's

Haha Avalon, I came in and was about to reply to your post and it disappeared. Cue much confusion!!

 

Yep I thought she might have Aspergers or some social phobia type thing. She has zero people skills, take the encounter with the bloke she picked up in the club.

 

Jer - so how many 70's gentlemen's documentaries has Mrs Jer seen?

I missed the beginning, saw the bloke with the moustache, and presumed it was a flashback. 

  Sorry, Veggie!

From what I understand, this is never explicitly stated throughout the series, but it definitely seems to be implied.

 

I got the impression that they're being a bit careful with the translation: at one point, one of Saga's Swedish colleagues is translated as saying "Does he know she's a bit odd?", but the word she actually used was "special"...

I recorded it last night and watched it this morning.

I thought the characters were interesting and the storyline was gripping. Really enjoying it so far and hope it doesn't get culled after one series, like Those Who Kill did.

 

It sounds good, and with the favourable reviews here, I'll definitely watch it on iplayer 

Several by the sound of it.

She also thought that at least three of the women looked similar and that this led to some initial confusion.

I did find the Peter Wyngarde 70's character a bit confusing. When the woman went to see him with her kids I thought he must be her ex husband and the kids father but it turned out the violent bloke was.

No doubt it will all become clear.

I got confused as well, but I believe he's her brother (IIRC, he calls her "Sis" at the end of episode 2).

 

One other possible source of confusion that occurred to me is that Danish and Swedish viewers would be able to tell where a particular scene is set without being told, thanks to landmarks and the differences in accents. Not something that most non-Scandinavians will be able to do, though...

Eugene

 

So was that her at the end then, the one who drank the wine and collapsed? As Jer says (or Mrs Jer), the similarity in appearance of some of the women made it difficult to tell who was who.

Perhaps I will watch both episodes again on catch up if I get time, I found it helped with The Killing and Spiral when I did that; helped to fix the characters more in my brain.

 

I may have asked this before, but on the subject of foreign language productions, has anyone seen the French film The Class? I really enjoyed it and wondered what anyone else thought.

My favourite foreign language 'anything' though is the Italian film Life is Beautiful

I believe so, but I need to watch it again too! 

(As a general point, I didn't have too much difficulty with Spiral, but I usually watched the repeats of The Killing.)

 

Haven't seen The Class; sorry. My favourite foreign films tend to be Japanese, but going with the European - and specifically Nordic - theme here, I would definitely recommend Festen, Not an easy watch, but those who've been following The Killing and suchlike should be OK. Also, it's the original Dogme 95 movie, and as such it played an important role in making Danish drama look the way it does now. (Sofie Grabol and a lot of other Danish actors started out on Dogme films.)

Ooh thanks Eugene I'll put that on the list. I can't say I watch any Japanese films really but their horror and animation is reckoned to be excellent.

 

I watch more French films I suppose, recently watched Trauffaut's The 400 blows which, I think, was semi autobiographical.

well I'm hooked   I thought the car bomb scene was brilliant 

Wish I'd watched this now. Will look out for a repeat or catch-up. I've been on that bridge on a day trip to Malmo from Copenhagen.

We watched the second part tonight (before Homeland) totally hooked on both. We assume the stuff surrounding the bloke with nether region discomfort is .dk and the stuff surrounding the very organised girl is .se ....... Possibly ..... Whatever! It made a bit more sense.

ION the last time I travelled from HH -> Fehmarn -> Koebenhavn -> Sverige, road bridges were a pipe dream

OK: I think I'm on top of this now.

The woman in the first episode with the kids (Veronika) is Stephan's "client" (he's a Social Worker).

The woman in the second episode (Sonja) is his sister.

 

And yes: there are some confusing similarities! 

Watched it on ipayer - a bit lost with whats going on, but enjoyed it. Love the Saga character, and I'm finding it darkly funny.

I wondered if this was the case (that's how I saw it anyway) 

I agree with that. I'm still "finding my feet" with The Bridge, but one of its plus-points is that it can be genuinely funny in places.

What a great night on the tellybox! Caught part 2 of last night's The Bridge, followed by Homeland, and then MOTD2.

i watched the first 4 last night

i thought it was great

I really like the Danish cop and oooo wince when he got kicked in the how's your father

 

it is darkly funny given that the topic is quite harrowing but they've married the humour well with the deaths 

ive just downloaded all 10 episodes cos i cant wait 'til saturday

Great telly so it is