paul2471 Excellent series.Am long term addict to the SBS presentations of video shows from around the world.Viewed by self on Australia's "sbs.com.au" with SBS English transcripts.Be interesting to see how many IMDb users now classify themselves as addict transcript readers for other language origin programs like this Nordic drama..

ED Smith By the end of episode 3a civil servant has apparently gone missing but her colleagues have chosen not to report this to the police, seemingly oblivious to the moral and legal consequences of not doing soa killer returns to the scene of his crime and covers a letterbox with his fingerprintsthe same killer walks into a hospital and finishes off his victim with a plastic bag. He doesn't bother to disguise his face as no Swedish hospitals have CCTV.I think I'll give this one a miss.

lilyhayes Wow, was a complex story to follow. Good acting, nice performances. Storyline had a few holes in it, but artistic license is a good excuse, and there were only a couple or so. There was some glossy stylised terrorism scenes, they do add to the tension, but those can be ignored if it isn't your bag. Something that cant be ignored is the violence. Not that there is too much of it, but it i designed to pull you in emotionally and it certainly does do that. By the end of it I found myself both liking the main terrorist char, but also hating him. And the series does that all the way through with most of the characters,they are quite complicated chars. Overall a little lightweight compared to The Bridge (9/10 for me), but weightier than Borgen (7/10)Strange ending considering there isn't a 2nd series and nothing is planned. See for yourself, worth spending your time on though,

Tweekums Like many other Swedish dramas of recent years the rise of nationalism plays an important role in this multi-stranded drama series. In the opening episode a leading member of a prominent nationalist party is murdered and it isn't long before her daughter Sofia, believing her mother was killed by immigrants, is getting involved with the violent side of nationalism, dragging her unwilling brother, Simon, with her. Meanwhile Elin Hammer works at the ministry of Justice as Head of Staff; she is curious about what happened to her predecessor Sarah; she appears to have disappeared so Elin starts to investigate the matter. As the story progresses things get more dangerous; the group that Sofia has joined go from being merely very unpleasant to murderous and she is in the middle of it. Similarly people don't want Elin uncovering what happened to Sarah. At first the authorities have no idea who is behind a series of attacks but after their latest attack some are killed and the police are soon on the trail of the rest.This is a gripping thriller that fans of Scandi-Noir are sure to enjoy. The various plot threads are interesting and come together nicely towards the end. As one might expect it is fairly violent at times and some of the characters are distinctly unpleasant; most notably Mattias; the psychotic young thug that Sofia gets involved with. The cast does an impressive job; most notably Louise Peterhoff as Elin, Karin Franz Körlof as Sofia and Adam Lundgren who played Mattias. As the series comes to an end the scale of political corruption becomes apparent but several plot lines remain open; this is probably in anticipation of a hoped for second season but even if there aren't further episodes it was a satisfying ending that shows that not all bad people are brought to justice and some corruption will always be there. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to other fans of political thrillers and crime dramas.These comments are based on watching the series in Swedish with English subtitles.