spokanegolfer There are several things that jump out at me. Wallander is a simple, basic, police inspector, with morals! The show makes his department seem unorganized and random. Directives aren't properly given out & he doesn't share the load. Instead, he takes over and handles most functions himself. He has a wonderful relationship with his daughter. Most people like Wallander, or have respect for him. The sad part is that he is a workaholic. His marriage falls apart, and then his health takes a turn. He doesn't regularly sleep, eat, etc, and time catches up with him. Somehow, serendipity steps in and he is able to solve every case. However, the hardship of the job catches up with him and he takes an extended absence. I am very surprised that it is scripted to favor Muslims and the refugees in Sweden. People have spent their life growing up and living in Sweden. It just doesn't add up, however! The refugees haven't been in the country as long as is shown in the series. Also, Wallander's daughter starts dating a Syrian Muslim, and apparently he doesn't practice his religion. With all of the crime associated with Muslims, I would rather that the show portray a more realistic view instead of the one in this show. Very sad to see Sweden as the rape capital of Europe!

sonnybatson-57277 I was disappointed overall with the manner in which the final six episodes of the series brought about the end of Kurt Wallander. I have had firsthand experience dealing with the condition (my mother) and it was not presented in a believable manner. It just seemed as though Henriksson didn't give ample notice of his intent not to return and the writers threw together a fast resolution without much thought. A simple execution with that crime being the last of the series to be solved would have been better.Otherwise, overall a decent series though I don't think I would ever travel to Ystad or anywhere close as it must be the residence of every Scandinavian criminal. As is usual for this type of series, the crime rate in whatever locale is higher than that of Chicago or Cleveland and, at some point, requires the viewer to ignore previous episodes in order to attain some level of believability.

kikkapi20 There isn't enough good things you can say about this series. The casting is perfect, better than any series that I have ever seen on Netflix, the chemistry and interaction between the characters is meaningful, aids the story-line and always likable. Every episode brings everyone together and you end up pulling for the team every time! This is who-dunit at its very best and sets a high plumb line to this genre. There is no personal drama, personal fluff that typically characterizes a series. Each episode begins with a end in mind, and what an end every episode is! What a shame it came to an end. I shudder to watch the series again, and hopefully it won't shatter the magic of visiting it the first time. This truly does justice to Swedish actors, and the scenery is attractive and amazing. This is a must watch for fans of detective series genre. While Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes will always take the cake, Krister Henriksson's Wallander leaves nothing behind!! 10 OUT 10!

Tweekums Being a fan of detective dramas and having watched the BBC's version of Wallander I was interested to see what the original was like when it aired on BBC4. Unfortunately I didn't catch all of the episodes but I enjoyed all of the ones I saw, in fact I preferred it to the British version.Each episode follows a single case so it doesn't matter too much if you miss the occasional episode. Krister Henriksson is great as the eponymous Kurt Wallander, a police inspector in the Swedish city of Ystad. He isn't the only Wallander in the department, his daughter Linda is also on the force. She is played by the late Johanna Sällström who did a great job, it was rather sad watching it to know that this able actress is no longer alive.The episodes I saw were all gripping, they also contained a bit more gore than one would expect in a British detective series set in attractive scenery, it isn't over the top though so shouldn't offend anybody unless they have a really weak stomach.I'd certainly recommend this to all fans of detective fiction, it is a shame that it was aired on digital only BBC4 rather than getting a slot on BBC2 where it might get a larger audience; it seems they are afraid of showing anything subtitled on a major channel.