Once you’ve spent a bit of time on police dramas, it can be fun to compare by country. Watching For Life with subtitles reminds one how different Norwegian is from the latin based European languages. It’s rare when you can pick up on the words. There are only a few Anglo words remixed with an accent.
The relationship between the two lead detectives has a different strong-woman vibe than Mariska Hargitay in the long-standing US show Law and Order and is the total opposite of Brenda Blethyn, who plays Vera in the British sitcom of the same name. Then there is the very modern and Scandinavian relationship between lead detective Victoria Wolls and her older yet still teenage son.
But the fun is in the details like detective Wolls fabulous modular home and the snowy Norwegian landscape. It is a show which reflects its place of origin.
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