This Scandi noir cop series from 2000 features a strong cast and solid plotlines. But that’s not what makes it interesting. The special investigation team works out of a mobile trailer, which travels to the location of the crime. Any travel enthusiast will appreciate the insights into towns, villages, and the larger cities all over Denmark. A viewer might even take to referring to Google Maps at the start of each episode as the investigation becomes apparent.
The changing roles of women and household composition also thread through the background of each episode. It’s hard to remember that it was a big deal for a woman to be made head of the homicide unit just twenty-five years ago. Whether in conjunction with women’s advancements or not, the flagrant mate swapping verges on humorous. There are absolutely no traditional family structures. Flirtations and infidelities and reunifications are the going thing.
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