Killer TV

The BBC is showing at the moment a great Danish crime series from 2007 called Forbrydelsen, "The Killing". wink_martindale and I were looking for something crime-related to watch on the iPlayer and stumbled upon it - what a find!  It's a mixture of David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" with Helen Mirren's "Prime Suspect" series.

I'm a sucker for strong female characters who know better than their male counterparts in the police force.  Sarah Lund is just like that.  While her colleagues are quick to place blame and shout at suspects, she follows rational lines of argument and looks at the bigger picture.  She's got a stroppy son and a boyfriend who wants her to move to Sweden but she just. can't. let. go. of. the. job.  She's got a new partner who's a pain in the ass and often messes up the investigation, but she somehow manages to turn things around each time and put the police back on the right track. 

If Sarah is a bit like Mirren in "Prime Suspect", the story's crime and the way we learn about the community surrounding the victim is revealed like Twin Peaks, with gruesome details and secrets unravelled episode by episode.  It's a really good series for any of you who enjoy a good thriller.