Saturday, December 02, 2023

helsinki crimes










Really, you can't complain. It contains what it says on the packet. The classic formula of nasty and gruesome murders, etc, usually (maybe always) we see the perpetrators and their actions before the cops figure it out. The cops themselves are just trying to get by and the show is I guess 80% crimes and their solution, and 20% the lives of the cops. One unusual aspect of the program is that each storyline goes over two episodes. But otherwise it's standard, except that it's got good actors and scintillating Helsinki scenes in it. That's the best bit. The Helsinki scenes. I always love it when the policeman goes home on the train and we see the train he's going home on. 

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