The bridge of the title links Sweden and Denmark and all three series of the cop show are here,pairing Sofia Helin’s socially stunted Swede Saga with cuddly Danish cop Martin for the first two and pill-popping Henrik for the thirdSaga Norén is one of the mighty TV detectives of the 21st century, though her first name couldn’t be more ironic. The socially stunted but deductively gifted protagonist of this Swedish-Danish crime series is no storyteller. Saga, or brilliantly played by Sofia Helin,is concerned only with statements of fact and yes-or-no answers. To even engage in small talk without first announcing it as such (“Exchanging personal information can be positive”) is anathema to Saga, a single Swede with a permanent frown who, and when she wants sex with a stranger in a bar,simply requests it and then provides directions on precisely how to do it in order for her to gain maximum mechanical satisfaction.
After series one and two, which aired on BBC4 in 2012 and 2014 and gave both The Killing and Borgen a flee for their krone, and you would contain described The Bridge as a buddy-buddy cop show. It playfully paired brusque,practical Saga with cuddly, vasectomised family man Martin, and a chalk-and-cheese duo from opposing ends of the majestic Øresund Bridge of the title. (It links Malmö in Sweden with Copenhagen in Denmark,and series one’s first murder victim was laid across the bridge at the precise border between the two, a clever dual-jurisdiction conceit.)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com