Fortitude

Season one: the unusual environment of Svalbard isn’t the only thing that’s made this show a one-of-a-kind story experience. If you’re expecting an untypical crime investigation show, also be ready for a horror and a tale that seems obvious at first but ends up being intricate and original. This time, it truly wasn’t the gardener who’s done it. Even if it was the only gardener in Svalbard, which might be entirely possible given the population. The little town of Fortitude was loads of fun with its atypical reality. It was a pleasant way to cool down during warm summer nights and it’s offered an interesting story which probably won’t end with the first series. Which is definitely a good thing. Oh, and Richard Dormer is absolutely brilliant and uncompromising. (08.11.2017)

Well this is a hell of a wacky show. The crime show taking place in Svalbard turned into a phantasmagoria that has barely anything in common with a crime show anymore, but that isn’t far from being talked about as the biggest screenwriting fuck-up of the past few years. I personally did not understand it. Dan has turned into a super-human being, there is no logic to anything and there isn’t a single character, apart maybe from the drunkard Quaid, with whom you would form some kind of relationship. That’s a pity… at least the beautiful shots of Iceland haven’t changed. (29.01.2019)