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North Sea Connection (2022)
A world with no consequences
This is a bizarre item. There seem to be no consequences to people's actions. Dead man with white trainers - disappears under the waves, weighed down with an anchor with a single rope not very convincingly tied round his calves. Does his body never reappear? And his big car - just disappears. Lenny's body is consumed with fire in his old caravan - but that old flimsy van surely wouldn't have burned for long enough to remove all trace of the bullet hole in him. And surely the Swedish detective would have spotted the gas cylinder. As for the ending - does social services not notice that the couple they've refused permission for adoption have suddenly obtained a baby. Wouldn't questions be asked? What happens to Hana - after her trip round the bay she seems to be released by Quinn and given a vehicle. The Swedish police woman locked in the freezer - she'll die in there - so presumably it's another boat trip to dump her overboard to join white trainerman. No one will come looking for her, so the Kenny family can continue their celebration meal undisturbed. Where's Quinn at the end? Do we believe Ciara's recording of him explaining the drug network will trump the gum with Aidan's prints all over it? Or is he about to join the feast, sitting next to Bjorn the embezzler on the run? And what about Shane? Will he get back with Ciara now? As for Sinead Cusack's Moira - has she no conscience, no more than the rest of them?
So, all a bit frustrating.
Le tueur du lac (2017)
Liked it, but a few little niggles.
I enjoyed Killer by the Lake, but couldn't help wondering if there are any vacancies in the French police force. They obviously pay enormously well, as the husband and wife couple Lise and Clovis live in a really big house, with immaculate new furniture and fittings. And they have a pretty good new-ish car too. Lise's mum is put in a very luxe looking old people's home which can't have been cheap - esp as we're told the mum's house burned down in the previous series. So not a lot of family money, and who's paying the care home bills?
Odd too that Clovis and Lise's house is so immaculate - no clutter or junk anywhere - I didn't spot a newspaper or a book or any clothes dumped on the sofa. All the more remarkable considering they have an 8 moth old baby - in my experience those family members generate a large amount of stuff.
I'm also struck by the fact that no one puts a password on any of their kit - laptop, mobile, all open and turned on all the time so that when a copper sneaks in and opens a laptop it instantly displays what he's looking for. You have only to pick up a mobile to see what chats the owner has been engaged in. That helps the pace of the drama no end.
Some odd decisions are made - the wife of the bad guy confronts him alone in the house to ask about the 5 murdered girls - not wise, I fear. And then towards the end the lady cop also goes alone to confront him. Not wise either.
But enough carping - it moves on fast, lots of action, and a strong ending. We're left to surmise what happens to the perp and his two little girls as their car leaves the road on an alpine pass.
Case (2015)
Loose ends in Iceland
Well, that was Case. I was left with lots of loose ends - like who was the bad guy's last victim? Was she Ilmur's sister? And the famous final video that Ilmur managed to locate on the dark web - what did it show - just a girl getting out of a car in a rather scruffy car park? Is that proof of anything? Enough to get a conviction in Iceland? Are we to assume Logi spends years in prison now, for smothering the bad guy? And what are we to make of the final moments when the senior churchman on the committee deciding which churches to restore gets an ominous call from Gabriella's troubled sister ... what's that all about?
All in all - is Iceland a good place for your holidays?