There is a series that I have covered before about a mysterious dome that engulfs a city trapping all the inhabitants inside. I really thought this was going to be the same thing…but boy was I wrong. Shot in the Nordic countries, this show does well what I have come to enjoy in many of these productions. They turn the setting into a character. The merciless and plain cold landscapes of the Northern countries do not disappoint in this regard.
The protagonist returns after living in the Us for a while and is really reliving past trauma. Sometimes when you leave and place for good or for bad, you often hope that just as you have grown and adapted, that it too changes. It is not the case with this young lady. She is now older and an expert in her field but she is still having to face the demons of her past and a kidnapper and killer who seems to be making a comeback.
Doing all this, the show also explores the idea of immigration and racism, it attempts to also tackle the challenges of environmental degradation and well as family and death.
While you are busy trying to catch a killer, you are reminded of the punishingly cruel setting and the inhabitants who seems to be cursed into living there.
The place itself becomes a suspect within the show guilty in a sense for at least killing the dreams and hopes of the residents.
You feel sorry for the her as forensic psychologist as she tries to get into the mind of this kidnapper while at the same time seeing if there is room for her full return to her home. There is so much history though and too many unanswered questions for us to tolerate this idea. At one point she softens and seems to embrace the idea of love and masculine affection but she is much too bruised to see this through. Does the show have twists? Oh yes it does and quite a number for that matter. Worth it? I think so.
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