As Karppi and Nurmi put the final pieces together, they learn -- perhaps too late -- that the target of their pursuit won't go quietly.As Karppi and Nurmi put the final pieces together, they learn -- perhaps too late -- that the target of their pursuit won't go quietly.As Karppi and Nurmi put the final pieces together, they learn -- perhaps too late -- that the target of their pursuit won't go quietly.
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Death In a Cold Climate
This review covers the whole of Series 2.
The second series of the terribly-named Finnish police-thriller series "Deadwind" again found our two mis-matched cops Karppi and Nurmi putting themselves in mortal danger, enduring major issues in their private lives and tackling crime on many fronts while just about managing to avoid getting romantically involved with one another, although the latter I'm sure is bound to happen in the future.
I was reminded throughout of the Canadian detective series "Cardinal" where another male-female police combination tracked down murdererous psychopaths to a dull, depressing cityscape backdrop, all whilst juggling their personal problems before they too inevitably hitched up with one another.
The main plot strand here centres on the brutal murder in his own home of a senior friend and police colleague of Karppi, along with his daughter who with his last dying act leaves a clue for the undynamic duo to follow up. This ultimately brings in a sense of "Borgen"-meets-"House-of-Cards" political intrigue, principally involving the steely, power-hungry lady town mayor whose career is under threat from a conniving political rival who recruits an insider to try to bring her down. The third main story sees Karppi's rather unlikeable, sullen stepdaughter Henna find a major drug stash but get dragged into being a courier for the controlling syndicate leading her to an extreme act of self-preservation.
All these stories somehow become interlinked and while the main strand of the murder of the police chief and his daughter (plus about fifteen others!), is solved by the finish, the crimes of the lady politician and Karppi's daughter are left open, possibly to be followed up in the next series, which I will certainly watch.
Yes, there are obvious plot-holes and major coincidences to gloss over and it really does seem as if both Nurmi and Karppi have nine lives each as they avoid violent death by a hairsbreadth on more than one occasion. Karppi gets shot again and yet survives, Nurmi narrowly avoids being drowned and incredibly both survive a helicopter crash into the sea.
Still, filmed against the background of bleak, gray backgrounds which do Helsinki's Tourist Board no favours at all, this was another gripping eight-part series well acted and directed throughout. I look forward to Series Three where no doubt the two sleuths will finally hook up whilst bringing to justice another Finnish serial-killer at the same time lurching into new personal crises in their private lives.
The second series of the terribly-named Finnish police-thriller series "Deadwind" again found our two mis-matched cops Karppi and Nurmi putting themselves in mortal danger, enduring major issues in their private lives and tackling crime on many fronts while just about managing to avoid getting romantically involved with one another, although the latter I'm sure is bound to happen in the future.
I was reminded throughout of the Canadian detective series "Cardinal" where another male-female police combination tracked down murdererous psychopaths to a dull, depressing cityscape backdrop, all whilst juggling their personal problems before they too inevitably hitched up with one another.
The main plot strand here centres on the brutal murder in his own home of a senior friend and police colleague of Karppi, along with his daughter who with his last dying act leaves a clue for the undynamic duo to follow up. This ultimately brings in a sense of "Borgen"-meets-"House-of-Cards" political intrigue, principally involving the steely, power-hungry lady town mayor whose career is under threat from a conniving political rival who recruits an insider to try to bring her down. The third main story sees Karppi's rather unlikeable, sullen stepdaughter Henna find a major drug stash but get dragged into being a courier for the controlling syndicate leading her to an extreme act of self-preservation.
All these stories somehow become interlinked and while the main strand of the murder of the police chief and his daughter (plus about fifteen others!), is solved by the finish, the crimes of the lady politician and Karppi's daughter are left open, possibly to be followed up in the next series, which I will certainly watch.
Yes, there are obvious plot-holes and major coincidences to gloss over and it really does seem as if both Nurmi and Karppi have nine lives each as they avoid violent death by a hairsbreadth on more than one occasion. Karppi gets shot again and yet survives, Nurmi narrowly avoids being drowned and incredibly both survive a helicopter crash into the sea.
Still, filmed against the background of bleak, gray backgrounds which do Helsinki's Tourist Board no favours at all, this was another gripping eight-part series well acted and directed throughout. I look forward to Series Three where no doubt the two sleuths will finally hook up whilst bringing to justice another Finnish serial-killer at the same time lurching into new personal crises in their private lives.
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- Lejink
- Jan 24, 2023
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