Having dabbled with the Branagh version of Wallander, we are now stuck into the real thing with the chance purchase of three boxes from Epsom's CEx (of reference 1). For us, a big improvement, despite the need for subtitles.
A sort of cross between Morse and Midsomer Murders, although the detective action is much more of a team effort than either - and probably more realistic to that extent. Morse for the music loving lead detective and Midsomer Murders for the improbable and complicated stories and the scenic views. Sufficiently complicated that I have usually lost the plot by the end of the story, a loss mitigated by the music, which gives one plenty of clues about how things are going.
Two other things stand out. First, lots of the serious criminals are immigrants from the Balkans or troubled parts further east. One wonders how much of an issue this really is - or is it just a producer cross about the number of immigrants that have been let in? Second, there are lots of serious guns on view and lots of serious shooting. Although, as with our own detective soaps, lots of going in without bothering with backup, never mind the heavy squad, the paramilitaries. And when they do call these last in, as often as not it is a false alarm. All power to the lone detective! Or getting more sociological about it, solo action trumps the collective, the bureaucratic.
References
Reference 1: https://uk.webuy.com/.
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