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Anyone who have followed in Norway Tore Tønne case will realize that this series is partly based on true story.

If you're like me fed up with thriller hype, overdosed violence, postmodern sex scene cliches and banality of abundant f-word use, try Nordic, in which you can have fine drama with breathless pace minus artificial ingredients. People look more real and actors behave more real in Nordic drama along with realistic screenplay and dialogs. Actors are natural method actors who will deliver intimacy and authenticity. This one delivered so well that I binge watched in 2 nights. Switch to Nordic or Spanish drama.

Working in a similar field I can confirm that these kind of activities and the difficult dilemmas they pose for compliance staff are all too common.

I found the series a great binge watch, with entertaining if predictable plot turns and excellent acting.

My main criticism is that while virtually every male is portayed in a negative way (dishonest, greedy, sexist, weak, alcoholic, bullying, unpleasant) all of the several female leads are honest, caring, likeable, intelligent and downtrodden. This blanket approach to characterisations is very obvious and becomes tiresome quite quickly. A little more balance between the sexes would have been appropriate.

With a really interesting beginning, which builds a labor persecution in retaliation for the denunciation of an irregularity, the story unfolds taking a predictable path, stretching the main plot with twists that end up being absurd. The series has two very different parts: a first one of excellent in crescendo tension, and a second one (the minister's subplot) that falls into the void of redundancy. Something similar happened with "Frikjent" (TV2, 2015-), the previous show of its creators. There is a promising start and a stuttering development.

As Norwegian there was a time, when I believed corruption in high places & government level doesn't / shouldn't happen in the best democracy I know. Unfortunately we know now that no country is protected from greed & power that people with money & connection to high places.