Despite telling a real-life-story that most Norwegians knew the outcome of, the last episode was seen by 917,000 viewers, making it the highest rated Norwegian-produced drama series in the history of Norwegian television.
The TV premiere was postponed one week out of respect for the numerous Norwegians who had lost friends and relatives in the tsunami disaster.
Just as in the series, one of the hostage-takers did in fact demand that the police negotiator call him "Tony Montana" (the Al Pacino character in Scarface).
Shown on TV as 2-part one hour episodes