I found this randomly on PBS and was intrigued from the first 20 minutes of the pilot. I'm not Dutch and not familiar with the language or the actors. But I liked this show a lot. I think the acting is very good and it is atypical from the French, British, or Scandi crime dramas I am used to seeing on TV.
It's interesting to see a show about a dirty cop who is also someone you want to do well. He has a wife and a teenage son but he's also knee deep with local gangs too. We see him both working in bereavement for crime victims but simultaneously in cahoots with the very people responsible for such crimes. To top it off, his wife works for the police, throwing another wrench into the hole the main character is digging himself into and out of.
The first episode is a little slow and with each episode being about an hour long, it does require a lot of patience. But the show is very detailed and the story is well-written. The plot unfolds slowly and the characters get nastier and more desperate.
