S01E01

[Sakura12]

Rookie cop Kurt Wallander stumbles into a hate crime in his own neighborhood. As he hunts the killer, the incident fuels anti-immigration anger.

Airing Thursday, September 3, 2020

[fuzzyreception]

This is an amazing pilot.  Perfect casting.  Gritty story line.  Can't wait to watch the second episode

[Rickster]

Hated the first episode. Am about halfway through the second and am warming up to it a bit, maybe because the second episode reverts more to your typical Brit/Euro type of detective show.

It looks like there could be a drinking game around the number of times Wallander takes his shirt off.
 

Seems a bit of a cynical ploy to attract viewers to connect this to Wallander at all.

 

[fuzzyreception]

from Decider

Pålsson tries his hardest to show Wallander as a guy who is loyal and honest, and has some pretty advanced observational skills, especially for someone so young. We know that he tries to get the local gang leader on his side, despite the fact that now he’s been outed as a cop; he knows that Ibra didn’t do this, and that something bigger is afoot. Young Wallander is supposed to be plowing forward in this case in spite of his guilt over not saving the teen that was blown up. But for right now, we just see Wallander as a young go-getter, with no sign at all that he feels any guilt or has suffered any trauma at all from the incident. Everyone tells him that it’s OK to feel the way he’s feeling or to take it easy, but there’s no real sign yet that seeing this kid get blown to bits has affected him in any way.

Yep, let the drinking games begin

[Aliferously]

I think this show would work better if it wasn't Wallander related and thus had not set the bar too high for itself.

Because I did find the story interesting but the actor playing Wallander somewhat impassionate whenever exciting things happened. 

 

 

[sugarbaker design]

On 9/6/2020 at 5:52 AM, Aliferously said:

Because I did find the story interesting but the actor playing Wallander somewhat impassionate whenever exciting things happened.

 

 

Wallander was always a reserved, stoic character so the actor's choices work for me.

I'm more bothered that everything is set in present day.  I was looking forward to a period piece set in 60s-70s Malmo.

Edited September 24, 2020 by sugarbaker design

[Adgirl]

On 9/23/2020 at 7:23 PM, sugarbaker design said:

I'm more bothered that everything is set in present day.  I was looking forward to a period piece set in 60s-70s Malmo.

THIS! I like the choices the actor playing Wallandar is making.  It helps that he's hot in an awkward way. 

I hope they make a lot of these.