Stella Blómkvist

Heida Reed got a part in the new procedural FBI International which I watched and I'd never seen her before so checked this out. Very watchable series and the obligatory plot twists are never too obvious. The Icelandic scenery was novel, and I half expected Stella to be kidnapped and taken to an active volcano or something for interrogation, but that never happened. Well worth a watch.

To rate a series that is this basic. That ticks most boxes of entertainment, but at the same time is totally unbelievable to be true. This was hard. Island is a country of 350000 people. Right. But that they are this corrupt is hard to believe, considering the bank crises of 2008. You would have thought they would have learned something. What this series is is a female figure that poses as a police DI. She does everything but law, still being an attorney. But I found it entertaining enough for 7. But I am Norwegian, I might be biased.

First off. I am addicted to Nordic, Scandi, whatever, western European crime series. Quality, quality, quality flooding out of there. S.B.S. where I picked this up, with high hopes, hooked me in. Now, serious spoiler alert. So DO NOT READ FUTHER IF INTENDING TO WATCH> So we have an over-achieving fixer of all things criminal. Top of the game. Sounds good. Opening scene. Cunnilingus happening and calls from someone dropping a job in her lap, via the mobile. The caller hears her climax. She pats the recipient male on the head and says 'good boy'. Lost me at; 'hang on caller I just want to get off'. What are the writers trying to convey here? Fashionable progressiveness? I don't particularly give a toss( unintended pun) As an S.B.S .category of content says..."get a a room". Whether it's male or female getting their jollies...get a room guys. Lost me within two minutes. Not a prude. Like participating in the above. Just time and place. Time and place guys.

The criminal lawyer asks: who is our Minister of the Interior? (S01E01) That's enough I suppose to estimate the level of these series. Heida Reed is damn hot 🔥

I watched season 1 and season 2 because of the main character (Heida Reed). She probably would be great in a movie or in another series based on a good script. First of all there is this continuous very loud techno background music (80 dB or so). First of all, I really don't know why so many Scandinavian directors think it necessary to bombard their viewers with unnecessary continuous background music. There just is not one moment without loud background music. Dear directors and producers and actors, we are not stupid and we know very well when there is tension or sadness. For instance: Stella takes a book of a shelf and at that moment the director thinks it necessary to play two very loud techno drum beats. Why? This background music is so loud during dialogues, that one hardly can hear the actors talk! Why? Secondly, why is it that in so many Scandinavian series the police or the protagonist are so stupid that they keep turning their back to the enemy. Not just once but many times and they never learn anything from their failure. This series is so full of dumb and predictable cliche's, that I wondered in what stupid universe I was watching Stella Blomkvist.

We gave a fair shot but in the second episode it became so unbelievable that we stopped watching. Those officers wouldn't get away with such behavior in public in a tiny country.

The plot is full of holes. Stella puts herself in situations that are stupid and dangerous. The idea behind it should work but it was as if was written by some high school kid. Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir steals the show, how about a spin-off series with different writers?

"young, cute, libertine, tough, confident," CUTE??? Since when do we call Professional Women "Cute"?? First episode, we watch her make.choices that are cringeworthy.... Going to a deserted Parking Garage.. at night? Getting in a strange car....not knowing where it is going? Alone? This is to show "cute"? or "libertine"? It appears LIBERTINE means Rude and willful. not clever LATER... If you can ignore the first episode or 2.. This Series improves greatly. Overall I would RECOMMEND!!

If this series is representative of modern day Iceland, it certainly does not portray it in a very "likeable" light! A lawyer who sleeps around with any and everyone, incompetent police, corrupt leaders and a superpower trying to buy the country, are all not pleasant to see but is what seems to be happening in that country. While the series is entertaining at times because of its modernity, it does have the potential to become formulaic and tiresome. Best enjoyed until that happens, but be prepared to watch a series that does not seem to have boundaries on sexuality or sexual situations!