Making a comparison to a series from the US is probably not the best way to introduce someone to this intelligently made crime series but I think it will give you an idea where this series lives: this is the Polish equivalent to the FX series "Fargo" (not the Coen movie). Znaki is not the same by a long shot but the mix of offbeat and oblique storytelling puts these two series in the same company.
Netflix has been financing many European police series based on the premise of a disturbed but effective police officer being reassigned to a strange remote town (usually because of something the officer did in the big city) and immediately a horrible mysterious murder needs solving. And of course the town is full of eccentrics and people with dark secrets that make the already on edge police person wobble in their sanity. I can't tell you how many series like this I've watched and for the most part have enjoyed. Half the fun is the different cultures but it is getting repetitive.
I have to say this is the best one in a long time. So congratulations to the team making this series. You have to watch and think when viewing this series, nothing is delivered to you like in an average police drama. Extremely well written and thought out. However I am worried about the sci-fi element that's been lurking in the background for 15 episodes and finally burst out in the last episode of the second season. This could go so wrong but I want Netflix to finance the next season.
Netflix has been financing many European police series based on the premise of a disturbed but effective police officer being reassigned to a strange remote town (usually because of something the officer did in the big city) and immediately a horrible mysterious murder needs solving. And of course the town is full of eccentrics and people with dark secrets that make the already on edge police person wobble in their sanity. I can't tell you how many series like this I've watched and for the most part have enjoyed. Half the fun is the different cultures but it is getting repetitive.
I have to say this is the best one in a long time. So congratulations to the team making this series. You have to watch and think when viewing this series, nothing is delivered to you like in an average police drama. Extremely well written and thought out. However I am worried about the sci-fi element that's been lurking in the background for 15 episodes and finally burst out in the last episode of the second season. This could go so wrong but I want Netflix to finance the next season.