Season 1 – Bordertown

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04/03/2021 It's ashame that the content was so stereotypical and offensive as it's actually (or was I guess) a very funny show with a lot of great humor in it. Oh well, moving on I guess. See more 03/26/2020 Anybody notice the critics don't like it but the auidience comment that they do. Doh! I'm a huge fam of adult comedy from Duckman to Futurama, American Dad etc and I have been from the beginning. Bordertown was freaking fantastic!!!!One of my favorite cartoons of all time. Perhaps people weren't ready for it back then, nowadays with shows like Paradise PD it may be time to have another go. Be careful not to offend the poor little sensitive viewers or say anything offensive or not politically correct! BOO HOO Get a fecking sense of humor! See more 02/27/2019 Minus 1/2 a star for the cheesy Godzilla dubbing, this is a really absorbing crime drama. Finland setting packs a dramatic bonus. Stylish, taut, mesmerizing thriller. Characters build and grow into people you care to find out what happens to them. Just subtitle already! Keep it coming, please! Thank God there is no PC downgrade. Girls like guns and power and know how to use them. Guys are macho and tough and cool. Love it! See more 02/19/2019 Mature television at its best. Season two has greatly improved the quality of the show and is totally engrossing. See more Robbie K @RT50853010 02/10/2019 Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen is one of the most respected officers at the National Bureau of Investigation in Finland. When his wife barely survives brain cancer, Sorjonen decides to take his family to an idyllic small town near the border of Russia, to live a quiet peaceful life. But how peaceful is life on the border between two worlds? See more 01/22/2019 Enjoyable but deeply flawed at times, and for a whodunnit, it's often predictable. The final two-episode arc from Season 1 was especially problematic to me. Now granted as a U.S. citizen I can't purport to know the ins and outs of Finnish criminal law, but much of that story surrounding Janina was ludicrous. And the idiot suspect speaking for 3 days without a lawyer present (something not granted to Janinia, I might add) makes me shake my head. You'd do well to throw out the procedural elements of the show, or at best, take them with a grain of salt, and focus on the characters and the gorgeous Finnish scenery. One thing I really did like is the characters are grown-ups, not sassy millennials or prettyboy/girl Gen-Xers. The characters wear their roles well and nobody feels out of place, which is more than I can say for 90% of U.S. productions. But overall the story is just missing something for me, and each two-hour crime case just meanders aimlessly for too long. That doesn't mean I disliked it--FAR from it. I loved it. But it could just be so much *more*. See more Read all reviews

Bordertown — Season 1

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