Anna Pihl - Auf Streife in Kopenhagen

During first two episodes I had an impression that this series is a kind of woman-only stuff with some criminal tendency - daily life of patrol(wo)men seemed not so interesting or versatile as real action and puzzles in the hands of investigators or special forces (e.g The Killing, The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey, etc). But then, different thrilling events started to appear and the sole focus to Ms. Pihl moved away to many other policemen as well; of course, it is best to watch all the series in sequence). The cast is strong and versatile, but Anna's character is less interesting than that of e.g. Kim's, Jan's, Eva's or Mikala's - or perhaps they are played by better actors? (Well, I cannot say that Charlotte Munck is a trivial actress, but...). Now, with Season 1 behind me, I will try to watch other seasons as soon as possible.

It's a great show! I just finished watching Season 2 and am excited about season 3.

I read a comment on IMDb where someone compared it to other cop shows and said it just wasn't much of a cop show - lightweight I think was the description. They are right for the wrong reasons.

It's only peripherally a cop show. It really is about Anna Pihl and her circle. To compare it to other cop procedurals is comparing apples and oranges. Yes there are some dramatic cases but there are whole shows where almost no "cases" happen. And when they do it's much more about the characters than the case whereas in the typical cop show it's about the case with some personal lives thrown in.

Great stuff!

Anna Pihl is a single mother who has moved to the big smoke of Copenhagen to take up a job as a rookie cop. Charlotte Munck is appealing as the energetic, headstrong Anna and the rest of the cast is uniformly good. The stories are a little contrived and Anna's duty statement is merely a symbolic piece of paper rather than her guiding light, but a series about the routine mundane operations of a junior police officer would hardly constitute riveting viewing. Anna does things her way and much of the series' entertainment is derived from this premise. Anna's personal life is complicated and a little over emphasised, but not jarring.

This is pretty lightweight stuff and not up to the standard of "The Killing" or "Unit One", and if you accept it on that basis you'll be entertained without being challenged. 7/10

Love this show and i still remember it when it was new, i was obsessed with it.

I dont like cops, i dont even like drama but when its done right its Anna Pihl.

I honestly miss the realism and the intensity of this show, Charlotte is amazing and i wish there would be more sequels/spin off or anything as cool as her as the cop we follow in this show, she's absolutely fantastic and the writing is pretty good.

This is the first ever series coming out of Denmark to be shown on German TV, I believe- and bullseye right from the beginning! We all have seen lots of crime fiction on TV now, haven't we, with lots of corpses lying around, lots of gun firing, lots of blood gushing out of enormous wounds... This series shows us, the opposite is possible AND exciting. Don't you believe it? Watch it! Anna Pihl is a normal policewoman, no hero, no über-mensch, no tough bitch, she is a human being who happens to work in the police force. She lives together with her young son in a shared flat with a gay guy, has trouble with her father who gets older and is looking for Mr Right - or rather Mr Right, or two of them, to be precise, are looking for her. Everyday life. Everyday cases during work. And exactly that makes this series so great. Beautiful, to be more explicit. Of course you get thrilling scenes with screeching tyres and honking horns, swearing criminals and not-so-amused bosses. But it all looks real, as if work in the Copenhagen police force is exactly like this. Or in any other northern/ western European city. This series is a nice opportunity to get away from all that American fast food the channels like to serve so very often. Once in a while a little gem from Denmark is like expensive ice cream in your favourite flavour for dessert. Thank you, producers! 8 out of 10, for sure!