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When I first saw this on BBC4's Icelandic Season I wasn't sure what to expect. I wasn't even sure if it was supposed to be a comedy but as the episodes have advanced I have become totally engrossed in it. The characters are brilliant, from Georg the despotic leader to Olafur the hapless and hopeless wannabe famous band manager and the frustrated and angry Daniel. Really good supporting characters are Ylfa who quite obviously fancies Daniel and Georg's son Flemming Geir who Georg also manages to wind up.

I do hope they make more of these shows....It's must see entertainment with a difference!!!

This comedy about about 2 typically Icelandic characters and their Swedish caricature of a boss(complete with Leninesque hairstyle and nicely portrayed by Jón Gnarr) is the first of its kind to be made on Iceland. It's not the first Icelandic sitcom as such but it's definitely the first funny one and is even awaiting a sequel that's being filmed in a country hotel. It has a sort of embarrassing humor(like Extras but not as painfully embarrassing) and could be enjoyed by all even though some jokes will be lost on non-Icelandic viewers since they often involve cameos by real Icelandic celebrities playing themselves.

Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon does a great interpretation of a pathetic wannabe manager that will probably be stuck in a dead end job for the rest of his life.

Jón Gnarr steals every scene he is in as th evil loudmouth communist boss that has 5 university degrees but still works the night shift at a gas station. Jón should be careful not to be typecast as angry old men though. I liked him better when he was typecast as a nerd.

The star of the show is without a doubt the painfully realistic portrayal of a typical Icelandic youth by Jörundur Ragnarsson. This young man has proved himself to be the next big star in Icelandic cinema.

The young boy who plays Georgs son is also brilliant.

And I am also tremendously great as the young, Swedish hippie in the last episode and have yet to receive a call regarding a spin-off :(

Funny stuff.

Iceland remains a magic place. People like Björk and Sigur Ros have shown the world that the Icelandic can make beautiful and unconventional music, but what is still rather unknown is that they can also produce great films and TV series. This comedy-drama series about the staff of a Shell gas station in Reykjavik is the funniest and most charming sitcom I've seen in years and can absolutely compete with sitcoms from "traditional" sitcom nations like the USA and UK. When you watch the first couple of episodes, you may at first find it rather tedious and just another bland variation of The Office, but if you stick with it, you will find out that the characters are very well written and beautifully nuanced and superbly acted, and the gags get better and more black and lead to some very funny laugh-out-loud moments like you don't see them that often in most of today's comedy series. Jon Gnarr as the manic night shift boss is terrific, probably the best "bad boss" since David Brent, but Olafur and Daniel are very strong and believable characters as well. There is no English dubbing, but if you watch it with English subtitles, you will have absolutely no problem understanding it, as the dialogue is very simple and doesn't rely on wordplay.

When this series was shown on British TV last year I liked it so much I found the DVDs for other 2 series online and ordered them It seems a lot of people are quite confused by it as there aren't that many obvious jokes or punchlines and most of the humour comes from the characters themselves and the feeling of uncomfortableness that their interactions can give you. At first I though the character of Georg was far too obvious a comedy character, with his balding head and ginger hair but once the series gets going you see there is more to him than the obvious visual comedy of his appearance. I'd very much recommend finding the other 2 series to watch as well if you enjoyed this series as it only gets better.

It should be difficult to believe that, from such a small country by population like Iceland, produces this master piece. This shows perfectly well that it does not need a huge crew and writers when one team can be called more than talented. Simply clever from the start.

The characters are built so well that you either want to see them or not at all. The setting is absolutely amasing - nothing much but yet, everything.

One simply recognise these people involved, be them main characters or punters that you can only hope this will never see an American version. Do not touch this Hollywood, this is not for you - please let people look like people and feel like one.