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What would happen if a deadly virus struck a major European city? How would people live when fear replaces hope? Supposing the infected area was cordoned off? How long would it take for law and order to break down? And for the rest of the world to stop caring about those trapped inside? What if the medical research that promises to save us is in fact a double edged sword? There are lots of interesting questions brought to mind by Belgian drama 'Cordon'; unfortunately, almost too many. Just the practical issues - for example, how would the laboratory responsible for managing the disease cope? or how might one group of people attempt to survive without getting infected? are themselves extremely complex, and we get, not a single story, but an account told from many perspectives, attempting to cover all sides of the story, but actually only drawing attention to the host of issues not addressed. Part of the problem here is that big stories are often rendered accessible by being personalised - but a story of the very end of society itself is just too large to be told by example. Who, for example, is Lommers, the senior politician seemingly with sole responsibility for condemning thousands of her own citizens to death, and treating it as a normal administrative detail? I wanted to like this and some of the psychological subplots were convincing - but as a whole, it felt contrived. One might think of Polanski's 'The Pianist', or Swedish AIDS drama 'Don't Ever Wipe Tears without Gloves' as stories that touched upon similar themes, but based on true stories and without the surfeit of ambition that ultimately renders 'Cordon' unsatisfactory.

I am 75% of the way through this and really enjoying it. It is pretty plausible, atmospheric and engaging. It is well acted (as far as I as a non Flemish speaker can tell) and the characters come to life.

A couple of flaws: whoever decided that sluice was the correct translation for whatever the Flemish word is should be sacked. It is a bad translation, it really makes you go 'what???' every time it comes up. It may be a possible literal translation, that doesn't make it correct here. With a Flemish speaker to hand, I could do better. And little quality control and continuity details crop up: e.g if bodies had been around long enough to stink, how come the candles burning around them were all hardly burnt down at all?

But as I say, 9/10 and very enjoyable - well done Belgium!

A very exciting series Season 1 just a bit better than the 2nd.

It almost looks like a prediction of the future, except for some small dots, made very lifelike.

One of the best belgian tv drama's of the last couple of years . I was lucky enough to be an extra in this show.

I absolutely loved this show, the American remake was so bad I couldn't sit through even one episode.

The show is about a plague that breaks out and the lives of the emergency services and ordinary people, excellent from start to finish.