Igor

I hope there is another season of this show. The second series ended with at least 3 major cliff hangers. Also the cast list in IMDB is missing a lot of the actors who were only in the second season

After spending much time searching for a good show I came across this show. It doesn't have any macho heroes. It doesn't have fantastic computer animation. What it has. A good story line. Fun caricatures. All around good fun while solving crimes.

Despite a few pretty obvious inconsistencies between the episodes, the (not much believable) dead rising and annoying love triangle, the series are still worth watching. I left Russia many years ago and it was fascinating to see how the cinematography and Russian story telling involved. It also doesn't hurt, that everyone, specially women, are gorgeous and smart, the summer and winter Moscow/St Peterburg scenes are breath taken and the story is sad and funny at the same time.

This is a brilliant thriller/police drama that will make you cry and laugh. THe characters are brilliantly crafted and unique but also typical Russians. You feel for them, empathize and identify their joy, sadness, fear, etc.

The first season I would give only 6 stars but the second season upped it, the cinematography, the slick editing, the masterful performances. This will thoruroghly entertain you and keep you at times laughing or tearful. It is gritty at times and also intriguing. Second season is a real work of art - Looking forward to Season 3

The whole police procedural aside, this is an intimate look into the heart of Russian passion. The camera loves the lead actor. Is it a Russian thing that he can convey a thousand words with just a look and snort and that you want to cry when he gives the camera that self- depreciating smirk that says the world has broken his heart again, but he doesn't care because he is a survivor. Fun. Funny. Informing of all things Russian. A must see