Håbet

This is a touching and emotional four episode series which is well worth to watch.

It is a costume drama, even with the romantic story line, but I was sorry to see it is screened in NRK only with the Norwegian subtitles. Definitely worth of publishing it internationally! Hopefully there will be season 2 also.

When watching this series it's obvious that a lot of effort was put into it. The soundtrack, which is superb, was what hooked me and made me realise I had to watch the whole of it, and the scenery and shot composition is wonderful as well.

The story is engaging, but the writing is for me what drags the series down on the whole. The antagonist's misdeeds seem largly unmotivated and there is drama which seems cliche and pointless (the "you lied to me!" reveal) or overblown and unbelievable (the mist scene).

The theme is also kind of confused, in part as result of dramatics, and that dulled the emotional punch.