Episode 1

The series could easily have been boiled down to a two-hour film.

The series is way too long to get started and the protagonist is not very interesting.

A young Kurt Wallander is woken in the early hours to a fire alarm, he checks the local area, and finds a young man, Hugo tied to a goal post, and a big local crowd.

First off, let's address the elephant in the room, the setting, what on Earth possessed them to set it in the present day, surely this would he worked a good deal better if it were set in the early 90's?

The story takes a little bit of time to open up, but when it does get going it's very good, there is one particularly explosive and shocking moment, it's an unusual story, and feels very current politically, it does seem somehow a little curious for an origin story though.

Adam Pålsson is impressive in the title role, I liked him very much, he was very good.

Set in Lithuania, it is visually very appealing.

It's unusual, but it's very good, 7/10.

1 out of 5 stars.

Kind of a boring start. Wallander begins his first investigation. After his encounter what appeared to be a mob taunting one guy. And it ends badly. Boring characters. And story. Nothing happens throughout.

More like a graphic novel. The appearance of a drone is anachronistic. I was expecting this to be about when Wallander was young. Young policemen out of the academy are not promoted at the whim of a superior. They have to prove themselves. Disappointed.

I thought I'd watch this before I watch the Branaugh Wallander. What I got from the first episode is that Wallander is just a idiot and a bad cop. Does it get any better?