De dag

Finally a show that's smart from start to finish. The alternate view points are fascinating and the character development superb. Well done to everyone involved. It's hard to settle for the usual moronic pap after quality like this.

That is one smart, well-written and addictive series... Much better than Casa de Papel, because a lot more realistic, to begin with... And also it doesn't try and picture thiefs like they fight for a noble cause, like Casa does. It's full of unexpected twists, (almost) no idle time. In a nutshell, I wish there more like these.

It is characterised by novel approaches, witty twists and turns (yet reasoned), versatile team play, unexpected ending - without maintaining bare realism and uneasy relations usually occurring with events like this. Preparations of heists, hostage taking, negotiating and the like are never glamurous, all sides can make mistakes, and the results are seldom as expected. But most of viewers need still more that arid documentary, so the alternate storytelling here is a great way to keep up the thrill and ponder on and over what really happened when a episode e.g. ends with a gunshot...

Thus, a really good series, highly recommended. I wonder if Season 2 comes as well...

Hard to add anything to Coventry's review: The Day / De Tag is brilliant- taut, original, and very, very clever. The writing is brilliant. Like Coventry, I feel as if I've viewed the worst and the best of European TV drama this week. The Day is the best.

De Dag is a 12-episode bank heist mystery drama (that unfolds over 24 hours, hence The Day) in which all odd episodes have the story from the police's perspective and the even ones from the criminal/hostage's perspective. To get everything that happened in a given time period, you'll have to watch two episodes. This format is used throughout the show and has been done so cleverly.

The acting was great. In a lot of scenes, the acting is done "off camera" and you only hear phone conversations, which can usually get boring, but they did a good job of making it sound interesting. The cinematography was really good. Great editing! Great music and sound effects as well.

While I really liked the method of storytelling, the writing faltered a bit, but I was okay with that because I wanted to know what was going on. Things unfolded on slowly, but I was okay with the pacing also. It's okay because it'll seem more realistic, unlike something outrageous that you're forced to believe and play along. There's nothing over the top and it feels like real-world police work.

This show is worth searching for the availability in your region, I wasn't let down at all, and I hope you won't be either.