Grenseland - Terra di confine

Nikolai Andreassen is an Oslo police officer who is given leave after he gives evidence against a popular senior officer accused of murder. He goes to his home town and stays with his brother, also a policeman, and his children. The next day he accompanies his brother when a body is found. It looks like a suicide but he isn't so sure. Before the first episode is out he learns the identity of the killer; it is his own brother and he gives a plausible explanation as to how it was self-defence. Once Nikolai has accepted this and helped cover up certain details he can't easily get out from the lie. Fellow officer Anniken Høygaard-Larsen gets more and more suspicious that things aren't as people claim and more secrets are revealed.

I thought this was a solid series. Early on it seemed obvious which way it was going but as it progressed there are some good twists and turns as well as a sense of danger. The pace might be considered slow by some but I didn't find that to be a problem; some things don't need to be rushed. The cast is solid; most obviously Tobias Santelmann as Nikolai. The ending wraps up many questions but left things open for a second season... although after five years I can't see that happening. Overall a good series that I'd recommend to fans of Scandinavian crime dramas.

These comments are based on watching the series in Norwegian with English subtitles.

I usually enjoy miniseries that originate in Scandinavian countries as they are more complex and make you think more than American series seem to, and I was hoping this would be one of them. Too bad it ended up being a disappointment. The story had too many slow spots, to the point that I almost nodded off more than once. Also, I don't mind when the main character in a series is gay (and no one in the story seemed to care that he was either), but it seemed to me this was thrown in because it has become trendy to do so. I would have given this a lower rating, but decided to add a star or two, just because it kept me watching until the bitter end; an ending that left me disappointed.

Great story, great acting, but the ending could only be explained if there was a Season 2...(or if they ran out of cash within Season 1)....a shame because as it stands, it is unfinished....hence a generous rating of 6 and only because of the excellent 7 episodes prior the the last one's fiasco.

I was hooked from the start. Nordic series and movies are my favorite. Binge watched all 8 episodes and was expecting some kind of 'happy ending' or conclusion. I could stop myself from throwing the TV out of the window. I have never felt so angry because so many questions were not answered.

If they stick to that ending and not shoot a second season I will get massively angry.

Nordic crime dramas are always complex, dark, sophisticated and they drag you into their slow-pacing and excruciating world, where you think there will be no salvation (hint: normally, there's no salvation...)

BUT, Borderliner really can't end with season one. There too many questions to answer, too many characters to explore.

Overall, I was hooked by the way the plot was unfolded throughout the episodes, the impeccable acting from the entire cast and the magical norwegian scenery.

It would have been an 8 or even 9, if the ending did not leave me wondering if there was an episode 9 and netflix has missed it.

On a side note, it was the first series I've seen where a gay character is the protagonist, and is NOT defined by his sexuality. Good job!