Mulheres da Noite

This is a very mediocre crime series from Holland. The acting is not good (especially Thijs Römer, who is from an acting family but cannot act at all) and the storytelling is sloppy. But the biggest problem of this series is, is that none of the characters is likeable.

Read the review by clsi-19102 and had to chime in. Plot? Nope. Cast acting? Nope. I gave it a 7 solely due to Karina Smulders. From fully in control of situations in an understated subtle manner to lost emotionally, I thought she was spot on. The series only worked when she was on screen. As I said: ViewPoints !

Why do directors permit their leading actresses to look like they're about to burst into tears? The character is a bold, take-charge woman who runs a string of high-class escorts, yet she's always on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Similarly Laura Sepul in "Banking District" ... who runs a multibillion-euro empire but spends every episode wiping her eyes.

A series about a woman who for various reasons decides to step in a role of madame. And gets tangled in organized crime, organized crime wars, police, powerful people, corruption..... sprinkled with some family drama and various (supposedly) interesting characters. The departure from usual US or UK setting is also nice.

It's not a bad series, but the background, how her agency fits in crime network and how it all connects to political corruption is done very superficially and vaguely. No real explanation, just a few lines here and there and we are expected to fill in the blanks ourselves with what we (think we) know about organized crime.

Watch once then forget about it.

The plot may be a little predictable, but only a little. I liked the women in this series the most.