Fartblinda

Appropriate to all periods in history we have some Swedish crooked backroom banking/financial scamming making some wealthy while many others - not so. The usual subplot to keep viewers awake & somewhat relevant to their lives is an unethical & immoral hook up between our married male (of course) banker, and a female reporter investigating his scamming. The love affair between our two attractive (of course) characters has it's predictable consequences.

Recommended : original language wt English subs, bingeable.

I didn't think a series about a Bank would interest me but this is more about character than money. A reporter and an exec are sexual partners until she-the reporter- decides to investigate his business. She shifts from going down on him to shafting him. The ending is a mess of justice and injustice, and I see the guy who plays Peder-the exec-is not in season 2. Hmm?

At present, almost everyone has a bank account, but the number of those interested in more advance level of banking and the people in charge there is far lower - or it is automatically associated with wealth and power. Thus, it a sophisticated task to develop a series emanating from specific topics and terms with the aim to attract a wider audience... That is why, also in Fartblinda, the scenes are arid at times, with universal human issues coming off second best, and the next steps may be difficult to predict and understand. Some links became fully compherensible in the final episode only (it was more to my liking as crime and thriller elements were more visible here).

Not all characters include versatile dynamism and "maturity", and sometimes the supporting cast tend to overshadow the stars. My favourite here is Claes Månsson as Otto Rehnskiöld; the duo Bea-Peder had probably too much chemistry for such a troublesome series of events.

All in all, not bad, but Sweden has produced dozens of more interesting crime/thriller series. So, the rich cry too - but the poor cry more often... Apparently in Sweden as well.

The lead actor does such an incredible job of being vulnerable and tough at the same time, she's a revelation and made the show so watchable. The other actors all brilliant and the costume design for character Bea Farkas is so incredible! Well done Ulrika Sjolin!