Knutby

Sadly overrated. Had some hopes for this one. Seen two episodes and it feels rushed and lacking depth. No character building. Just feels like its portraying what happened without letting the viewer feel any for anyone. Too bad. And the acting is not all there. Some are better than others. I have liked the actress playing "eva" ( obviously Åsa ) in other productions but doesnt feel like this is the role for her. It doesnt feel genuine.

Edit: Have to say I thought it got better by the third episode. Maybe just more in the mood for it.

And I must say that I'm impressed, they nailed it. The cult is now long gone from here, but you would run into it's members regularly at the local grocery store, but they mostly kept to themselves. The cult was really big at the time, their around 90 members made out 1/6 of the villagers. Now, only a handful still lives here and thankfully, it's the saner ones.

The pastor was released from prison a few months ago, and now lives in a halfway house.

The series follow the events, in a very truthful manner, in an actual true story. This happened in a closed Christian community! Talk about sects, right!!! Low key pace in story-telling and sparse character building leaves much to the viewer to build on, to brood about, to analyze and so forth. Swedish story-telling does not disappoint!

What sucked me in here was the depiction of some very bizarre behavior as experienced from the inside, so that it all seems perfectly normal to the loonies doing it, even when it leads to cold-blooded murder.

The people here are, after all, devout Christians just doing their best to serve Lord Jesus. Even when it leads to adultery, lying, grinding others into the dirt, and, if it pleases Jesus, cold-blooded murder.

You probably have plenty of people just like these in your town. Heck, if you're in a red state, they're probably running your town, burning books, scheming to ruin the lives of perfect strangers, and otherwise staying busy while waiting for Lord Jesus to show up.

Perhaps you even have some of these people in your own family. Or...since the chances are 50-50 in America...maybe YOU are one of them.

Heaven help us.

Truly amazing show, love the characters and the way it is written...absolute top performances, superb acting,,good directing and music...just love it.....