Review: Forbrydelsen (aka “The Killing”)

And we’re back with another spoiler-free review. Forbrydelsen (which actually means “crime,” not “killing”) was a Danish show that premiered in 2007 and had three seasons. It starred Sofie Gråbøl as Inspector Sarah Lund, a homicide detective in Copenhagen. As I’ve mentioned before, I watched this because I’d already seen Gråbøl in the British series …

Review: Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes (UK)

Life on Mars Life on Mars was a two-season UK show from 2006. I had seen the US version from 2008, but I wanted to check out the original since I’d heard it was much better. Spoiler, it is. So much better. It’s a science-fiction premise where a contemporary policeman has an accident and abruptly …