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After reading some Nordic detective, I reached the conclusion that a severe dependency must be a requirement for admission to police academy. Divorce, accidenta
by tgv 4y ago
After reading some Nordic detective, I reached the conclusion that a severe dependency must be a requirement for admission to police academy. Divorce, accidental kills, being the only survivor of a crash that killed your family, etc., are extra points which set your career on a quick path to D.I. One cannot imagine the horrors that constitute the life of a police commissioner.
- thematrixturtle 4y agoObligatory: https://youtu.be/I-OOpZitfd0 https://youtu.be/I-OOpZitfd0 (all of 36 seconds long and every one of them worth it)
- labrador 4y agoSwedish crime show, standing in a forest, snow on the ground, dark but not night, possibly in the afternoon: "He committed Finnish suicide" "What's that?" "He drank himself to death" Later on... Detective to the pathologist as they stand over the body of completely naked woman in the morgue: "What can you tell me about this woman?" "Judging by her perfect white teeth I'd say she's American"
- logifail 4y ago> I reached the conclusion that a severe dependency must be a requirement for admission to police academy I'm thinking it goes back at least as far as Inspector Morse, although I'm not sure whether we'd say he had a dependency on real ale or Mozart....? Perhaps a certain lack of joy?
- nus07 4y agoI think a lot of the recent Scandinavian noir has overblown that part. I do recommend the Martin Beck (Beck) series which was the original series that started the whole Scandinavian noir genre. It’s very 80s and has a less dramatic protagonist DI