Fear and hatred of the migrant agriculture workers of color, finds brutal expression following a murder of above-mentioned elderly couple. She thinks he is foolish to have a concern, but we soon learn upon what his worry based. Kurt’s daughter Linda (Jeany Spark) is seriously dating a medical doctor who is also Syrian and Kurt is worried. Kurt replies with a weariness that belies more than a lack of sleep: “blonde then.” Iranian migrant worker when Wallander asks for a detail: “Swedish Color” What do you want to matter versus what really does matter… and what do we do with our expectations once they are confirmed or denied-or yet unknown? Here is an episode which opens with a beautiful white horse that is steeped in the racial tensions of its present-day Sweden. The fallout from the case leads Wallander to doubt everything, including his abilities as a police officer.” ( wiki) “Wallander investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse, while a police leak of the wife’s dying words leads to an outbreak of racist reprisals in Ystad. Kurt is a keen observer and a very aware and sensitive person.Į1: “Faceless Killers” : Directed by Hettie MacDonald : written by Richard Cottan. We see, however, that the artist father has not been without influence. Kurt’s father Povel (David Warner) expected more of his son, finds his career path disturbing, and wonders what he has become. Kurt’s father is suffering from age and dementia and already father and son are troubled by a difficult relationship. “I am not interested in correctness, but the truth.” ~Kurt (“Faceless Killers”) The crimes and what they reveal are too grim to be golden nostalgia is hard to come by and just because we do not want to believe the darkness of days past do not linger, Wallander is witness to their very present-day devastation. And Kurt deals with generational issues both at home and work-as well as relational ones: questions of legacy, of good parenting, and adult children. The Elderly do not fare well in this season of Wallander (2010). This time round there is this haunting image of a horse in a closing sequence. But Wallander does require a bit of a mood, because they are grim and, well, I’m still haunted by a series 3 opening sequence involving swans, a lake, and fire. The show is ridiculously good, so beautifully photographed, and Branagh is truly remarkable. We’d seen the 1st and 3rd seasons, having missed the 2nd on PBS Masterpiece and forced to wait for it to stream on Netflix. The series consist of three 45-minute episodes following the home and work life of a Swedish detective, based upon Henning Mankell novels, though not shot in order of publication. Sean and I finally got around to watching the second season of BBC’s Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander.
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