TV Review
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“Jana, Marked for Life” – TV Series Review
Mark Glass | May 8, 2025This Swedish procedural miniseries ”Jana, Marked for Life” is well-written in terms of plot suspense, but falls short in...
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“Off Track” – TV series review
Mark Glass | April 15, 2025The 2023 six-hour miniseries from France, “Off Track” (originally, “L’abime”) delivers a truly suspenseful tale in an unfortunately bloated...
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“The Hunt” – TV miniseries review
Mark Glass | April 9, 2025The Dutch miniseries “The Hunt” (originally “Een van ons”) is supposedly based on a sordid real-life murder than garnered...
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“l3P” – TV series review
Mark Glass | April 7, 2025The French crime drama miniseries “l3P” is rather unusual in its premise and structure. Before you get into a...
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“Public Enemy” Season One TV series review
Mark Glass | March 18, 2025I believe “Public Enemy: Season One” is the first Belgian crime series I’ve covered, and it’s a pretty good...
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“The Doc and the Vet” TV Series Review
Mark Glass | March 12, 2025The charming dramedy series from French TV, “The Doc and the Vet” (originally, “La doc et le veto”), is...
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“Chantal” – TV Series Review
Mark Glass | February 25, 2025We’ll start the review of “Chantal: Season One” with a “consumer caution:” if you’re looking for an extension of...
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“Sex (Re) Education: Season One” TV Series Review
Mark Glass | February 11, 2025Season One of the French comedy series “Sex (Re)Education” (originally titled “Septieme Ciel”) hits the sweet spot for relatable,...
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“Spring Tide: Season One” – TV Series Review
Mark Glass | February 11, 2025In the suspenseful crime drama , “Spring Tide (Springfloden): Season One”, Olivia (Julia Ragnarsson, probably best-known here from the...
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“The Fighter” TV series review
Mark Glass | February 5, 2025“The Fighter” (originally titled “Lea”) is a dark Swedish TV miniseries covering the ordeal of its eponymous boxer (Madeleine...
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“Cassandre” Season 1 – TV Series Review
Mark Glass | January 14, 2025The premise of the French TV crime drama, “Cassandre,” is nothing new to fans of the genre. A police...
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“The Art of Crime” Season 7 – TV series review
Mark Glass | December 31, 2024Last May, I covered the first six seasons of this light-hearted French crime series. Here’s the link to that...
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“Trom” Season One – TV series review
Mark Glass | December 17, 2024The somber crime drama series from Danish TV, “Trom” Season One,” offers several plusses and minuses in its six-episode...
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FALLEN – TV series review
Mark Glass | December 10, 2024Regular readers will recognize the name Sofia Helin from previous Scandinavian crime series reviews, including the highly praised original...
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“Reindeer Mafia” TV Series Review
Mark Glass | November 5, 2024The title of this Finnish crime dramedy series, “Reindeer Mafia (Poromafia),” is a bit misleading. It’s not a major...
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“Under Law and Grace” TV Series Review
Mark Glass | October 23, 2024At the risk of appearing as slothful as I actually am, MHz Choice is releasing two more episodes of...
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“Miss Merkel” TV Series Review
Mark Glass | October 23, 2024This review covers two German TV movies under the title “Miss Merkel.” Yeah. It really is that one. In...
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“Lake Trilogy” TV Series Review
Mark Glass | October 23, 2024In the past several years, I’ve reviewed a bunch of TV series – mostly crime dramas – from many...