I am finishing The Night Manager, which is about a night manager in a hotel in Cairo (Tom Hiddleston), who through a chain of events becomes an undercover agent for the British intelligence to bring down an arms dealer (Hugh Laurie).
That concept is a bit unbelievable, but I am enjoying the show. It is well acted overall. The only issue I have is that when I see Hugh Laurie I am always remembered of his role in Blackadder, which makes it a bit hard to believe when he plays the bad guy as he does in this case.
Together with the wife we are watching Lilyhamnmer, with Steven van Zandt, who plays a New York gangster who testifies against the mob and goes into hiding in Lilyhammer, Norway.
The show is a mixture of comedy and crime, which works out quite well. For the most part people speak Norwegian, with Steven van Zandt speaking English and apparently understanding what is said in Norwegian, which works in the show. We are enjoying ourselves in watching this, even though there are quite a few unrealistic things in it, like most of the Norwegains are depicted as not too intelligent, to make Steven van Zandt look more intelligent and that for some reason young women fall for him, which doesn't come across as very realistic.
I started to watch it on the advice of @
pibbuR, because it would be good to learn Norwegian. I am not sure about that, I do catch some things, but in general they all speak to fast
