21st century has seen triumph of multiple CSI-s with different locations, mostly in the US, but, already in the turn of the century, the Danes have a created a versatile depiction of harsh daily life of special policemen, invited to all over Denmark when cases become too sophisticated. Quite often, working lives are intertwined with personal ones, and the latter includes no constant happiness, but rather different issues with families... Moreover, through 32 episodes, the viewers are able to get a glimpse of pleasant Danish cities-towns and natural areas (as for many of them, joy of recognition to me, but many other nice unknown areas such as Aalborg or Bornholm...) The scripts are also logically created (cases portrayed were loosely based upon actual incidents), but it is still better if you watch all of them in a row and far more often than weekly. However, no Scandinavian crime series can apparently do about cross-border sex traffic and child pornography...
As of the cast, it is splendid, and many of those having small roles have obtained bigger or even leading roles in subsequent Danish crime series such as The Killing, The Eagle, Anna Pihl or Irene Huss... Or just provide memorable performances (e.g. Nicholas Bro, Thure Lindhardt). The main cast is quite even, but still: Lars Brygmann and especially Mads Mikkelsen give stronger performances than the rest; when they appear, then the rest become supportive characters inadvertently.
Anyway, Rejseholdet is highly recommended to all fond of Scandinavian intense crime films, where the line between good and evil, cops and loafers is thin at times...
As of the cast, it is splendid, and many of those having small roles have obtained bigger or even leading roles in subsequent Danish crime series such as The Killing, The Eagle, Anna Pihl or Irene Huss... Or just provide memorable performances (e.g. Nicholas Bro, Thure Lindhardt). The main cast is quite even, but still: Lars Brygmann and especially Mads Mikkelsen give stronger performances than the rest; when they appear, then the rest become supportive characters inadvertently.
Anyway, Rejseholdet is highly recommended to all fond of Scandinavian intense crime films, where the line between good and evil, cops and loafers is thin at times...