Critique Women, not little women
As the third season of
The Split
arrives at Filmin , we will have to look for another
Nicola Walker
series to put it on the site of the best series of the week.
Because a series with Nicola Walker is always better than a series without Nicola Walker and I don't get off from there.
Annika
is a series with Nicola Walker.
For me that is enough.
It's also a Nick Walker series, but that's not saying much either, since this is his first television project.
However, it is not his first
Annika from him.
Let me explain: before being a television series,
Annika
was before Annika Strandhed a
dramatic audio
series on British radio.
It also starred Nicola Walker, so it's safe to recommend it as well.
And no, Nick and Nicola are not related.
Annika Strandhed is a
Scottish police
detective .
Her territory is the city of Glasgow, she has a daughter, she wears ugly parkas and is of Norwegian origin.
Nothing new, but elements that British television traditionally handles with great
solvency
.
Annika, which can be seen in Spain on AXN, is no exception: it is a very correct and elegant series of criminal cases with well-drawn episodic characters, a beautiful setting and a very careful rhythm.
One of those where nothing fascinates, little disturbs and everything
works perfectly
.
And it also stars Nicola Walker.
I see Annika the same week I devour
The Gypsy Bride
before seeing the first images of the new ATRESplayer Premium series, where
Nerea Barros
will be a much more twisted cop than Annika Strandhed.
And I combine both tasks with the new season of
Better Call Saul,
that series that has repeatedly neglected its plots, losing itself in its own very personal atmosphere.
One always needs to have series in the chamber that guarantee that they are not going to do that.
They are not usually
overwhelming
series or generating big headlines, but they are an essential part of a healthy television library.
They are, as a screenwriter friend of mine defines,
"warmth of home."
When
Annika
breaks the fourth wall, one fears that the series will not fulfill what it promises, that it will not be a safe place, that it will make you dizzy.
Don't worry: Nick Walker uses this dangerous device with the skill of
House of Cards
or
Fleabag
.
Very different series that work, among other things, by having an
irresistible main character
.
Annika Strandhed is not as attractive as
Fleabag
or Frank Underwood (or as Nicola Walker's character Hannah in
The Split
), but in the best tradition of police lady fictions with
children at home and ugly parkas,
offers the viewer something that he sometimes does not value enough: a cozy and warm series in which to take refuge after dinner.
The belief that these types of products must necessarily be simpletons and tinkerers is stupid.
That series that doesn't change your life but improves your day is an important series.
And if Nicola Walker also appears in it, it is a good series.
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