Wisting · Season 1 · Viaplay
Wisting Season 1
Wisting Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.3/10. 10 episodes on Viaplay from 11 April 2019.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Adapted from Jornn Lier Horst's novels The Caveman and The Hunting Dogs, the debut season of Wisting arrived on Viaplay and TV3 in April 2019 with Sven Nordin anchoring the series as William Wisting - a detective whose quiet authority never tips into cliche. The season pulls off a structural gambit most Nordic noirs avoid: it runs a Norwegian cold case investigation alongside a live FBI hunt, with Carrie-Anne Moss as Special Agent Maggie Griffin providing genuine transatlantic tension rather than an obvious American hook. Critics at Rotten Tomatoes gave the season 81 percent from 4 reviews. Dorothy Rabinowitz in the Wall Street Journal called every episode alive. Euan Ferguson in the Observer went further, calling it the best Nordic noir ever made. Premiere viewership broke Viaplay streaming records with over 250,000 viewers per episode across platforms.
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The Room
“In this 10-part series, every episode lives. No small achievement.”
Wall Street Journal“Wisting is the best Nord-noir ever. Since the last one.”
Observer
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1Episode 17.4
A controlled procedural opener where every clue sharpens the case, then quietly makes the truth harder to hold.
The moment: The first convergence moment when Wisting and Maggie Griffin realise they are hunting the same thread from opposite ends.
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