albert-balvers Review of The Team

The Team (2015–2018)

Season 2: so bad that it becomes entertaining

[2/10 · 28 October 2018]

I have not watched season 1, but based on the good reviews I started with season 2. This turned out to be a catastrophe. The story revolves around a number of killings, related to stolen art from Syria. The case is given to three police officers from different countries, that are obviously carefully typecasted: the nerdy one from Belgium, the cool sporty blond girl from Danmark and the tough i-am-married-for-the-third-time type from Hamburg. I wanted to give up after episode 2, but continued to watch because it became so bad it was actually funny. People are being killed by the dozens, but the three completely incompetent police officers are not being relieved of their mission and receive only little support. When two policemen from Hamburg are killed, the chase for the killer is given up easily and e.g. no helicopter is used to track him down. But as compensation for the loss two main characters jump in bed and have sex, which one could see coming for miles. The scenario is extremely poor, the story fails any logic, persons seem to be able to travel between Brussels, Hamburg and Danmark within seconds. The dialogues are crazy and completely unbelievable. I have not watched one interrogation of a suspect (and there are numerous), where an attorney was present. Or another example: when two villains meet in restaurant, one just having arrived per motorcycle, and agree on a sales price of 15 million for a piece of stolen art, the guy that came by bike says: "but I do not have the money with me right now". Yeah, sure, I also carry just a small amount of cash when I travel... Do not expect something like Homeland or other excellent series from the UK or Scandinavia. This looks cheap (despite the filming on location in many cities), acting is poor, the story is a laugh, dialogues are crazy and characters are way too stereotype. What a pity.