Kansan vihollinen (2022– ) User Reviews

Taut, mostly believable plot

[laduqesa · 7/10 · 2 March 2023]

The series captured the atmosphere of a competitive newsroom extremely well. And it was completely true to life in that the journalists were being sent on assignments for parochial local matters rather than looking for scoops all the time.

However, when a scoop came along the paper was ready. Katja Salonen, a dogged and experienced reporter, was on the job.

The death of a star Finnish football player was the catalyst for the unravelling of a major Ponzi scheme that he was connected to via a set of his friends. That the death was suspicious was enough to set the wheels of journalism in motion. Despite Finland being rated as the least corrupt country on earth, there was plenty here to show ways and means to circumvent inspection - but that left a paper trail to be picked up by the reporters.

The final episode, where the events were resolved, was somewhat overwrought, which is why I awarded only a seven. There were also a couple of loose ends that were not dealt with. These aren't cliffhangers in the conventional sense , so there won't be another series arising from them but it was a niggling annoyance that things were left in the air.

Were there to be another season with a new storyline, I'd certainly watch it.

Modern and old topics pleasantly intertwined, yet uneven accomplishment

[BeneCumb · 7/10 · 30 October 2023]

Cybercurrency is not too novel phenomenon, but recent years have seen the big growth in popularity and designations. On the other hand, suspicious dealings regarding winning procurements and obtaining contracts is an "old stuff". Most of the events take place in the Finland´s second largest city - Tampere, with some trips to Barcelona, making the Series a kind of Finnish-Spanish cooperation project.

As for performances, none of them did really stick out, but as it was said in many episodes - "journalism is a team-work" - this was apparently for the best - at least did not deplete the overall quality...

Yet, Finland is among the least corrupted countries in the world, thus the plot design is somewhat airy-fairy, plus the wrongdoer was revealed too soon and the pace of the final episode (rushing) did not correspond to the earlier ones (typical Finnish "let´s see and considerate :) ). Some plot lines remained vague to the very end.

Seven points "only", as there are catchier Finnish crime series available, starting with e.g. Sorjonen.