A challenging crime series well worth watching for its characters, plot, and setting: Trapped Season 2

Continuing from Season 1 with many of the same characters - notably the top police officer Andri and the local police chief Hnrika - but w/ a completely new plot line, Season 2 of the Icelandic saga Trapped is a series that will hold your interest and attention through all 10 episodes. Once again the plot focuses on a series of unexplained, grisly deaths in a small Icelandic town that is undergoing a huge economic upheaval, as a foreign conglomerate is building a vast power plant and mining operation - supported by local (and national) politicians but bitterly opposed by some of the local farmers. There are many strands to the story line, and some of these strands are red herrings; at times it's difficult to follow all the leads, especially for viewers, like most of us, unfamiliar w/ Icelandic nomenclature. But close attention will be rewarded, as the complex plot unfolds and the various layers - possible pollution from the power plant, possible bribery of public officials, inter-familiar warfare, tension between foreign workers (from Africa) and others, a homosexual relationship that endangers both men, bizarre behavior by Andri's daughter that makes her a target, kidnap of the Mayor by right-wing activists, a brother's botched attempt to murder his sister who is also the Minister of Industries and responsible for the power plant, plus others. Whew! The tension is always high and the characters are always credible, and even though a few of the plot elements don't quite make sense of close examination that series creator, Baltasar Kormakur, does a good job keeping us in suspense and guessing right up to the very tense dramatic conclusion: a somewhat challenging but always intriguing crime drama that's worth watching. Plus, there's probably no country in the world as photogenic as Iceland - worth watching for that alone!