Perhaps it arrives later this first episode is as bleak as they come.ĭeliver Us is familiar in parts, but the premise is strong, even if we have seen much like it before. If Mike is beyond the law, what do they have to do to get rid of him? Could they take matters into their own hands? Could they get away with murder? Do they want to? I read that there was some dark humour in this series. Quietly and privately, they begin to discuss the unthinkable. The people bullied and tormented most by Mike are united by their fear and loathing of him. Slowly – this being a Danish drama, it makes no attempt to zip through the action – an idea begins to take shape. At a town festival, Peter rails against the fact that Mike is free, arguing, publicly and loudly, that, if this were 100 years ago, the town would have killed him and solved all of their problems. Instead of being brought to justice, he terrorises the town, punching, blackmailing and torturing the residents. It seems likely – although, as we learned from The Investigation, the bar for proof is high in Denmark – and there is not enough evidence that Mike’s actions were intentional. ![]() Mike was the driver of the car that hit Aksel Peter and Mia believe that it was deliberate. Everyone seems to fear him, whether physically, psychologically or both. He is the Tommy Lee Royce of this particular unhappy valley, a swaggering, remorseless villain who is managing to take a bite out of most of the residents. Mike is the rot at the heart of their small community. Their sexless marriage is thwarting Bibi’s desire to become a mother and Tom is acting like a man with a secret. His parents, John and Anna, can only try to keep him close (Anna is a long-lost love of Martin’s, which will surely become significant.) Then there is Bibi and Tom, the couple who run the local pub. His regular chicken hallucinations, which are not nearly as fun as they sound, suggest he is nowhere near recovered. ![]() As well as the plight of Peter and Martin, we are introduced to Kasper, a young man recently released from a psychiatric ward into the care of his parents. If he is Peter’s sole source of support, then Peter is in trouble.ĭeliver Us is a patchwork of people’s suffering. He tells Aksel’s girlfriend, Mia, that it is time to move on, then moves on her, in the front seat of his car. He is a womaniser with a string of failed relationships behind him – and he has written a book that depicts the town in a less-than-flattering light. Peter’s brother, Martin – played by an actor who looks so much like Ricky Wilson that I started to hum I Predict a Riot – returns to the town to look after him.īut Martin has his own troubles and, you start to suspect, his own agenda. His father, Peter, a doctor, is in a state of grief and despair he has let the house they lived in fall into disrepair. Following Aksel’s demise, we jump 18 months into the future.
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