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Lilyhammer - Season 1 (2012)

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Show title: Lilyhammer

IMDb score: 7,9 (34.231)

Episodes: 8

Playing time: 6 hour and 40 minutes

Developed by: Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin

Stars: Steven Van Zandt, Trond Fausa Aurvåg and Marian Saastad Ottesen

Origin: Norway / United States

Releasedate: Wednesday 25 January 2012

First aired on: NRK1 (Noorwegen)

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Lilyhammer plot

When gangster Frank Tagliano voluntarily testifies against famed gangster Aldo Deluci, he demands to be transferred to Lillehammer, a town in Norway. In Norway he hopes to start a new life as Giovanni Henriksen. On the train he meets the teacher Sigrid Haugli. It clicks wonderfully, just like with her son Jonas. Frank tries to act by the book and starts looking for work. But when the job search begins to annoy him beyond measure, his gangster heritage starts to tickle again.

Episodes Season 1 (2012)

  1. 1. Reality Check

    25 January 2012 (50 minutes)

  2. 2. The Flamingo

    1 February 2012 (50 minutes)

  3. 3. Guantanamo Blues

    8 February 2012 (50 minutes)

  4. 4. The Midwife

    15 February 2012 (50 minutes)

  5. 5. My Kind of Town

    22 February 2012 (50 minutes)

  6. 6. Pack Your Lederhosen

    29 February 2012 (50 minutes)

  7. 7. The Babysitter

    7 March 2012 (50 minutes)

  8. 8. Trolls

    14 March 2012 (50 minutes)

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Actors and Actresses

Frank Tagliano / Giovanni 'Johnny' Henriksen

Julius Backe

Geir 'Elvis' Tvedt

Man in Hooded Sweater

Duncan Hammer

Laila Hovland

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Lebarron

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In Lilyhammer we follow the disgraced Mafioso Frank 'The Fixer' Tagliano (Steve van Zandt, bandmate of Bruce Springsteen) who, through The Witness Protection Program, builds a new life in Lillehammer, Norway under the name Giovanni 'Johnny' Henriksen. He soon lapses into his old profession because a fox loses his hair but not his tricks, but at the same time he quickly becomes very popular in Lillehammer. Lilyhammer should not be compared with The Sopranos because that is an unfair comparison because they only have two commonalities Mafia and Steve van Zandt. Lilyhammer is a series about immigration and integration with a mafia sauce. He is so good and so nice because with a wink it takes a serious look at the current immigration problems that Western Europe has to contend with by showing it through the eyes of a mafioso. The Green-Left-minded do-gooders that the bureaucracy is full of is heavily mocked because they are often just as rotten and corrupt as the Mafia, but mainly because Tagliano/Henriksen's persuasiveness often works better at solving problems and promoting integration than that. of the Goat Wool Socks Mafia. For example, when a bunch of annoying loiterers get on the train or later when an immigrant refuses to shake hands with women. Tagliano/Henriksen solves it his way! Not subtle, but effective and with immediate results. The first season in particular is incredibly strong because of that culture clash. In seasons 2 and 3 it faded into the background and that's why it just became a comedy mafia series.

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AniSter

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This series was something different for me than the usual Scandinavian crime series, which I like to watch. In Lilyhammer the seriousness is supplanted by simple, sometimes stupid humor, a bit of action and now and then some tension. When I look at the biography of the protagonist (Steven Van Zandt - Wiki), I expected a completely different character. That Van Zandt is quite a special person, but I thought he fit well in this series. And he had quite a few tasks on his plate in the making of this series, right down to directing.

Season 1: Captivating because it's new. Very good jokes to quite rude. Very nice.

Season 2: This just didn't get to the level of season 1, but was still quite enjoyable.

Season 3: In this season the fun wears off a bit and the whole thing starts to get pretty boring. The appearances Torgier Lien got were just a bit too much for me. This didn't really fit into this series.

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