Title: Psych: The Complete Third Season
Year: 2008
Rating: NR
Length: 686 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English

Stars:
James Roday as Shawn Spencer
Dulé Hill as Burton "Gus" Guster
Timothy Omundson as Detective Carlton Lassiter
Maggie Lawson as Juliet O'Hara
Kirsten Nelson as Interim Chief Karen Vick
Corbin Bernsen as Henry Spencer

Plot:
Fake psychic detective Shawn Specer (James Roday) and his best friend Gus (Dulé Hill) are cracking the case – and cracking up audiences everywhere – in all 16 Season Three epsidoes from the quick-witted detective series Psych. After earning a reputation for taking on the ununusal cases that leave most sleuths scratching their heads, Shawn and Gus are in for more mayhem this season as they tackle mysteries that range from the decidedly abnormal to the hauntingly paranormal. Join guest stars Cybill Shepherd (The L Word), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun) and many more in this fresh and funny show that Maureen Ryan of Chicago Tribune declares, "Roday and Hill have the kind of chemistry you just can't manufacture."

EPISODES:
1. Ghosts
2. Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?
3. Daredevils!
4. The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable
5. Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!
6.There Might Be Blood
7. Talk Derby to Me
8. Gus Walks into a Bank
9. Christmas Joy
10. Six Feet Under the Sea
11. Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing
12. Earth, Wind and... Wait for It
13. Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central
14. Truer Lies
15. Tuesday the 17th
16. An Evening with Mr. Yang

Extras:
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers

My Thoughts:
Last night I finished season 3 (and started Season 4)... I am still enjoying the series quite a bit... though I have found I am not laughing quite as much as I did over the first couple of seasons. There has been a gradual decline in the laugh out loud moments. But find it still well worth watching. There is a lot of good episodes this season... so had a hard time picking out a favorite episode of the season. But when it came down to it I had to pick An Evening wtih Mr. Yang which was the season finale. Not so much for any comedy in the episode... as there was very little. But because he went up against a serial killer. It especially got good once the serial killer got a hold of his mother.

My Rating: 4/5

Title: Psych: The Complete Fifth Season
Year: 2010
Rating: NR
Length: 703 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English

Stars:
James Roday
Dulé Hill
Timothy Omundson
Maggie Lawson
Kirsten Nelson

Plot:
He's got an eye for details and a knack for saying the wrong thing... Fortunately for impulsive fake "psychic detective" Shawn Spencer (James Roday), his best friend, Burton "Gus" Guster (Dulé Hill), is there to make sense of it all in 16 peculiar and witty Season Five episodes of Psych. Based out of their quirky PI office, the unlikely duo are "psyched" this season to consult on some of the most bizarre police cases to-date: from infiltrating a ring of street thugs to ghost hunting to advocating for a polar bear. But, will rival profilers and old enemies put a stop to their rogue investigative style? Be there for all the mysterious mayhem and pineapple-hunting fun in the series that keeps audiences following the clues from one season to the next.

Extras:
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Never-before-seen extended version of "Dual Spires"

My Thoughts:
Last night I finished the fifth season of this series. I am still enjoying it quite a bit. Lots of good laughs and some interesting cases as well. This season also has a nice selection of extras as usual. And this season they dropped the montages. Which I have no problem with at all... as that is one extra I never seen the sense in. I mean all it is... is clips from different episodes in the season within a certain theme. I just watched the entire season... why do I now want to watch clips from the episodes I just watched?

Now that I am all caught up with the DVDs I need to see about watching the current season episodes that has aired... this way I can start watching this show as it airs.


My Rating: 4/5

Title: House M.D.: Season Seven
Year: 2010
Rating: NR
Length: 1007 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson
Peter Jacobson as Dr. Chris Taub
Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase
Olivia Wilde as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley

Plot:
He's sarcastic, incorrigible, bitter and in a relationship? Hugh Laurie returns in all 23 Season Seven episodes of House, the role that earned him 5 Primetime Emmy® Award nominations and 2 Golden Globe® wins. Dr. Gregory House has spent his career taking on seemingly hopeless cases, but when his rapport with Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) changes, he finds himself facing new and very different challenges. His team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson, Robert Sean Leonard, Amber Tamblyn and Olivia Wilde) also continues to blaze trails as they investigate baffling medical cases involving a religious zealot, a professional bull rider and possibly even smallpox. Featuring phenomenal guest stars, including Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown), Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Jack Coleman (Heroes), Michael Gladis (Mad Men), and more, it's the addictive hit series that continues to surprise and captivate audiences.

Episodes:
1. Now What?
2. Selfish
3. Unwritten
4. Massage Therapy
5. Unplanned Parenthood
6. Office Politics
7. A Pox on Our House
8. Small Sacrifices
9. Larger than Life
10. Carrot or Stick
11. Family Practice
12. You Must Remember This
13. Two Stories
14. Recession Proof
15. Bombshells
16. Out of the Chute
17. Fall from Grace
18. The Dig
19. Last Temptation
20. Changes
21. The Fix
22. After Hours
23. Moving On

Extras:
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes

My Thoughts:
I just finished this set of last season's episodes. As usual... I enjoyed every minute of this set. A lot of really good stories... and I especially liked how the season ended. Makes it so I can't wait to catch up on this season's episodes. I was thrilled to find out that Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia) joined the cast this season. Unfortunately though, she only lasted a small amount of episodes. I would say about half the episodes of the season. If not less. Which is a shame because I was really enjoying her character. I am hoping at some point they will revisit the character to let us know where she went from here.

My Rating: 4.5/5

Title: That '70s Show: Season One
Year: 1998
Rating: TV-PG
Length: 548 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1

Stars:
Topher Grace as Eric Forman
Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart
Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso
Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde
Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti
Wilmer Valderrama as Fez
Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman

Plot:
Flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric's basement, live in the 70's isn't always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing out-of-control hormones, they've learned one thing for sure: they'll

Episodes:
1. That '70s Pilot
2. Eric's Birthday
3. Streaking
4. Battle of the Sexists
5. Eric's Burger Job
6. The Keg
7. That Disco Episode
8. Drive-In
9. Thanksgiving
10. Sunday, Bloody Sunday
11. Eric's Buddy
12. The Best Christmas Ever
13. Ski Trip
14. Stolen Car
15. That Wrestling Show
16. The First Date
17. The Pill
18. The Career Day
19. Prom Night
20. A New Hope
21. Water Tower
22. Punk Chick
23. Grandma's Dead
24. Hyde Moves In
25. The Good Son

Extras:
Featurettes

My Thoughts:
Before getting this set I have seen a good handful of episode and always thought it was a pretty good series. But now that I have gotten to see it from the very beginning I am enjoying it much more. Finding it to be a very funny series. My favorite character in the series has to be Donna... as I have always had a thing for redheads... and always liked a strong and independent woman. The character actually reminds me quite a bit of my wife when we were teens back in the '80s. In this case I don't think I could pick out a favorite episode as I really enjoyed them all so much. Definitely a series worth checking out if you haven't done so yet. I am looking forward to watching season 2 now.

My Rating: 4/5

Title: The Love Boat: Season One: Volume One
Year: 1977
Rating: NR
Length: 600 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Gavin MacLeod as Your Captain
Bernie Kopell as Your Ship's Doctor
Fred Grandy as Your Ship's Purser
Ted Lange as Your Bartender
Lauren Tewes as Julie, Your Cruise Director

Plot:
For the first time on DVD, its time to set sail on the high larious seas with Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod), Doc (Bernie Kopell), Gopher (Fred Grandy), Isaac the bartender (Ted Lange), Julie your Cruise Director (Lauren Tewes) and a boatload of memorable guest stars that will keep you laughing from port to port on their search for romance. Enjoy this 3 disc set with the first 12 classic episodes that kept you home on Saturday nights...The Love Boat™ promises something for everyone.

Extras:
None

My Thoughts:
I have had this set for just over a year now... and I finally got around to finishing it. This set contains the first twelve episodes of season one. It is a series I grew up watching. It is one of the first hour long comedies I remember seeing... something that still don't happen that often. It seems that usually comedies run in the half hour format. One of my favorite things about this series has always been seeing all the well-known guest stars... I especially liked the ones I knew from other TV series. The guest stars that I am familiar with in this set include...

Meredith Baxter Birney 
Bonnie Franklin
Suzanne Somers
Jimmie Walker
Sherman Hemsley
Jaclyn Smith
Scott Baio
Kristy McNichol
Robert Reed
Loretta Swit
Milton Berle Bill Bixby
Audra Lindley
Jim Nabors
Patty Duke
Robert Hegyes
Maureen McCormick 
Steve Allen
Sandy Duncan
Gary Burghoff
Jane Curtin
Phil Silvers Eva Gabor
Al Molinaro
Leslie Nielsen
Rob Urich
Florence Henderson
Donna Mills
Dick Sargent
Pat Morita
Tom Poston
Anson Williams

I enjoyed watching this set... it has been so many years since I seen this series. It is a fun show with a lot of great characters. I also have the season 1 vol. 2 set as well to look forward to in the near future.

My Rating: 4/5

Title: Off the Map: The Complete Series
Year: 2011
Rating: TV-14
Length: 558 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Stars:
Jonathan Castellanos as Charlie
Valerie Cruz as Dr. Zitajalehrena "Zee" Alvarez
Caroline Dhavernas as Dr. Lily Brenner
Jason George as Dr. Otis Cole
Zach Gilford as Dr. Tommy Fuller
Mamie Gummer as Dr. Mina Minard
Martin Henderson as Dr. Ben Keeton
Rachelle LeFevre as Dr. Ryan Clark

Plot:
From the Golden Globe-winning creators of Grey's Anatomy comes a riveting new drama about a team of idealistic young doctors committed to saving lives and pushing the boundaries of medicine with nothing but brains, instinct and the untapped healing powers of the uncharted jungle. Experience all the excitement of Off The Map: The Complete Series.

It may be lush and tropical, but it's a far cry from paradise...Welcome to "La Ciudad des las Estrellas", a tiny village in the South American rainforest with just one understaffed, under-stocked medical clinic. Against this low-tech, high-stress backdrop, seven maverick physicians struggle to make a difference while they also grapple with the personal demons that led them there.

Join a stellar ensemble cast as they portray a flawed but fearless band of doctors who will go to the ends of the earth to change the world for the better – one patient at a time. Relive every moment of this uplifting series, and enjoy never-before-seen bonus features including outtakes and deleted scenes. If you crave adventure, suspense, romance and exotic surroundings, go Off The Map!

Episode:
1. Saved by the Great White Hope
2. Smile. Don't Kill Anyone
3. A Doctor Time Out
4. On the Mean Streets of San Miguel
5. I'm Here
6. It's Good
7. Es Un Milagro
8. It's a Leaf
9. There's Nothing To Fix
10. I’m Home
11. Everything's As It Should Be
12. Hold On Tight
13. There's A Lot To Miss About The Jungle

Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I just finished this complete series set. It was a new series that aired last season... made by the same people that make Grey's Anatomy. The series is more then a medical drama... it is more like a medical drama mixed with an action/adventure type series. Unfortunately it only lasted a half of season before getting canceled. Since it was canceled so quickly there isn't a satisfying ending to the series. To many questions left unanswered. While I enjoyed every minute of this series, I am not surprised that it was canceled the way it was. It isn't the best medical drama I ever seen... and I can see where some people wouldn't like it considering the main storyline and location. But personally that is one of the things I liked about it. My favorite character on this series is Dr. Lily Brenner played by Caroline Dhavernas... who coincidentally starred in another short-lived series I really liked... Wonderfalls. My Favorite episode is a little hard for me to pick since I enjoyed them all so much... but I guess I would have to go with I'm Here... an episode where the doctors had to amputate a girls leg underwater when she gets trapped in some rocks while scuba diving. Surprisingly for a short-lived series... there is a nice amount of extras. My favorite extra is normally the Outtakes/Bloopers... but not in this case as there really wasn't much to them at all this time. So in this set I would have to say the Making Of featurette has to be my favorite. It really was interesting to see all the locations and how they shot some of the stuff they did.

I would say if you can deal with the fact that there is no satisfactory ending to the series... this is one I would recommend checking out. Especially if you normally enjoy medical dramas. As this is a medical drama with a twist.

My Rating: 4/5

Title: Sliders: The First and Second Seasons: Dual-Dimension Edition
Year: 1995
Rating: NR
Length: 1017 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Jerry O'Connell as Quinn
Sabrina Lloyd as Wade
Cleavant Derricks as Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown
John Rhys-Davies as Arturo

Plot:
Get ready for Seasons One and Two of the breakthrough Sci-Fi series Sliders!

Quinn (Jerry O'Connell), a brilliant grad student, has created a device that opens a wormhole to an infinite number of parallel universes where history has taken different paths. His first test trip goes awry, stranding his physics professor, Arturo (John Rhys-Davies), his friend, Wade (Sabrina Lloyd), and bystander Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown (Cleavant Derricks) in parallel San Franciscos.

Now, this foursome of Sliders must travel from one alternate reality to another in the hope of somehow finding their way home.

EPISODES:
Season 1
1. Pilot
2. Fever
3. Last Days
4. Prince of Wails
5. Summer of Love
6. Eggheads
7. The Weaker Sex
8. The King Is Back
9. Luck of the Draw

Season 2
1. Into the Mystic
2. Love Gods
3. Gillian of the Spirits
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Wealthy
5. El Sid
6. Time Again and World
7. In Dino Veritas
8. Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome
9. Obsession
10. Greatfellas
11. The Young and the Relentless
12. Invasion
13. As Time Goes By

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery

My Thoughts:
Since I finally recently got the 5th (final) season of Sliders I wanted to remind myself of the series... as I haven't watched any of the discs in years. This set has the first two seasons. And they are a couple of the best seasons the show had to offer. I have always enjoyed this series... or at least to my memory as I haven't seen the final season since it originally aired. I will see soon enough about those episodes. I am the first to admit this show went a bit downhill with each season that passed. But I still remember always thinking it is a fun show all the same. I always remember thinking this show's downfall was the overuse of the Kromaggs. I always thought that they were fine for a few episodes... but in later seasons it seemed like that is what most of the episodes were about. I was surprised to see they showed up first in 1 episode of season 2... I forgot they showed up so soon I thought it wouldn't be until season 3... or maybe even 4. For one episode it made for an excellent show... so maybe if they stuck to 1 or 2 episodes involving them per season it wouldn't had gone downhill the way it did. I don't know... but I think it would have been better. But over all I really enjoyed revisiting this set... and I look forward to continuing on to the 3rd season.

My Rating: 4.5/5

For those US citizens wo want different slant on their crime drama:

One thing  like I like is that most of the episodes are about 90 minutes long, thus giving a better development of the characters and story than than the 42 minute episodes of US TV episodes.

Distributor: Wellspring Media in English
France
Bought in 2003
Maigret is one of my  favorite detective as I read the books long before DVDs and I am looking forward to
Mhz Networks Home Entertainment releasing many more the series.

Maigret
One of the bestselling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who," Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.

Michael Gambon brings the timeless, tantalizing exploits of Georges Simenon's legendary detective to life in 12 episodes of mystery and intrigue. From Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.

Episodes:
101: The Patience of Maigret
102: Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
103: Maigret Goes to School
104: Maigret and the Mad Woman
105: Maigret on Home Ground
106: Maigret Sets a Trap
201: Maigret and the Night Club Dancer
202: Maigret and the Hotel Majestic
203: Maigret on the Defensive
204: Maigret's Boyhood Friend
205: Maigret and the Minister
206: Maigret and the Maid
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The rest of the are distributed by Mhz Networks Home Entertainment in their native languiage with Englidh subtitles

France

Maigret
Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. To crack his cases he peels back the veneer of seemingly idyllic villages and neighborhoods, exposing the criminals who lurk in all levels of society. Against a backdrop of 1950s Paris and the surrounding French countryside, these original feature-length films pay homage to one of the most brilliant detective minds of the twentieth century.

Episode 1. Maigret in Montmartre
Episode 2. Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife
Episode 3. Maigret and the Flemish Shop
Episode 4. Maigret and the Judge
Episode 5. Maigret and the Headless Corpse
Episode 6. Maigret at the Crossroads

Germany

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti
Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which feature the singular Commissario Guido Brunetti, canal boat rides instead of car chases, fine cuisine and crime investigations in one of Europe's most beautiful locations. Joachim Król stars as Brunetti, a police inspector with a keen mind, razor-sharp wit, and a touch of melancholy. He strives to bring criminals to justice, but experience has taught him that countless things work against that - human frailty, corruption, and police incompetence being chief among them. He takes refuge from the job in the company of his loving wife Paola, a university literature professor, and two teenage children, Raffi and Chiara.

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti. Episodes 1-12

Italy

Detective Montalbano
Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With intuition and a cadre of police officers, Montalbano solves crimes in the fictional small city of Vigata. This work brings him across the paths of unforgettable characters who could only come from Sicily. He also wages a personal war with his own demons, which fight against his professional ideals and personal commitment to beautiful long-distance girlfriend, Livia. Yet there’s always time to indulge a long-standing flirtation with his ultimate temptress, Italian cuisine. The series is filmed in the ancient, sun-washed Sicilian city of Ragusa, and is based on the international best-selling mystery novels by Andrea Camilleri.

Detective Montalbano. Episodes 1-22


Homicide Squad
Chief Inspector Antonio Lazzaro returns to Italy to take charge of the Homicide Squad - immediately striking sparks with ex-lover and colleague Simona Colli. With their crack forensics team, they solve a series of seemingly unrelated murders...or are they? Cryptic clues from Dante's Divine Comedy are discovered at each crime scene, luring the investigators into a mystery - and a trap...
Soon, Lazzaro is racing against time to catch a crazed serial killer - whose ultimate target is Lazzaro himself! As the bodies pile up, can the Homicide Squad find the Dante Killer in time?

Homicide Squad Episodes 1-6

Inspector Coliandro
He's one hot cop and Italy's answer to Dirty Harry - or so he thinks. To everyone else, he is an ignorant, crude, and politically incorrect buffoon who is despised by colleagues and certainly not feared by the criminals he's chasing. Only his partner, Trombetti, sees past the bravado to the honest cop inside who's determined to fight crime and save the day, either thanks to his own dumb luck or (Trombetti's) intuition. When he's not fighting crime, he has his own battles to fight - mainly his colleague's constant mispronunciation of his name - a play on the Italian word coglione (balls). Directed by the Mannetti Brothers, Itally's premier video directors, and starring Giampaolo Morelli, Coliandro is shot on the streets of Bologna.

Inspector Coliandro. Episodes 1-8

The Octopus
First broadcast in Italy in 1984, The Octopus (La Piovra) is an international blockbuster, running 18 years and producing nine follow-up series. The title of this classic Mafia thriller says it all, evoking the image of a secret criminal culture extending its tentacles into every layer of society. Ultimately shot on three continents, The Octopus brings scope and sophistication to the story of an old battle and shows the cost men and women pay when they stand up to the injustice of organized crime.

The Octopus. Series 1: Episodes 1-6
The Octopus. Series 2: Episodes 1-6
The Octopus. Series 3: Episodes 1-7
The Octopus. Series 4:  Episodes 1-6
The Octopus. Series 5: Episodes 1-4
The Octopus. Series 6: Episodes 1-6

Norway

Private Investigator Varg Veum
Varg Veum is a private investigator whose uncompromising and unconventional methods frequently bring him into conflict with both sides of the law. A divorced ex-child welfare worker and idealist, Varg Veum is a true lone wolf, well-versed in life's darker side - a man who goes where the police won't, and who knows how to get results. Behind his rough exterior and sharp verbal wit hides a warm-hearted and sensitive person, with a strongly developed social conscience and an unflagging solidarity with the common people. This modern take on the classic noir genre depicts the monstrous underbelly of the pathological crime world with hard-boiled mystery, gripping intrigue and irresistible tension.

Private Investigator Varg Veum: First Complete Series
Bitre blomster
Slepping Beuaty
Yours Until Death
Fallen Angels
Woman in the Fridge
Buried Dog

Sweden

Detective Inspector Irene Huss
Irene Huss is a former European Ju-Jitsu champion, a mother of twin teenage girls and a Detective Inspector with the Violent Crimes Unit. Her husband, Krister, is a successful chef and luckily for Irene, he gladly shoulders a fair share of the household tasks. At the Violent Crimes Unit in Gothenburg, Irene encounters a wide range of criminal minds- from international serial killers to psychotic young girls. Each new case brings its share of quirks and quandaries to the table, sometimes forcing the entire team to put their lives on the line.

Detective Inspector Irene Huss. Episodes 1-3
1. The Torso
2. The Horse Figurine
3. The Fire Dance
Detective Irene Huss. Episodes 4-6
4. The Night Round
5. The Glass Devil
6. The Gold Digger

Maria Wern
After the death of her husband, Police inspector Maria Wern moves to the picturesque Swedish island Gotland with her two children to start over. While struggling with raising two children as a single mother and still mourning her husband’s death, Maria manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life in a harsh and male dominated environment . She constantly encounters rage, death and evil but she stays determined to endure what sometimes feels like an unwinnable battle.

Maria Wern. Episodes 1-3
Episode 1: The Speechless God
Episode 2: All the Tranquil Dead
Episode 3: Dreams from Snow
Maria Wern. Episodes 4-7
Episode 4: May Death Sleep
Episode 5: Black Butterfly
Episode 6: Boy Missing
Episode 7: Not Even the Past

Van Veeteren
One of the most suspenseful psychological thrillers from Sweden, the Van Veeteren series brings to life the best-selling crime novels by one of Sweden’s most popular mystery writers, Håkan Nesser, whose books have been published in more than 20 countries world-wide. Set in the fictitious city of Maardam, in a made-up country that could be anywhere in northern Europe, the series follows the murder cases of retired chief inspector, Van Veeteren, and his two crime squad protégés, Münster and Moreno.

Van Veeteren. Episodes 1-3
Episode 1. Borkmann’s Point
Episode 2. Münster’s Case
Episode 3. Morene & The Silence
Van Veeteren. Episodes 4-6
Episode 4, The Swallow, The Cat, The Rose & Death
Episode 5, Carambole
Episode 6, Case G

Wallander
A lifetime of police work has left Detective Kurt Wallander with the look of a man who's seen too much. In a spare and compelling performance, Krister Henriksson does justice to the complicated detective beloved by fans of the bestselling crime novels by Henning Mankell. Recently recovered from a heart attack, veteran Wallander works alongside his daughter Linda, a recent academy graduate, and Stefan Lindman, a young detective eager to prove himself. Together, they solve cases in the Swedish seaside city of Ystad and confront the darkest recesses of the human heart.

Wallander: Episodes 1-3
Before the Frost
The Brothers
The Village Idiot
Wallander. Episodes 4-6
The African
Mastermind
The Overdose
Wallander. Episodes 7-9
The Castle Ruins
The Photographer
The Tricksters
Wallander. Episodes 10-13
The Black King
The Container Lorry
The Forger
The Secret

United Kingdom
Distributor: Warner Home Video

The Swenish version is better but Kenneth Branagh is much improved in the second series.

Wallander
Kenneth Branagh plays Swedish detective Kurt Wallander in three new crime dramas based on the best-selling books by Henning Mankell - an international publishing phenomenon with over 25 million copies sold worldwide.

Sidetracked, Firewall and One Step Behind follow Inspector Kurt Wallander - a disillusioned everyman - as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the seemingly sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in beautiful Southern Sweden.

Baffling crimes and seemingly motiveless murders lead to surprising and shocking discoveries in these Swedish noir thrillers.