Here’s a series I never heard of before. It was at the
Library, filed under L for Lilyhammer. There’s no telling how many times I may
have passed it by without notice, but for whatever reason this time I took it
home with me. Glad I did.
Frank the Fixer; played by Steven Van Zandt; has testified
against his “boss” in New York and as a result he needs to go into the Witness
Protection Program. But he chooses not to head to Arizona or Florida; warm
climates where most of the people in the program usually opt to relocate; he
decides it would be safer if he were to relocate somewhere more obscure; and
cold.
Remembering that he has seen Lillehammer on TV during the
Olympics a few decades ago, he decides to cast his himself as a former
restaurant owner and heads off to begin his new life in “Lilyhammer”; which is
the way he pronounces it.
Once there he has to come to terms with life in a social
democracy; where political correctness is the norm and hunting is not allowed.
All of these things come into play as he navigates his new life, meeting his
neighbors and in some cases corrupting them.
From the very first episode it is apparent that this man;
who is trying to live his life unnoticed; is not going to quietly “fit in” with
his new environment. He has troubles with the Employment Office; a personality
conflict with one of the town’s police officers; is mistaken for an Islamic
terrorist newly released from Guantanamo; and extreme difficulty understanding
the passivity of the people.
But in spite of all the social differences; or perhaps
because of them; Frank quickly discovers that people everywhere are really the
same. They all want to be one step ahead of one another. Great viewing; get ready to binge watch this
one.
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