Scandi fans - The Bridge starts Sat 21 April - BBC 4 9pm

[Deux]

Personally, I can't wait. At a complete loss since the end of Borgen.

x-post smugmum!

and agree - i thought that too, about why he didn't kill martin.

no conspiracy theory is too far for this one

oh and message to aloise -- the whiteboard was scrubbed out and started again a la saga given the new information we received this evening!

also - inspector montalbano was my guilty pleasure of a saturday evening - i got dp and my parents watching it and they loved it too. quite a different kettle of fish to this, though!

anyone think martin might be about to lose his son, though? just like jens? still not convinced august won't arrive at the restaurant to find frida is more like a 40 or 50-something ex-cop

true mousy

it's also true that so many of the people we thought were tools were actually just other people with other secrets to hide, but jens knew all about them.

Just popped in to check whether anyone else had spotted Svartman - I knew MN wouldn't let me down!

And I finally found a cast-list to confirm my conviction that the homeless guy, Bjorn, who was killed in ep 4 was indeed Brix from The Killing

OK - here's my theory, Jens is TT, and everything has been a big build up for revenge on Martin because ...wait for it... Martin, the serial shagger, slept with Jens wife. Hence the kick in the balls.

Ta da

Anyone else finding the song played at the beginning irritating as hell?

I presume it's sung in English but can only make out about 10 words.

It's turning into a bit of a game between dp and myself, trying to make out as many words as we can.

Agree about the song zanz1 - I can't relax and enjoy it because my brain is operating independently of my will and trying to pick out the English words.

Regarding "spot the actor" - Martin played a gangster called Jakov who thought he was dying of cancer in Those Who Kill.

And did any of you see Sophie Grabol's guest appearance in the American Killing last week?

I think you could definitely be onto something there kurri. we know martin has been unfaithful before.

Frieda absolutely definitely tt. poor august:(

is the journalist too young to be Jens? thought it was very suspicious that Daniel was offed just after talking to him.

Oh I hope it's not that kurri. That would be disappointing!

I thought Sebastian looked a bit like Jens too, aged, obviously. But goodness, pregnant, sick, with a recently unfaithful husband, 3 young kids at home, a troubled teenage step-son, could you really be interested in another man?!

I like the song. DH and I also try to pick out English words. We fail pretty miserably, or else there are very few English words in it. Does get a bit annoying.

When Martin asked Mette-do you remember Jens-she said yes, but that doesn't mean that she met him. My DH talks about work people whom I've never met, but I can still say yes I remember them. It might be that Jens is now Sebastian. Seems a bit convenient that he cropped up & asked her about IT altho' it's not her usual job to deal with IT purchase. Hmmm.

good point, wrath. she may never have met jens and so be at risk.

i know i've been obsessed with the black coat and shoes, which makes me wonder (along with the likeness) if seb could well be jens/our man. but is he tall enough?

lurking i think the point is that saga had it right. mette has been unhappy too and so i think seb is someone who has been building up a link with mette in the background. which would fit in with the meticulous planning of TT.

kurri you could be onto something re jens' wife. but how would jens be sure that martin would get the case? he would have had to be setting him up anyway in the background.

scummy i think daniel was offed because he dropped the story about jens' wife and son's death several years before. he was at a party with the drunk driver and then dropped the story in return for a pay rise and a new job. he was always going to die once he had served his purpose for that reason - nothing to do with how he played reporting the psychiatric patients etc this time around, so the other journo's opinion was neither here nor there...

I've had a brainwave. I think Charlotte is Jens/TT. He has had a sex change and started again. Evidence- she is tall and thin and ruthless. She was on the bridge at the very start of it all. Her wig wearing proves she is comfortable assuming different identities.

Blimey Scummy! You might have a point.And teejwood(Tiger?)you're making some excellent comments..I really should concentrate more onthe programme itself, because I seem to miss bits(think it has to do with the subtitling)

I'm liking your work scummy.

The killer (as seen in the Henning murder scene) had a very distinctive gait and they have cut to Stefan with his similar gait. They're not fooling me though. I'm on to their red herrings.

Did they say that the boy´s body was never found?

How old would he be now?

Or was the planning for this started before Jens´wife & son had their accident?

Yes teej, I think the boy's body was never found. And I think he would now be about 24. Or so DH says. So I bet he's around and currently very visible.

scummy, that's inspired re sex change. Charlotte is a bit manly looking, and what IS the wig about?

google hollow talk lyrics by choir of young believers if you want to know the words

hmm, that means samuraij or shag partner would both fit the age pattern...

"Anyone else finding the song played at the beginning irritating as hell?"

No, I love it & think that it´s perfect for this programme.

The chap who Mette has just met-did he seem as if he knew her?

Same build as "policeman" who shot Henning?

He´s had access to Mette´s computer?

So it´s revenge against people who he thinks should have helped him & didn´t?

Is Martin one?

Was the wife really going to see Martin when she was killed?

If TT is Jens, I wonder who the person in the caravan with his face shot away was? - would have to be someone no-body noticed was missing.

full circle to the homeless/druggies?

Think about it being Sebastian- different build to the headless body?