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This is an intriguing eight episode crime drama from Norway, currently airing with subtitles in the UK. Kristofer Hivju who played Torman Giantsbane in Game Of Thrones plays twin brothers Adam & Erik. While Adam is a successful business and family man, Erik is a bit of a waster, an impoverished beach bum drifting around, surfing and getting into severe debt. When a man he owes money to repossesses his camper van, Erik steals it back leading to an angry chase and the man ram’s Erik’s van off the road into a coastal fjord. Erik is badly shaken, but he survives the attack, leaving the van half submerged but visible as he takes refuge by sleeping in a hostel he has broken into before being discovered by guests who have taken the room. Erik now hides on his brother’s moored up boat, until Adam, who for reasons not yet disclosed has not spoken with him for fifteen years, finds him and attacks him. Trying desperately to break up the fight, Adam’s wife, (Rebekka Nystabakk as Ingrid Williksen) accidentally kills Adam. With Erik already missing presumed drowned, Erik now has to pretend to be Adam, but can he and Ingrid convince the rest of the family, friends, etc, with the police investigation intensifying when the body (dumped at sea by Erik) is found? A simple premise with more twists than a corkscrew and very good central performances especially by Kristofer Hivju. Arthur Chappell