The Defeated
Season 1 Premiere:
Oct 30, 2020
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Aug 18, 2021
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The unrelenting gloom is meanwhile likely to strike a winning register with fans of Scandi noir (The Defeated is from the producers behind Scandi classic The Bridge). There’s little humour or light relief. But The Defeated serves up a new twist on the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War, and weaves in a compelling mystery to boot.
Aug 18, 2021
60
Even though we weren’t completely turned off by Taylor Kitsch’s performance, his presence in The Defeated transforms the show from something intriguing to something that could either get really good or go south in a hurry.
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Sep 2, 2021
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Taylor Kitsch stars as a Brooklyn cop who’s assigned to the American sector of Berlin at the end of WWII. He’s there to help set up a police bureau with the Germans to help prosecute cases of postwar crime. Meanwhile, he’s searching for his brother, who went MIA. The most interesting aspect of this series is the depiction of life in the city that was divided into 4 sectors (each run by a different country) and the desperate things people did to survive. There are several subplots involving various people and their own issues. From a dramatic standpoint, there are multiple opportunities for emotion and effect. After the first 4 episodes, they’ve created an interesting world, but the involvement seems surface.
