Netflix’s Moody, Mid-Tier Jo Nesbo Series
Who’s ready for a dark odyssey into the murky recesses of Harry Hole? Stop it. Detective Hole The Bottom Line Well-acted and atmospheric, but too convoluted. Airdate: Thursday, March 26 (Netflix)Cast: Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman, Pia Tjelta, Ellen Helinder, Anders Baasmo, Maxime Baune BochudCreator: Jo Nesbo Stop giggling. Be a grownup. As millions of Scandinavians, millions of fans of Scandinavian crime fiction, and at least 17 fans of the Michael Fassbender film The Snowman already know, of course, the glum antihero at the center of Jo Nesbo‘s Norwegian novels pronounces his name, “HAR-ee Hoo-leh.” Which won’t stop anybody from pointing and laughing every time the detective phones somebody and their caller ID reads, “HARRY HOLE.” We are, after all, only human. Speaking of phonetics, Detective Hole, a nine-episode adaptation of Nesbo’s The Devil’s Star, is set to air on Netflix, which seems in this instance like it should be pronounced “Ama-zon.” Sure, it’s a Netflix show, but the place Detective Hole would be most at home is alongside Scarpetta and Bosch and Cross on Amazon, …


