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* DarkandTroubledPast: Sorjonen is a bit of a tortured soul after his years as a homicide detective in Helsinki. He's haunted by all the atrocities he was forced to witness. At one point, its revealed that [[spoiler: he's haunted by hallucinations of all the victims who's killers he failed to bring to justice.]] And all that is ''before'' we get to the fact that his wife suffered from cancer and only just recovered when the series began.
** Lena Jaakkola clearly hasn't had an easy life either. She's been an FSB agent and a member of the Russian Mafia, and lived a violent life on both sides of the law. Through all this, she has struggled to raise a daughter with whom she has a troubled relationship at best.
** Lena Jaakkola clearly hasn't had an easy life either. She's been an FSB agent and a member of the Russian Mafia, and lived a violent life on both sides of the law. Through all this, she has struggled to raise a daughter with whom she has a troubled relationship at best.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Lena Jaakkola is quiet skilled at it, given that she is ex-FSB.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Lena Jaakkola is quiet skilled at it, given that she is ex-FSB.
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** [[spoiler: Sorjonen's wife Paulina proves to be one in the first season finale, even resorting to blackmail in an attempt to get her daughter cleared off a murder charge.]]
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* SuperheroParadox: Lapperanta was a largely safe and crime-free town. But once veteran homicide detective Kari Sorjonen moves in to take over the town's Serious Crimes Unit, it suddenly becomes a hotbed of violent crime - sex-trafficking, drug dealing and even a serial killer. In fact, the politicians seeking to discredit Sorjonen and get the unit shut down actually seek to exploit this coincidence, claiming that Sorjonen 'brought' serious crime with him to the town.
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* CowboyCop: Sorjonen is a non-action example of this trope - often taking his investigations in seemingly strange directions based on deductions his colleagues can't understand. Much to his boss, Taina's, chagrin, he had a tendency to keep his cards close to his chest and operate beyond her authority.
** [[spoiler: Lena]] is a more straight example of this trope [[spoiler: once she joins SECRI, largely due to her history as an FSB agent. She's prepared to steal evidence, and use physical torture against witnesses, among other things, to help crack a case]].
** [[spoiler: Lena]] is a more straight example of this trope [[spoiler: once she joins SECRI, largely due to her history as an FSB agent. She's prepared to steal evidence, and use physical torture against witnesses, among other things, to help crack a case]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Taina, the Lapperanta police chief and Kari's boss, tries to be one.
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The second season is set to air in 2018.
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** DC Niko, at least that's what he wishes to be, but still does competent fieldwork.work.
** Sorjonen even more so than Niko for that matter.
** DC Niko, at least that's what he wishes to be, but still does competent field
** Sorjonen even more so than Niko for that matter.
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* TitleDrop: Show's named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city.
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* TitleDrop: Show's The show's originally named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city. The Netflix title comes from Lappeenranta being a border town with Russia, with St. Petersburg being just 2-3 hours away by car.
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* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.]]
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* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: HappilyAdopted: For varying degrees of happily. [[spoiler:Turns out that Lena was shot in the line of duty, and had an emergency hysterectomy in the process; later on, during a drug raid, she found Katia as a toddler, inside a cardboard box, in her real mother'r apartment, who was a junkie. Lena explains to Katia that her real life mother died since.]]
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong:
** Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.]]]]
** Katia, to a certain degree. Her life experiences have made her incredibly jaded for her age, though, she also goes to therapy because of them.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong:
** Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.
** Katia, to a certain degree. Her life experiences have made her incredibly jaded for her age, though, she also goes to therapy because of them.
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* NaughtyNuns: Close enough. One of the victims in one episode was a theology student that ran a blog on sexual experiences, had a big collection of sex toys and had a tryst with a married man.
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* NaughtyNuns: Close enough. One of the victims in one episode was a theology student that ran a blog on sexual experiences, had a big collection of sex toys and toys, had a tryst with a married man. man, [[spoiler: and got pregnant in the process.]]
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* NaughtyNuns: Close enough. One of the victims in one episode was a theology student that ran a blog on sexual experiences, had a big collection of sex toys and had a tryst with a married man.
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''Sorjonen'', also known as ''Bordertown'' on international markets, is a Finnish detective drama that airs on [=Tle TV1=] and is available for streaming on Netflix.
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''Sorjonen'', also known as ''Bordertown'' on international markets, is a Finnish detective drama that airs on [=Tle [=Yle TV1=] and is available for streaming on Netflix.
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* MamaBear: Lena, Katia's Mother. It helps that she's a member of the [=FSB=].
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* MamaBear: Lena, Katia's Mother. It helps that she's a former member of the [=FSB=].
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* SherlockScan: Comes with the territory for Sorjonen, given his use of the ''Memory Palace''
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* SherlockScan: Comes with the territory for Sorjonen, given his use of the ''Memory Palace''Palace''.
* TitleDrop: Show's named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city.
* TitleDrop: Show's named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city.
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* CorruptPolitician: Both Robert Degerman and Mikael Ahola are shady as fuck.
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* SherlockScan: Comes with the territory, territory for Sorjonen, given his use of the ''Memory Palace''
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* DecoyProtagonist: Or rather Decoy Support Cast. [[spoiler: Johanna, who quits at the end of the first case after being found out to be dirty.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: Or rather Decoy Support Cast. [[spoiler: Johanna, DC Metso, who quits at the end of the first case after being found out to be dirty.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: Or rather Decoy Support Cast. [[spoiler: Johanna, who quits at the end of the first case after being found out to be dirty.]]
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Johanna. She was working with Ahola in trying to keep the heat away from the cabins where the Doll's House prostitution ring was taking place.]]
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Johanna.DirtyCop:
**[[spoiler: DC Johanna Metso. She was working with Ahola in trying to keep the heat away from the cabins where the Doll's House prostitution ring was taking place.]]
**[[spoiler: DC Santeri Kaminen, who was using his informants to smuggle drugs from St. Petersburg.]]
**[[spoiler: DC Johanna Metso. She was working with Ahola in trying to keep the heat away from the cabins where the Doll's House prostitution ring was taking place.]]
**[[spoiler: DC Santeri Kaminen, who was using his informants to smuggle drugs from St. Petersburg.]]
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.]]
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* MayorPain: Degerman. He'll do anything to get financial backing for his projects. [[spoiler:Including turning a blind eye to a prostitution ring for his investors, and trying to dig up dirt on Sorjonen in order to stop him from investigating.]]
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* MayorPain: Degerman. He'll do anything to get financial backing for his projects. [[spoiler:Including [[spoiler: Including turning a blind eye to a prostitution ring for his investors, and trying to dig up dirt on Sorjonen in order to stop him from investigating.]]]]
* NonActionGuy: DC Niko, at least that's what he wishes to be, but still does competent field work.
* NonActionGuy: DC Niko, at least that's what he wishes to be, but still does competent field work.
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* FanDisservice: The videos SECRI find on the Doll's House girls. It's meant to be off-putting.
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* NordicNoir: A good example of it.
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* NordicNoir: A good An example of it.
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Johanna. She was working with Ahola in trying to keep the heat away from the cabins where the Doll's House prostitution ring was taking place.]]
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The series focuses on Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
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The series focuses on Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city Helsinki to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
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* MamaBear: Lena, Katia's Mother. It helps that she's a member of the [=FSB=].
* MayorPain: Degerman. He'll do anything to get financial backing for his projects. [[spoiler:Including turning a blind eye to a prostitution ring for his investors, and trying to dig up dirt on Sorjonen in order to stop him from investigating.]]
* MayorPain: Degerman. He'll do anything to get financial backing for his projects. [[spoiler:Including turning a blind eye to a prostitution ring for his investors, and trying to dig up dirt on Sorjonen in order to stop him from investigating.]]
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* SceneryPorn: As many NordicNoir series, the scenery is gorgeous to look at.
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* SceneryPorn: As many NordicNoir series, the scenery is gorgeous to look at.at.
* SherlockScan: Comes with the territory, given his use of the ''Memory Palace''
* SherlockScan: Comes with the territory, given his use of the ''Memory Palace''
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The series focus focuses on Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
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* BrutalHonesty: His speech is rather blunt, whether speaking to people under his command or his superiors.
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* CharacterTics: Sorjonen tends to make exaggerated hand motions or tap the side of his head and such when trying to remember things using the ''Memory Palace'' trick.
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* PhotographicMemory: Sorta but not quite. Sorjonen uses and tries to train other members of the Serious Crime Unit in the ''Memory Palace'' technique.
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''Sorjonen'', also known as ''Bordertown'', is a Finnish detective drama that airs on [=Tle TV1=] and is available for streaming on Netflix.
The series focus on Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
The series focus on Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
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''Sorjonen'', also known as ''Bordertown'', ''Bordertown'' on international markets, is a Finnish detective drama that airs on [=Tle TV1=] and is available for streaming on Netflix.
The series focus on Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
The series focus on Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
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''Sorjonen'', also known as ''Bordertown'', is a Finnish detective drama that airs on [=Tle TV1=] and is available for streaming on Netflix.
The series focus on Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
!!''Sorjonen / Bordertown'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* DefectiveDetective: Sorjonen is troubled by all the crime he has witnessed as a member of the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation.
* NordicNoir: A good example of it.
* SceneryPorn: As many NordicNoir series, the scenery is gorgeous to look at.
The series focus on Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen), a talented if peculiar detective that moves from the big city to Lappeenranta, a small town that borders with Russia, after his wife barely survives brain cancer, in order to live a more peaceful life -- but things are not actually very peaceful in a town caught between two worlds.
!!''Sorjonen / Bordertown'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* DefectiveDetective: Sorjonen is troubled by all the crime he has witnessed as a member of the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation.
* NordicNoir: A good example of it.
* SceneryPorn: As many NordicNoir series, the scenery is gorgeous to look at.
