The cold weather certainly doesn't seem to bother any of them.

Indeed.

I kept thinking "Where are your gloves?" and "For goodness sake, do your coat up!".

I mean, one policeman on his own in a police station opens the door to a cell holding a "career criminal" so he can go to the toilet. There would have been strict protocols in place.


It would appear you can have your intelligence insulted in any language.

Good start. Back here same time next week.

The police station appeared to be located in an isolated, rural area. I imagine the population of said area would total a few hundred, so I doubt they would have a great deal of officers on duty or, indeed, any protocols in place for dealing with serious career criminals.

I thought that. The police must have known the Lithuanian would have needed to use the toilet at some point so why didn't they give him a bucket or something. The woman officer who gave him the bottle looked like it'd had never crossed her mind he was going to need a wee or whatever

It was a bit off too the way Andri's ex left the bedroom door open so he could see her wrapped around her new bloke.

I really enjoyed Trapped though and I'm looking forward to the next episodes.

Decided to watch episode one before turning over for a movie on another channel. Then got hooked and stayed.

Okay question, why did they suddenly start speaking in English a number of times? It took me back the first time as I thought I must have misheard but no sub title came on, then it happened a few more times.

The crew and some passengers of the ferry weren't Icelandic - a lot of them were Danish I think. English was used as a common language I guess.

I get that, but what confused me was in the bearded detective's dealings with the captain, he seemed to be fluctuating from English to Danish(or whatever it was) and then back again, throughout those conversations. Why not do just one or the other?

His daughters are horrible little brats to that poor little boy. I'm hoping it was just a plot device so that all the kids ended up in that snowstorm at the end and thus being 'in peril' ... I hate seeing little kids bullied

I loved it though ... my OH and I were watching it huddled under fleecy blankets

Probably because Iceland was ruled by Denmark from 1380 to 1914

I agree with all the positive comments above. I think I only saw one negative one.


So did their languages diverge since then or were they different while under Danish rule?

I think it's more that Icelandic has stayed closer to Old Norse due the country's isolation, rather than evolved like other European languages, which were influenced by their neighbours.

Hence the reason the Icelandic alphabet still has the thorn (þ) and eth (ð).

If you are on a ferry then you are bound to have a mix of nationalities so English becomes the natural common tongue. Icelandic and Danish are close (but not as close as Danish and Swedish) so there would be some mutual understanding - a bit like a Cockney talking to a Glaswegian in strong accents - but English would put them on a more level footing.

As I understand it Icelandic is the closest of the Nordic languages to the Old Norse of the Vikings as Iceland's isolation has meant that it is the least "contaminated". A Dane, Swede or Norwegian hearing Icelandic is like us hearing Old English. We can usually get the drift but it sounds odd.

Snap!

I agree - that was strange when he was talking to the captain - sometimes in English and sometimes not.

Hope poor little Maggi is found safe. As for the daughters - let them freeze for being such horrible little bullies.

Maybe the switching between languages on the bridge was for the benefit of other staff who may be a mix of nationalities and most likely to understand English.

I did enjoy this though perhaps now quite as much as the Danish/Swedish ones as, at the moment at least it does seem a little cliched. The minute you saw the lone policeman and the scumbag in prison it was obvious what would happen. Also. I know it is meant to be a small place, but it is a ferry port and has a hotel etc so would there really only be 3 police for the place?

Interesting that such a cold place seems to have so many doors fitted with easily breakable single glass, very convenient. Especially for the 2 Nigerian girls who must have been cold in the camper van as they had no warm clothes on, and run away in a blizzard of minus whatever when nobody could see a hands turn and no doubt hypothermia would get you in next to no time but somehow immediately stumble across an empty place with its convenient single glass. But even inside, with no heating and freezing wet surely they would have been in a near state of hypthermia. They merely looked like it was a little chilly.

Brr, they should of scheduled this for the summer. I, like other posters, had to turn up the central heating. Plays havoc with your subconscious.

I wonder if there is more to the story of the sisters that were smuggled into the country? Why'd a hardened Lithuanian criminal risk everything smuggling in just two people?

The daughter's will get a full redemption in the coming weeks, they're our heroes' kids after all.

I'm loving Trapped and I'm loving this thread! Thanks so much for the Nordic education about the language, very interesting.

First impressions, I was stunned by the glorious landscape in the Opening. Theis as a villain! He's put on a bit of timber as well, but so nice to see familiar actors.

The younger daughter Pearla is a great little actress. And Maggi must have some Celtic genes with his ginger hair.

I've suspended my disbelief over the plot twists, and am going to enjoy the rest. 2hours flew by.

Quite possibly as several parts of Ireland were controlled by vikings for some considerable time

Isn't it the other way round, since the Vikings were the original ones with red hair? I believe many Geordies have red hair due to their Viking ancestry.

Edit: Or maybe I'm wrong :

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Discussion about a harmless little Icelandic tv show diversifies into conversations about history, language and genetics. Whoever said television rots your brains

I think the girls are being mean, unintentually - they're compensating for the fact of having a temporary mother, whereas the boy's got a permanent mother but no dad.

The police always have protocols, because there's a multi-billion pound industry which touches all our lives. "Health & Safety."

I'm not against plot devices, the escape could be worth quite a few episodes out of the ten. I'm just not over-happy with such things when they insult my intelligence.

Watched it by chance and thoroughly enjoyed it. Loved the scenery, icy mountains and snow. Something I rarely see in London.