First season of Lilyhammer had me laughing frequently as our mafia fixer created his new life in a Norwegian town. The mix of his street wise business sense with the quaint Norwegian folks was funny and the characters were eccentric. Second season was okay but it was more of the same. Third season really fell flat. It was written in a frenetic pace with sub plots ranging from Brazil drug fiasco to Jan coming back from Iraq even nuttier than before. The storyline was all over and I found myself not laughing but instead wondering how any of it was supposed to be funny. Lots of adolescent male humor with blow jobs, male psychotic fixation on lactating breasts and nonsensical violence every ten seconds. IMDB has lost credibility when there are so many 9 and 10 ratings. Still, Van Zandt plays an excellent italian mobster and his motley crew of associates are all played by good actors. It was just the writing that lost its way. Some shows should only be one or two seasons.
Review of Lilyhammer
