User Reviews

As the first, and hopefully not the last, series of Lilyhammer draws to a close Frank's past has finally caught up with him. Mafiosi Jerry Delucci and Robert Grasso have kidnapped Sigrid's son Jonas as a means of getting to Frank and in a way it works as Frank is determined to get the boy back without Sigrid finding out about his murky past. He is contacted and they arrange to meet. The meeting doesn't go according to plan as the two kidnappers have unknowingly chosen a well know gay pick up area for the meeting and the first car to arrive is somebody else who is looking for a good time; something that sends the homophobic Jerry into a rage. As Robert struggle to stop Jerry killing the man Jonas escapes and flees to local troll theme park. Jonas tries to hide from his erstwhile captors as Frank arrives at the scene knowing that he will have to face the two. Back in town somebody has emailed copies of Arne's illicit photographs to all his colleagues which leads to his position becoming untenable.

This was a great conclusion to the series, my favourite episode to date. It had just the right mix of humour and suspense. Greg Canestrari was suitably menacing as Dulucci; a thoroughly unpleasant character who was made somewhat amusing by his strange fear of trolls! Tim Ahern was also good as his more rational colleague Grasso. The scenes in the theme park were tense but once again had their funny moments. Steve Van Zandt continued to do a great job as protagonist Frank; I really liked the scenes between him and the two Mafiosi. If no more episodes are made this episode does provide a good point of closure while still leaving things open enough for more to be made... and I hope they are.