TV Review: Crossing Lines

You know how I love Box Sets – watched quite a few of them in my life.  Recently I came across a series I had never heard of but looked intriguing to me so I decided to try it.  It is called “Crossing Lines” and is an American/European drama bases in the International Crime Court (The ICC) in The Hague, Amsterdam.

It follows the ins and outs of the ICC’s special crime unit which investigates crimes that happen within Europe – not just in one country but across many of them. The unit includes an anti-organised crime covert specialist from Germany, a crime analyst from France, and a weapons specialist and tactical expert from Northern Ireland.  There are also people from Holland, Italy, England, America and France.

Crimes investigated include:

• ·         Four women murdered in parks in different major European cities
• ·         Men being seduced and poisoned so pieces of their art collection could be stolen
• ·         A murder ring involving European truck drivers, kidnapping etc.

Along with these cases, there are a couple of stories running in the background relating to team members:

• ·         The death of the son of Major Daniels (Marc Lavoine – Italy), the team leader.  Many questions surrounded this, who killed him and why?
• ·         Carl Hickman (William Ficthner – American) a former NYPD Officer left the force because he was injured by Philip Genovese (Kim Coates), who is a sex trafficking criminal.  Hickman is currently living In Amsterdam in a carnival and Genovese turns up here during season one.  They are both hunting each other.  Finally they come face to face in a show down which ends up in Genovese being injured – he is arrested and taken to hospital.  Hickman thinks it is all over but unfortunately for him Genovese escapes.

Here is one of the reasons why I started watching this series – Philip Genovese is played by Kim Coates (my new Celebrity crush!).  But it is a cool series. I like the international feel to it and how the unit investigates crimes throughout Europe and they all use their different skills and talents to solve these crimes.

Personal lives of the other unit members are shown but they don’t overtake the criminal investigations, which can happen in other shows. 

I have now finished Season 1 and after a break I have now begun Season 2.  And yes Genovese is back again in this season so let’s see what happens now!  Apparently there is a Season 3, just need to wait till it comes to Amazon Prime for free.