Big villain - Male; Sundry villians - all male; "weakest" of the four parents - Male; Police boss - female; Main police character - female; Main lawyer - female;The nasty characters are misogynists, yes, but that doesn't make this excellent series misogynist.

/refers to Season 1/ Following the footsteps of other Nordic countries, particularly Sweden and Denmark, Iceland has also produced some miniseries depicting crime and dark secrets in this small and otherwise safe country. Previously I saw Ófærð/Trapped, that I liked, and now this Réttur, with even more suspense and more focus on current lifestyle and values in Iceland, with growing drug issues and earlier puberty consequences. The plot seems realistic, has its witty twists and turns, and the cast is evenly solid and convincing, without strong domination by one or two as we tend to see in many police series where a cop or two get main attention and supporting cast my remain sketchy, at times even unnecessary "filler". Vis-à-vis some other series, there is less attention to beautiful Icelandic nature, but such an approach can enhance necessary mood and accent, enabling to focus on bad things happening inside, behind closed doors. Bearing in mind the country´s size and hence more limited opportunities, 8 points from me.

Yes, it moves slow, but that is nice for a change. USA TV series can be so redundant and stupid. This series, as many overseas series, are more intelligent! I binge watched entire series in one day cause I could not wait to see what would happen in the next episode, 9 in all. The actors look like real people, not Hollywood stars with all their make-up. The female lead is a plain Jane. Some nudity, more of the female, except there is some full frontal male nudity towards the end of the series. The subtitles do not distract from the story. If younger girls watch this, I would like them to get the guts to not let men manipulate and take advantage of them. Go to someone in law enforcement and get these creepy men put away!

This series is amazing. There are so many twists and turns to the plot, where I think I know who's responsible, until I suspect another who I wouldn't have guessed. I would never have expected such a clever crime drama from a country with one of the lowest crime rates. I'm a woman and I don't know what other reviewer was ranting on about it being misogynistic. It had some unpleasant scenes regarding abuse, drug use, prstitution, pimps, but it was just a story about unfortunate people. If anything it gives a warning against young girls getting involved in abusive people and situations. Only thing is it left a few unanswered questions, so seems to be the start of another series, but I'm unsure how to find out if I can watch with English subtitles. I only found out about Case because the first programme was on Channel 4 part of Walter Presents, and then the rest online. Like the Icelandic comedy Næturvaktin/The Night Shift, I don't have a clue how I can watch again with English subtitles since BBC stopped showing on their website.