The latter factor here is perhaps the most critical.
So why should you care?
Why shouldLilyhammerget its fourth season?
Its a delightfully bat-shit decision that sets the tone for a delightfully bat-shit series.
The Norway presented to us inLilyhammeris a caricature.
Everything inLilyhammerhappens at break-neck speed as arcs and plot-lines are crammed into compact eight-episode seasons.
you might accuse the show of a lot of things, but being boring isnt one of them.
Frank is played by Steven Van Zandt, a man who does everything onLilyhammerexcept fetch the tea between takes.
Van Zandts presence in the show was the very thing that drew me to it in the first place.
Clever old Netflix, harnessing a little of the magic of HBO in its first round of original programming.
Silvio in the snow!
Especially if you approachLilyhammeras a comedy first and a drama second.
Trond Fausa Aurvag deserves to be singled out for his exceptional performance as Torgeir.
Torgeir is both easily led and steadfastly incorruptible when it comes to his own notions of right and wrong.
Torgeir may be Franks doe-eyed lap-dog, but hes one that bites hard when the situation demands it.
; will he be strong enough to vanquish his demons?
; will Frank consolidate or expand his empire, or simply retire?
And what really became of Jan?
No body, no death, remember (unless David Chase is involved).
And lets not forget the dead boob-maniac in the bath-tub.
Long live Norway, long liveLilyhammer.
