What’s been great about the recent influx of Scandinavian and Nordic crime dramas is that Finland has also been getting in on the act.
We loved Deadwind (Karppi) and we also love Bordertown (Sorjonen), too. Broadcast on YLE in its native Finland and around the world on, you guessed it, Netflix, the series tells the story of Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen (the brilliant Ville Virtanen) who takes a new job leading SECRI, the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta, after his wife survives brain cancer. He moves his family to the town near the border of Russia for a more peaceful life. Yeah, right.
Series three is now in production, with the good news that is set to reprise his role as Sorjonen, alongside Olivia Ainali as his on-screen daughter Janina Sorjonen, Matleena Kuusniemi as his wife Pauliina and Anu Sinisalo as Detective Lena Jaakkola. Creator Miikko Oikkonen says: “the winter landscape and atmosphere of season three will bring the crimes and family drama to a new epic dimension.”
It’s set to premiere on YLE in October, so we wait in the UK with bated breath.
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Hi Paul. Has Season 2 aired already?
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It doesn’t look as though it has!
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Stacy, I believe/hope Sorjonen/Bordertown 2 will be available on Netflix International in March *fingers crossed* as was s1 a few years back. Both s1 and s2 have been sold to Netflix so it will come. Here’s the trailer for s2 with English subs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnCjhSTf5Qw I’ve seen the trailer for s3 (in Finnish) and it’s looking awesome, too! As trailers come, I think it surpasses the trailer for s2.
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This is the trailer for Sorjonen/Bordertown 3 although I have no idea whether it can be seen abroad… https://areena.yle.fi/1-50015517
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Thanks Seija, but it has territorial restrictions
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Paul, I figured as much – how silly of YLE, they should be more alert and active with these trailers IMHO. The Danes and the Swedes always post their trailers for domestic shows with English subs on YouTube the first day the trailers come out in their countries. Much to learn about agressive selling for us Finns ;) Oh well, I tried. I guess the trailer for s3 with Eng subs will pop up eventually.
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Yeah, it will do eventually. Thanks for trying!
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Thanks Paul, Seija! I’m
looking forward to March then to see series 2. Cheers.
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Stacy, let’s see if my uneducated guess will be true. I do hope you realise that it’s not official by any means, as nothing has been confirmed by Netflix?
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We have a date now for Bordertown Season 2 – it is February 2 https://uk.newonnetflix.info/comingsoon
Sorry, Stacy, earlier than expected but I guess that’s not a bad thing ;)
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Awesome, kiitos paljon Detective Seija!
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No problem, gov :) (…though not quite sure what the ‘gov’ actually means LoL)
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Ok, now I know. Found a suitable explanation online: (British informal) a name or title of respect for a father, employer, etc. so I did use it correctly :D
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waiting with bated breath for Season 3 of Bordertown!!!!!!!!!!!
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Love, love Bordertown! Super acting and I’m so addicted!!
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Looking forward to s3 hurry please
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Can’t wait for season 3 of Bordertown. And waiting for Deadwind season 2 to go in production. I am a true fan of all these shows coming from Finland, even though I don’t speak the language & need to have English translation for the actors. BRAVO!
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Sorjonen/Bordertown 3 will pre mieleen in Finland in October and hopefully on Netflix in early 2020? Karppi/Deadwind 2 is already in produktion and will be show in Finland in early 2020. And let’s Hope it’s be on Netflix as well in the Summeri of 2020!
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*premiere and many other mistakes … Can’t wait to be back at home and by my computer again!
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Now it’s true, Sorjonen/Bordertown 3 will officially start on Finland’s Yle Areena (iplay type of service) on 29 November, and on YLE1 on 1 December. S3 will include five separate, 1- to 3-part stories/10 episodes in total (story 1: The Human Stain, story 2: The Human Beast, story 3: Sons and Lovers, story 4: The Woman in the Mirror, and story 5: A Chess Story – my own translations for the stories). https://areena.yle.fi/1-3677300
And yes, s3 will be the last one for the series. Hopefully on Netflix in Feb/March ’20?
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Fingers crossed Seija!
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Really crossed for you Netflixters! I know I’ll binge-watch s3 during the weekend it appears on Yle Areena :)
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Paul, do you think Sorjonon is supposed to be autistic? Some reviews say he is gifted as a way of explaining his quirks, but his odd hand movements and his posture make me think autism. We see (in season 3) that as a child he wore earmuffs to block out sounds, too.
Just curious.
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I think he’s on some sort of spectrum, for sure.
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Other people have also tried to figure out why Kari Sorjonen is the way he is, here’s one explanation https://meaww.com/bordertown-season-3-series-finale-kari-sorjonen-ville-virtanen-peculiarity-childhood-trauma-history
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