Beachbum2018 Just about finished series 1, but am already hooked on this excellent drama. The core seed of the story that Norway has come up with new energy supply that allows them to overnight shut down oil and gas production and subsequently face an EU political backlash leading to Russian "invasion" with no support from NATO (minus the US) is probably stretching things a bit, but necessary for the plot to evolve..... but after that it arguably gets considerably more plausible! The silk glove tactics of Russia are credible and consistent with experience elsewhere in the region, "salami tactics" as once referred to in a Yes Prime Minister episode! The challenges from some other critics that Russia doesn't need more oil and gas are missing the point, its not about energy supply... its about power, and to that end the way the whole series evolves politically appears pretty realistic..... what other incremental course of action could a small democratic country like Norway take! Can't wait to see series 2 and even 3 if it gets that far. Good, thought provoking entertainment.... that's all it is by the way before anyone gets twisted off with anti-Russian sentiment!

anagalilea I have watched the entire 1st season and it is excellent in keeping the intrigue, interesting and it makes some sense. But somehow it is also illogical. The EU would never form an alliance with Russia. And the US either, Norway it is not alone. When you least expect it the series come out with the idea that they are alone and their main value, the energy reaources is stolen by the EU Russia and the US complicit. No way.

benjaminsoerensen The plotline of this show is as narrow-minded and implausible as anything radical leftists come up with these days: Russia occupies Norway with the consent of the EU, due to Norway's decision to stop its production of fossil fuels. Of course, feminism and miscegenation also find their way into this pathetic attempt at storytelling. Sad to see that Norwegian TV-shows have stooped to the levels of the British Brainwashing Corporation. If this show is representative of the state of culture and identity in Norway, the self-hating and destructive behavior of Sweden will soon take root in Norway.

Critical Eye UK How on earth $11 million came to be spent on this ludicrous rubbish is something only the Norwegians can explain. Apparently an original idea dreamt up by a leading Norwegian fiction writer, 'Occupied' is about how Norway is led by a half-wit Prime Minister who struggles almost single-handedly against "the EU" which, it seems, has decided that Norway should be taken over by, er, Russia.Words. . . fail. Fail so much that it's probably a waste of breath to even point out that back on April 4, 1949, Norway was one of the founding partners of NATO, along with the USA, the UK, Canada, France, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and (bizarrely) Iceland.As a NATO partner, pledged to the defence of the sovereignty of its fellow partners -- of whom there are now considerably more than the original founders -- Norway is an active member whose participation in the organisation has consistently marked it out as a lead nation.According to 'Occupied', however. . . it isn't. It's a chunk of land Somewhere Up North whose fortunes are to be decided by something called 'the EU', an organisation which has no power in international defense and strategic alliances. Even its Prime Minister doesn't know about NATO.That anyone could even embark on a TV series 100% devoid of credibility beggars belief, the sheer witlessness of the concept mitigating against just about every word of dialog and every episode plot line. Evidently, the awful reality of just how profound a mess 'Occupied' truly is dawned on one of the original financial backers of the project; it ran for the hills and left the budget with a large hole that couldn't be filled until some new investors came along who've evidently never heard of NATO either. The embarrassment of it all also led one of the show's principal producers to issue a rambling statement to the effect that ah, well, no, it's not meant to be realistic, it's just, er, stuff about Norway and Norwegians. It's absolutely not about Russia invading anyone or about international politics or even about. . . reality.Russia rightly complained about the show when it first aired but has since ceased to bother, as aware as everyone else is of how utterly fatuous 'Occupied' truly is. Significantly, neither the BBC nor any commercial company in the UK picked up 'Occupied', leaving it instead to satellite TV to so ill-advisedly fork out for the rights. I look forward to the next 'original idea' from the creators of this daft folly, perhaps a story of how the USA is re-claimed by the UK and the Pentagon can do nothing against the arrival in Boston Harbor of 300 tea drinking British Redcoats armed with muskets and a couple of cannons. Now, there's plausibility for you -- Norwegian-style, of course. Verdict: unwatchable.