The 100 Code
The 100 Code (original title The Hundred Code) is a Swedish-German crime thriller television series of 12 episodes, created and directed by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), starring Michael Nyqvist and Dominic Monaghan as mismatched detectives hunting a serial killer who moves from New York to Stockholm.1 • 2 It was the first co-production of the pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland, made with Red Arrow International for Sky and Sweden's Kanal 5.1
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | 12-episode crime thriller, one season, about 43 to 60 minutes per episode3 • 2 |
| Creator | Bobby Moresco, Academy Award winner for Crash; he created, wrote, and directed1 |
| Lead cast | Michael Nyqvist as Mikael Eklund, Dominic Monaghan as Tommy Conley3 |
| Basis | Loosely based on the novel Merrick by the Irish writer Ken Bruen4 |
| Production | 100 Code AB and Zen Productions with Fabrik Entertainment, Red Arrow International, and Strix Drama for Sky Deutschland and Kanal 51 |
| Premiere | March 6, 2015 (HBO Nordic, Sweden); Sky Atlantic HD from March 19, 20155 • 6 |
| Reception | IMDb rating 7.2/10 from about 3,300 votes; not renewed beyond one season7 • 8 |
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Premise
Over the course of about a year, young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead and buried in fields of asphodel flowers, first in New York and then in Stockholm. With special dispensation from the NYPD, Detective Tommy Conley (Dominic Monaghan) is allowed to observe and advise the Stockholm police, where he works alongside Mikael Eklund (Michael Nyqvist), a Swedish homicide detective who sticks to the rules and dislikes American culture.3 The two dislike each other at first but are forced to cooperate as the ritual killings continue, and their investigation gradually uncovers a network of murderers apparently directed by a figure in the background.3 • 9
The series was produced bilingually in English and Swedish in the hope of international sales, and its culture-clash pairing of a brash American and a grumpy Swedish investigator places it deliberately in the Nordic noir tradition.10
Production and broadcast
Sky Deutschland announced its co-production deal with Red Arrow International in March 2014, its first co-production, giving Sky exclusive pay and free TV rights in German-speaking countries across all platforms. Filming began on May 5, 2014, in New York and around Stockholm, including the inner city, the archipelago, and the suburbs.1 • 11 Executive producers were Moresco, Joakim Hansson, Klaus Zimmermann, and Fabrik Entertainment's Henrik Bastin and Mikkel Bondesen.1
Broadcasting ran across several territories and windows. HBO Nordic premiered the series on March 6, 2015, and Kanal 5 showed it in Sweden from September 2015.5 • 12 In Germany it first aired on Sky Krimi on March 14, 2015, and on Sky Atlantic HD from March 19, 2015, with free-TV premiere on ZDFneo on November 8, 2016.5 The United States premiere came later, on WGN America on May 29, 2018.13
Reception
The series drew a mixed response. On IMDb it holds a 7.2/10 rating from about 3,300 users, with an unweighted mean of 7.5 and the most ratings from Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Denmark.7 A Sky Atlantic review described it as a culture-clash drama that felt like an American procedural forced into a Nordic noir frame, while crediting Nyqvist with a suitably grumpy performance.14 A German Blu-ray review praised the acting but criticized the stretched 12-episode structure and an unresolved cliffhanger ending.10
The series was not renewed; it ended after its single season of 12 episodes.8
References
- Sky Deutschland to co-produce "100 Code" with Red Arrow Entertainment, ProSiebenSat.1 press release, March 2014
- 100 Code (2015), IMDb
- 100 Code, TVmaze
- Erste Sky Koproduktion "100 Code" feiert erfolgreich Premiere in München, Presseportal, March 2015
- 100 Code, fernsehserien.de
- Sky Media Network bietet Multiscreen-Angebot zur Thrillerserie "100 Code", Presseportal, March 2015
- 100 Code (TV Series 2015) - Ratings, IMDb
- 100 Code, a Titles & Air Dates Guide, epguides.com
- HBO Nordic sætter dato på deres nye nordisk inspireret krimiserie 100 Code, Digitalt.tv, January 2015
- Blu-ray-Kritik: Serie "100 Code", Edieh, October 2015
- 100 Code, The Michael Nyqvist Archives
- The Hundred Code, TheTVDB.com
- Dominic Monaghan & Michael Nyqvist Are Clashing Cops in WGN America's '100 Code', TV Insider, May 2018
- Review: 100 Code (S1 E1/13), Sky Atlantic, The Killing Times, January 2016
Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Drama and prestige series (individual series) › Crime and thriller series › Police and detective procedurals
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