Stranger - season 1

I really hope that there are more seasons of Stranger, because I really enjoyed it.

Probably the best TV detective drama I have seen since The Bridge. And it reminded me a lot of The Bridge at times, since it has a socially detached main character who teams up with his "opposite" to solve the crimes.

The plot is clever, with suspicion switching from character to character and back again. And the acting is great; particularly from the leads.

One thing I like about foreign language detective dramas is that you cannot look away for a second, otherwise you might miss something important. That makes the whole experience very immersive. And also you notice things that you might not if it were in English - the cultural details of Korean society were there to see - all that bowing and apologising.

The episodes (16 of them) are quite long too, which also drags you in. I think most of the episodes were just over an hour long, and the finale was nearly 90 minutes.

The last 20 minutes of the finale sets us up nicely for a second season. So let's hope that we don't have to wait too long for it.