Home Ground (serial)

A Norwegian 2-season series following Varg - a newly promoted premier league football club who has recently lost their coach. The general manager goes out on a limb and hires Helena, a proven coach with the women's national teams. She is the first woman to coach at this level, and she is all football, all the time, and definitely has the necessary talent to lead the team. But she has a lot to learn about the local team, the local players, the team culture, and herself and her family. I really liked this series. In many ways a classic sports show with the underdogs and winning and losing, but also serious plot elements built around the humans who participate in the sports. And it has bit of Norwegian dark edge to it as well. Great series.

5 stars (out of 5)