I could watch a hundred European detective shows like
Capitani which is good because Netflix has that many. Their titles are forgettable and many of their principal elements are generic but good stuff comes from low expectations and plain delivery. Business requirements have caused other genres in movies and TV to bloat. Like stadium rock, the spectacle is part of the package. But something about crime stories keeps things small.
Capitani is set in Luxembourg in summer. The characters are sunburned and petty. A girl has been killed and her twin sister survives and an out-of-town cop is assigned to the case for no particular reason. The story ambles for quite a bit until something else hits from the side and gives everything in it new shape. Best of all is that it's not in English. Good crime is local.
