Bordertown

About Bordertown

The story of DI Kari Sorjonen of the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta, his family, and his investigations into a variety of harrowing homicides around the border area.

Bordertown is a crime and mystery series that ran on Yle TV1. The series is filed under nordic noir, border, and small town.

Its 3 seasons and 31 episodes aired between October 2016 and February 2020. Seasons run to about 10 episodes.

Ville Virtanen leads the cast as Kari Sorjonen, Matleena Kuusniemi as Pauliina Sorjonen, Olivia Ainali as Janina Sorjonen, and Anu Sinisalo as Lena Jaakkola.

In the United States it streams on Mhz Choice and MZ Choice Amazon Channel. Trapped, The Glass Dome, and Midnight Sun make useful companions to Bordertown. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 121 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.