Harry Hole ep. 5 (Netflix) – Two men playing God [EN]
Two men playing God — that's the shape of this episode, and it's what we spend most of our time on.
In episode 5 of Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole (Harry Hole), the symbol the show has been seeding since episode two finally gets decoded: the priest explains the pentagram, the husband explains the "mare," and the killer's own logic is stated outright — he sees himself as God's instrument. We talk about how differently that occult-religious frame reads once it's made explicit, especially for viewers outside Norway. We also get into the episode's most morally loaded beat: Harry lets the gang war and…
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