The Rain

I've been curious about this show for a while. It's something as rare as a Danish post-apoc show and it's really good. Especially in 2020.

It starts as a post-apoc story which turns into an origin story which in turn transforms into a redemption story. It's really something. 

So the plot for season one is that a deadly virus is transmitted in the rain and any and all water is deadly unless boiled first. The story follows siblings Simone and Rasmus as they're thrust into a bunker by their dad and Simone is quietly (and in confidence) told that Rasmus is the key and she needs to protect him and not let anybody know. She diligently follows her dad's orders for six years, but then they run out of food and they have to venture outside. And from there the secret comes out. 

How do you combat a virus that is almost sentient?

Being a Danish show of course there are both Danish and Swedish actors in it and they both speak their native languages and mostly understand each other. I had no issue understanding any of the Danish except when they talked really fast or mumbled or used slang that I don't know. But usually I could keep up. Toni didn't understand anything :P And they did poke fun of that in the show. Like mostly they understand each other, but some of them were constantly "what's she/he saying?"

The show takes place on both sides of the border, and interestingly 99% of all the Swedes they meet are bad guys. It makes me wonder if that's a trope or stereotype in Denmark? Because the trope/stereotype here is usually that the Danes are the drunken/fun/stupid people xD 

Anyway, I enjoyed the show overall, but in the last season they seemed to have forgotten about the rain and the water, and there's no explanation as to why the rain suddenly isn't lethal anymore. Or why Rasmus suddenly starts getting sick in the last season when he's been impervious to sickness before. Those are probably the only complaints I have about an otherwise excellent show.