Fortitude: The Complete Second Season

The first season of this British series set on a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic Circle started as a crime drama and then turned into a biological thriller about a prehistoric pathogen unleashed by global climate change. The memory of that horror hangs over the second season as the police find a decapitated body in the snow. Continuing with its Nordic noir mix of dread and icy horror coupled with global politics and local tensions, the new season adds a conspiracy tied to an international medical research facility. Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl is back as the island governor clashing with mainland bureaucrats, and Richard Dormer is the sheriff, who survives infection and transforms into a sinister, almost demonic figure who takes the law into his own hands. Dennis Quaid, Michelle Fairley, and Parminder Nagra are new to the cast. Numerous storylines and characters become tangled up in this series that makes the most of its icy setting (once again shot in Iceland). Compiling all 10 episodes from the 2017 second season of this British-American co-production, extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette and a first season recap. Recommended. (S. Axmaker)