Ep 177: “Billionaire Island” is “Succession” With Salmon and I Love It (Netflix, 2024)

Midday Musings

Today we're reviewing the recently-released Norwegian limited series, "Billionaire Island." From the showrunners who brought you literally the first Netflix original series ("Lilyhammer" by Anna Bjornstad and Elif Skodvin), this 6-episode series chronicles the cutthroat corporate intrigue of a hostile takeover of one salmon billionaire's family business by ANOTHER salmon billionaire family business. Featured is an incredible, modern female CEO (played by Trine Wiggen) and her family versus a traditional, old-fashioned male CEO (played by Svein Roger Karlsen) who used to be her boss. Gems of folk culture alongside rapidly-modernizing social movements flesh out a world with hilariously idiosyncratic characters and hostile corporate plots. It's "Succession" with salmon. Pick a side to root for and let's get into it!

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