Unit One (2000)

Denmark, Best Drama Series 2002. Long before Nordic noir had a name, this was the Danish crime show that set the template. An elite mobile police unit travels around the country helping local forces with their worst cases, so every story drops you into a different town. Charlotte Fich leads, and a pre-Hollywood Mads Mikkelsen co-stars as one of the sergeants. Four seasons and 32 episodes, mostly built around their own cases, which makes it easy to dip into rather than a binge you have to commit to.