# Fortitude

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortitude/713671>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 26, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortitude/713671 "2015-02-26T16:27:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortitude/713671/1 "2015-02-26T16:27:05Z")

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Any one else enjoying this new short series? I couldnt find any threads here! This is my first one haha:D  
Its on Pivot ch. their first self scripted series.

> **[Ice, Polar Bears and Death, but It’s Not Global Warming (Published 2015)](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/arts/fortitude-on-pivot-murder-mystery-in-the-arctic.html?_r=0)**
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> An exotic setting provides gorgeous backdrops for the murder mystery “Fortitude” on Pivot. But does the story live up to its surroundings?

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**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortitude/713671/2 "2015-02-28T06:32:51Z")

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I’m watching, thanks for reminding me to watch the most recent episode. I love it but the events are so random, the scenes so disconnected that it’s difficult to discuss.

The very first scene hooked me. Also I never could imagine living in the Arctic but this show makes it attractive. It just seems very clean and pure. (well, aside from the murders and the polar bears.)

Is he a good sheriff or a bad sheriff?  
_Well no one knows… everyone has a job and no one is poor. So there’s no stealing and there’s no crime. Everybody’s always happy._  
There’s nothing for him to do then.  
_So nobody knows whether he’s a good sheriff or a bad sheriff._

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**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortitude/713671/3 "2015-03-01T15:29:42Z")

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It’s one of my favorite shows on TV right now.

Interconnecting stories and characters, affairs, rivalries, disconnected crime clues, flashbacks, mysterious goings on and obfuscations. Add Michael Gambon and Stanley Tucci, and beautiful, stark, Icelandic scenery and I’m following every detail.

It’s a show you can sink your teeth into.