The Bridge

 Investigator: Saga Noren is the lead homicide detective in Malmö working constantly not knowing when to have a break which is obvious in the scene after her partner had her leg blown off  

Sidekick: Hanne Thosen is the lead homicide detective in Copenhagen and is partnered with Saga in the first episode however askes to be taken off the case due to Saga.

Boss: Hans Petterson is the police commissioner in Malmö and this archetype is reinforced as he is the only one to get Saga to go home after the explosion scene.

Villain:

Nordic Noir: A genre of crime fiction written in the perspective of the police set in Nordic countries 

Key Elements- Within this genre Dark narratives are commonly present, typically having a flawed protagonist and social realism which are heavily prevalent in The Bridge as the narrative follows our Protagonist which is a detective how is not very approachable and running away from her problems by working, investigating the murder of a woman who was fighting societies norms by opening gender neutral schools and attempting to abolish 'The Nuclear Family' 

The Bridge has many enigmas the obvious one is at the beginning where we are shown the crime scene however unlike traditional crime dramas the enigma is not solved at the ending but leaving the ending on a cliff-hanger signalling that this enigma is going to span and grow more deeply 

In this episode of The Bridge the conventions of women in the crime drama genre are subverted greatly as a lot of strong independent women are prevalent throughout the episode for example the protagonist Saga is the lead detective being strong and confident like the other women in the episode like Hanne. An example which reinforces this is the scene where Hanne has her leg blown off and saga quickly acts saving Hanne.

A good use of technical codes is the explosion scene as we get closer and closer to the explosion we as the audience begin to feel on edge due to specific sounds being audible and the performance of Saga looking suspiciously around as the camera continuously changes from the door to a wide shot giving the door importance and giving the audience a que to the next major plot sequence