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Trapped Season 2

Name: Trapped Season 2 review: BollyAI verdict
Item: Trapped Season 2
Rating: 7.8
Author: BollyAI

Trapped Season 2 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.8/10. 10 episodes on RÚV / BBC Four / Netflix from 26 December 2018.

WORTH-IT

BollyMeter7.8/10Season 2 moved Andri to Reykjavik as a detective, expanding the series' geographical scope. Critics found the urban relocation a natural progression even if it sacrificed some of the debut's claustrophobic intensity.

Updated 18 June 2026

What BollyAI Thinks

Season 2 premiered on RÚV on 26 December 2018 and reached BBC Four in February 2019. The series moved Andri Ólafsson from the remote fjord to Reykjavík, where a new investigation pulled him into a criminal network with national political implications. The relocation was a bold structural choice: the claustrophobic isolation that made Season 1 so singular was traded for the more complex social geography of the capital. Ólafur Darri Ólafsson remained the series' anchor, and the writing maintained its interest in institutional corruption and community-level moral failure. Amazon Prime Video carried the season in the United States.

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Season Over Season

Season 2 expanded the geographical scale from isolated fjord to capital city, trading concentrated claustrophobia for broader political scope - a worthwhile evolution with modest costs to tension.