Solsidan (season 1)

The first season of Solsidan, a Swedish television comedy series, created by comedian and actor Felix Herngren, Jacob Seth Fransson, Ulf Kvensler and Pontus Edgren premiered on January 29, 2010 on TV4[1] and ended on April 9, 2010. The series is about Alex (Felix Herngren) and Anna (Mia Skäringer), a couple expecting their first child and planning to move to where Alex grew up, the posh neighbourhood of Solsidan,[2] the name of which means "The Sunny Side". The show has been sold internationally and will be aired in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.[3] On December 3, 2010, the producers announced that the script to the series had been sold to the American network ABC, which plans to create their own version of the series to air in the United States.[4]

Solsidan
Season 1
Country of origin
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkTV4
Original releaseJanuary 29 (2010-01-29) –
April 9, 2010 (2010-04-09)
Season chronology

Plot

Alex is a thirty-nine-year-old dentist, who moves back to his childhood home in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm, along with his pregnant girlfriend Anna. Anna works as an actor and feels like an outsider in Alex's old neighbourhood. Alex's mother Margareta has sold the couple her house, but thinks that she still lives there. Fredde is Alex's childhood friend who lives down the block with his wife Mickan and two children. Ove Sundberg is another of Alex childhood friends who is believed to be the dullest and greediest resident in Solsidan.[5]

Cast

The first season has four main characters as well as several recurring characters:

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateSwedish viewers
(millions)
11"Inflytten (Moving in)"Felix HerngrenUlf KvenslerJanuary 29, 2010 (2010-01-29)1,84[6]
Alex Löfström and his fiancée Anna are having a baby together and are moving into Alex's old childhood home in fashionable Solsidan, outside Stockholm. They also find out that Alex's mother isn't really ready to move out.
22"Är jag pappa till barnet? (Am I the father of the child?)"Felix HerngrenUlf KvenslerFebruary 5, 2010 (2010-02-05)1,48[7]
Alex suspects that Anna has had an affair with famous Swedish actor Ola Rapace and that Rapace is the father of Anna's unborn baby. Fredde has developed an addiction to barbecuing.
33"Namndiskussion och tråkiga grannar (Name discussion and boring neighbors)"Ulf KvenslerUlf KvenslerFebruary 12, 2010 (2010-02-12)1,50[8]
Alex and Anna learn the sex of the baby, but can't agree on a name. Fredde thinks that he changes the diapers more often than Mickan and Alex's old childhood friend and neighbor visits.
44"Parmiddagshets (Couple dinner stress)"Ulf KvenslerJacob Seth FranssonFebruary 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)1,35[9]
Alex and Fredde try to top each others' dinners and Anna joins Mickan at her gym, but has trouble fitting in.
55"Alex hatar Ove (Alex hates Ove)"Ulf KvenslerPontus EdgrenFebruary 26, 2010 (2010-02-26)1,19[10]
Anna is anguished when she is about to buy a stroller. Fredde is losing his hair and tries to overmaster the hair loss. Alex loses his patience with Ove, which he regrets when he finds out that Ove is head of the golf club.
66"Åldersnoja (Age paranoia)"Jacob Seth FranssonJacob Seth FranssonMarch 5, 2010 (2010-03-05)1,54[11]
Alex is feeling old and is thinking about ageing, Fredde tell him about his convergence theory and that every person becomes equally attractive when they get older.
77"Nya vänner (New Friends)"Jacob Seth FranssonUlf KvenslerMarch 12, 2010 (2010-03-12)1,53[12]
Alex and Anna are tired of their friends only caring about material things in life; Fredde has trouble with the tax office and Mickan gets stress symptoms.
88"Kim på middag (Kim for dinner)"Jacob Seth FranssonFelix HerngrenMarch 19, 2010 (2010-03-19)1,63[13]
Fredde becomes jealous of Mickan's friendship with an Italian guy on paternity leave and decides to get revenge. Anna's brother Palle visits.
99"Midsommarfest (Midsummer party)"Ulf KvenslerUlf KvenslerApril 2, 2010 (2010-04-02)1,57[14]
Midsummer's Eve is approaching and Fredde and Alex are planning to celebrate with their family and friends, when Ove and his boring wife show up.
1010"Förlossning (Childbirth)"Jacob Seth FranssonJacob Seth FranssonApril 9, 2010 (2010-04-09)1,54[15]
Anna is in labor and Alex tries to help but realizes that he isn't able to. Fredde scares Alex's construction workers off and is forced to finish the job himself.
gollark: As much as I dislike "you don't agree with my political positions thus bees you" being anticentrist instead of anti-sufficiently-politically-different people is odd.
gollark: What's wrong with centrism?
gollark: I should maybe read that, I read Snow Crash ages ago.
gollark: Channels are a social construct!
gollark: Maybe "things which go against previously received evidence" is more accurate than "counterintuitive things", but same principle.

References
  1. "Det här är Solsidan". TV4. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  2. "Solsidan: Del 1 av 10". TV4. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  3. "Solsidan hårdlanseras internationellt". Resumé. 2010-03-30. Archived from the original on 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  4. "Kristallen-vinnaren Solsidan på export till amerikanska ABC" (in Swedish). TV4. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  5. "Solsidan - huvudkaraktärer". TV4. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  6. "MMS: Veckorapport 04-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  7. "MMS: Veckorapport 05-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  8. "MMS: Veckorapport 06-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  9. "MMS: Veckorapport 07-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  10. "MMS: Veckorapport 08-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  11. "MMS: Veckorapport 09-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  12. "MMS: Veckorapport 10-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  13. "MMS: Veckorapport 11-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  14. "MMS: Veckorapport 13-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  15. "MMS: Veckorapport 14-2010" (PDF). MMS. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
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