
S01E01 The Deal
Jón Hjaltalín, the mayor of a small West Iceland town, and Torfi, his brother, decide to buy an old trawler and start fishing. When the bank men arrive from Reykjavík to sign the contract, not...
The couple, together with Jón Hjaltalín, take steps to adapt the quota system to their needs. Meanwhile, the battle for fish ownership continues in the municipality.
Follows a young married couple who see their livelihoods threatened when the government starts enforcing restrictive fishing quotas after they build a small fishing empire in a village.