The Asset – Series Review | Netflix

THE ASSET on Netflix is a Danish Crime Thriller series (org. title: Legenden) with a character-driven story about being undercover. This one could very easily be remade in any other country, as the story is very universal. A strong new Netflix production. Read our full The Asset series review here!

THE ASSET is a new Netflix series from Denmark (org. title: Legenden). The new crime thriller series has just six 45-minute episodes, so it’s a fairly quick watch. The character-driven story moves at a nice pace throughout, which makes for a very binge-worthy new Netflix production.

If you’ve watched any Danish Netflix movies or series in the past, you know what to expect, and this new series is one of the stronger productions. The casting is spot-on, and I really liked the main characters and the actors portraying them, which is always a great starting point.

Continue reading our season 1 review of The Asset below. Find all six episodes on Netflix from October 27, 2025.

Going undercover with a fresh face

When The Asset begins, we meet Tea (Clara Dessau) in the middle of her Police Academy training. She’s already overcome a tough period of her life and is a recovering addict, but wants to turn her life around. Her background is exactly what makes her perfect for an undercover role in a huge operation.

Tea is essentially thrown out of the police academy, so she can be “picked up” by the intelligence service, which recently lost its undercover agent. That particular scene is quite brutal, but in a simple and intelligent way, so forget all about some huge shoot-out.

Anyway, Tea doesn’t have much choice and is obviously intrigued by this offer, so she accepts the challenge of becoming a new intelligence service agent. Her job will be to befriend Ashley (Maria Cordsen), the girlfriend of a criminal mastermind, who constantly evades justice.

Tea is the perfect choice for this job precisely because she’s already lived in this environment, and she’s a fresh face because she never finished the police academy, so no one knows her as a cop yet.

Great characters, excellent casting

With a story about someone going undercover, we see Clara Dessau essentially playing two characters. One is Tea, the undercover agent, and the other is Sara, the asset, who needs to get close to the crime boss, Miran (Afshin Firouzi). All to help the police catch him red-handed.

“Sara” is a young and successful woman who recently returned from Dubai to open an exclusive jewelry store in the center of Copenhagen. Knowing that Ashley, the girlfriend of Miran, loves jewelry, this was an obvious way to get close to her.

We see the duality and conflicts of Tea as she manages to get closer to Ashley. A young mother, who has been with her boyfriend for a long time, is controlled by Miran as much as any of the minions working for him.

Good and bad vs. right and wrong

However, what works extremely well for The Asset is also showing the relationship between Miran and Ashley. One that is also good. Mostly because Miran is a loving and involved father to their young daughter. A real cutie, who shows the human side of this otherwise calculated criminal mastermind.

In fact, there are times when those working for the police seem a lot more cruel and calculated than the criminals. With actor Nicolas Bro (Riders of Justice) as Tea’s boss, we have a strong character actor in the role. One who can handle the nuances of that particular role.

Of course, Tea (as Sara) will have to make some tough choices. In particular, her loyalty will be questioned as she is reminded of her mission when she wants to help Ashley and her young daughter to a safer life as well.

Clara Dessau does an excellent job of portraying both Tea and Sara, with all the conflicts and challenges this poses.

Watch The Asset on Netflix

The new Netflix series The Asset was created by Adam August (Darkland, Valhalla: The Legend of Thor). He also serves as head writer along with Frederik Ringtved (Hooligan) and Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm. Also writing are episode writers Johanne Algren, Astrid Øye, and Oscar Giese.

The Asset is helmed by one of the head writers, Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm (In Your Arms) as Conceptual Director, alongside episode director Kasper Barfoed. Viewers of Nordic Netflix series will recognize the name Kasper Barfoed from La Palma, The Nurse, and The Chestnut Man.

The Netflix series is produced by Jacob Jarek and Marta Mleczek for Copenhagen-based production house Profile Pictures. They are known for internationally successful productions, including The Apprentice (2024), Holy Spider (2022), and Speak No Evil (2022).

While season 1 of The Asset (org. title: Legenden) is a complete story with a nice resolution in the end, the ending of episode six does leave an opening for more. Will we get a season 2 of The Asset? Well, based on this first season, I really hope so.

Check it out, and see if you don’t feel the same. Hopefully, viewers will love it and watch it quickly, so Netflix can start The Asset season 2 production ASAP.

The Asset is out on Netflix globally from October 27, 2025.

Details

Directors: Samanou Acheche, Kasper Barfoed
Writers: Frederik Ringtved, Adam August
Cast: Clara Dessau, Maria Cordsen, Afshin Firouzi, Nicolas Bro, Soheil Bavi, Arian Kashef