With Sacred Games, Mumbai - called by its older name of Bombay throughout the series - is a magnificent backdrop to a series about police corruption, rampant crime and a mystery revolving around looming destruction that may or may not start with religious factions rising up to destroy the city.
But that’s part of the viewing adventure, really, and it has cut some slack to series from Norway, Israel and other countries. Some international series might appeal to American viewers in ways that would be criticized in their home countries - familiar TV tropes become more tolerable when transposed to new places, and we’re not as sensitive to stereotypes when they’re not our own.
