Taliano turned his boss in to the feds, and now, under the witness protection program, he moves to Lillehammer, a small Norwegian town that once hosted the Winter Olympics. Frank himself calls it Lilyhammer, hence the name of the series. Frank dreams of a paradise with clean air, white snow and hot chicks, far from the temptations of New York and from the mafia's enforcers. Reality, of course, turns out not to be like the dream.