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2020 - 2020

Episode 1

4th November 2020

Episode 1

10-year-old Helén Nilsson disappears on Easter 1989 in the small community of Hörby. It's a chilly evening and Helén will meet two classmates at the discount store a few minutes' walk from home, but the young friends never meet. Six days after the disappearance, Helén's wounded body is found, raped and strangled. Detective Commissioner Pelle Åkesson wants to work with the investigation but is abruptly rejected by her boss. When Helen's mother shows up at the police station and asks Pelle to take on the case, he promises to find Helen's killer.

Episode 2

11th November 2020

Episode 2

The Helen investigation is on fire and Pelle Åkesson is following the investigation's dwindling existence. Two women are found murdered and night walking groups begin patrolling the streets in Kristianstad. Pelle and his team interrogate suspects and follow up on clues, but power struggles and political games complicate the investigation. Pelle's new colleague Monica Olhed's interrogation methods are starting to be discussed at the police station and a night walker catches Pelle's attention and is taken in for questioning.

Episode 3

18th November 2020

Episode 3

The unsolved murder of Helén Nilsson continues to torment Pelle. To move on, he begins to dig into the murder of the prostitute Jannica Ekblad. The investigation leads them to a new suspect, a man called the Pig. Pelle wants to investigate the murders in parallel, but this leads to a conflict with his boss which has major consequences.

Episode 4

25th November 2020

Episode 4

Pelle is back from sick leave and given an office in the police station's basement. He secretly begins to go through the Helen case and the group that can solve the murder reappears, now the hunt begins in earnest.

Episode 5

2nd December 2020

Episode 5

Pelle secretly and against his boss's will sends DNA from Helen to a lab in Birmingham for analysis. Now Pelle is in a hurry. This is the last chance before the investigation will be closed forever. The prosecutor gives Pelle the go-ahead to explore a number of DNA suspects.

Episode 6

9th December 2020

Episode 6

15 years have passed since Helen disappeared. Pelle decides to tear down the cottage Ulf Olsson lived in when he disappeared. It is newly renovated but when they break up the floorboards they find traces of blood. But further technical evidence is needed for the prosecutor to prosecute.

Top Cast

Lars Schilken•Minoo Mårtensson•Lotten Roos

Director

Mikael Marcimain

Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. A reality-based crime drama about the policeman Per-Åke Åkesson and the reconnaissance group that was tasked with investigating several murders of women in northeastern Skåne. The series starts in Hörby in 1989.

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Full Cast

Lars Schilken

Tonny Andersson

Minoo Mårtensson

Helén Nilsson

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Lotten Roos

Monica Olhed

Anders Beckman

Per-Åke Åkesson

Sasha Becker Image

Sasha Becker

Jannica Ekblad

Håkan Bengtsson Image

Håkan Bengtsson

Erik Johansson

Rasmus Troedsson Image

Rasmus Troedsson

Krister Berg

Catherine Jeppsson

Agneta Åkesson

Magnus Schmitz Image

Magnus Schmitz

Ulf Olsson

Liam Åkeson-Rayner Image

Liam Åkeson-Rayner

Göran Storm

Full Crew

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Mikael Marcimain

Director

Helene Lindholm

Scenario Writer

Lotta Erikson

Scenario Writer

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