1.059 minSeason 2 • Episode 8
LatestRichard Adams' illegal art purchase is revealed in the media. Malu tells the investigators about the gold friezes and the escape from Syria. The authorities work to extradite Malu to Syria, but Gregor will not let it happen. Paula is preparing to prosecute Richard Adams.
After a number of murders of prostitutes at a motorway stop near Berlin, in a rear courtyard in Antwerp, and in a brothel in Copenhagen, Europol decides to form a taskforce to tackle the case. Harald, a Dane, Jackie, a German, and Alice from Belgium embark on the hunt for the killer. As the case unfolds, the killings prove to be just the tip of the iceberg, the iceberg itself being a large, pan-European criminal organization involved in everything from drugs and financial crime to corruption, hired killings and not least people trafficking , illegal labor and prostitution.
Acting
Vogel's exhausted moral weariness anchors every scene.
Production
Gritty location work across three countries feels authentically lived-in.
Creators
Peter Thorsboe, Mai Brostrøm
Jürgen Vogel
Gregor Weiss
Marie Bach Hansen
Nelly Winther
Lynn Van Royen
Paula Liekens
Navid Negahban
Said Gharbour
Sarah Perles
Malu Barkiri
Fatima Adoum
Mariam Barkiri
Manuel Rubey
Tebos Meyer
Nora Waldstätten
Lucy Meyer
Tom Vermeir
Jan Verhoeven
Josephine Park
Helle Nielsen
Anders Juul
Morten Sørensen
Luna Wedler
Claudia Weiss
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered as DR, ZDF and VRT's answer to The Bridge, proving Nordic noir's influence had fully infected mainland European co-productions by 2015.
The creators Thorsboe and Brostrøm are married; they previously developed The Eagle, essentially inventing Danish crime television's international ambitions.
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