From Denmark comes this TV detective series in which each episode lasts most of 2 hours. In other words, each episode is a feature-length film. From Netflix you can stream each episode. Each episode has its own title. You should watch them in order. One of the reviewers called the series a “top box-office film in Denmark.” Spoken Danish with English subtitles.
From Decider we learn that there are six books in the series, but that only three have been made into films.
WARNING: Generally speaking, these episodes are grim, violent, and peopled with vindictive, cruel, sadistic, psychopathic villains. Strong stomachs are advised.
Episode 1: The Keeper of Lost Causes
From Decider:
Precisely. Nikolaj Lie Kaas stars as Carl Morck, a brilliant homicide detective who gets demoted to Department Q. His partner in solving crime? Another detective named Assad (played by actor Fares Fares). Together they delve into the crimes no one wants solved.
Episode 1 introduces us to the two detectives mentioned above. In episode 2 a third member is added to Department Q, which we would call the “Collection of Unsolved Crimes or Cold Cases”.
In this episode a young woman politician in on a ferry with her emotionally disturbed brother when she is abducted and held captive in a barometric chamber. You were warned it could get ugly!
Episode 2: The Absent One
In this episode the detectives uncover a series of brutal crimes planned and perpetrated by students at a posh private high school that caters to the ruling class. Their outrageous behavior continues throughout their wealthy lives as they are protected by a former classmate who is now an extremely powerful lawyer. More Ugly!
Episode 3: A Conspiracy of Faith
Yet another psychopath, this time kidnapping children of fundamentalist Christians and using a type of religious blackmail against the parents. As we often seen in such films, the sociopath does his damage calmly and with a bland or smiling countenance. But still ugly!
One characteristic of all three stories is the suspenseful and action filled final scene in which our heroes confront the villain. You might even hold your breath in all the (did I mention “ugly”?) excitement. Take a tranquilizer and enjoy.
