The Killing
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.
Season 1 Episodes
E1
Monday, November 3. Police detective Sarah Lund is about to leave her job in Copenhagen to move to Sweden. Troels Hartma…
E2
Monday, November 3-Tuesday, November 4. Nanna's parents identify her body, and details of her sufferings are uncovered. …
E3
Tuesday, November 4-Wednesday, November 5: Lund and Meyer track down the driver, who ends up injured in the hospital, bu…
E4
Wednesday, November 5-Thursday, November 6: The police investigate the crime scene they have found at Nanna's school and…
E5
Thursday, November 6-Friday, November 7. Hartmann has won a new political ally, but is drawn into the murder case again …
E6
Friday, November 7-Saturday, November 8: Lund and Meyer investigate teacher Raman al Kemal's actions on the night of the…
E7
Saturday, November 8-Sunday, November 9. Lund decides to stay in town to continue the investigation even though it puts …
E8
Sunday, November 9-Monday, November 10. The police locate the place where Nanna was killed, and Rama is charged with the…
E9
Monday, November 10-Tuesday, November 11. Theis Birk Larsen's brutal punishment of Rama is interrupted by the police, an…
E10
Tuesday, November 11-Wednesday, November 12. Bengt leaves for Stockholm. Lund and Meyer are hindered in their investigat…
E11
Sarah and Jan know who they are looking for but are puzzled by their superiors' reactions.
E12
Sarah and Jan interrogate Troels, whose private information opens a new can of worms.
E13
The spotlight of the police and media is now trained on Troels Hartmann, and he feels his political career is crumbling.…
E14
Troels's political opponent Bremer wastes no time in taking advantage of his discomfort.
E15
Sarah has walked into a life-threatening situation.
E16
Sarah won't get on board when her superiors insist that Nanna's murder has been solved.
E17
Lund and Meyer become convinced there is a link between Nanna's murder and a case that has remained unsolved for 15 year…
E18
Lund and Meyer get more than they bargained for when they visit an abandoned warehouse in their search for evidence. Mea…
E19
Lund finds the odds stacked against her as the search for a missing suspect takes an unexpected turn, and Hartmann and B…
E20
Lund is determined to catch Nanna's killer despite being taken off the case, and Hartmann is on a downward spiral - unti…
Cast
