45 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe place is Oslo, the year is 2002, and Roger Brown is a newly employed headhunter in an exclusive recruitment agency. He is given the prestigious task of finding a new top manager for the oil company Njord Oil. Roger is willing to do whatever it takes to quickly climb the career ladder. Takes place before the novel "Headhunters" by Jo Nesbø.
Acting
Axel Bøyum's sweaty desperation — you can smell the hair gel.
Production
Early 2000s Oslo recreated with almost cruel accuracy.
Writing
Prequel tension: watching a man build his own coffin.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released alongside Nordic noir's global peak, but deliberately avoids the genre's usual rural isolation — this is urban anxiety, glass offices and underground parking.
The 2002 setting isn't nostalgia — it's the last moment before Norway's oil wealth became undeniable, when climbing still felt necessary. Roger is already too late.
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