45 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestJouni goes to the NBI with information on money laundering, but Marianne has more surprises in store. Johanna gets answers from the laboratory and sets out to expose the perpetrators. Sini and Sami give their father an ultimatum, and Erik is forced to choose between his safety and his children.
A journalist traces a microchip found in baby food. A bank manager's mistake ensnares her in a much larger scheme. A family falls apart after the father goes missing. An insurance examiner investigates what happened to a border control veterinarian. This suspenseful Nordic noir drama enters the world of international money laundering through the stories of ordinary people caught up in the crimes.
Writing
Four stories, one trap—interweaving that's genuinely mean.
Acting
Parviainen's journalist: all competence, zero control.
Production
The cold open in episode 5—pure formal dread.
Creator
Auli Mantila
Emmi Parviainen
Johanna Vainikainen
Eeva Soivio
Minna Lassila
Pirkko Hämäläinen
Marianne Rautiainen
Amira Khalifa
Eläinlääkäri
Maria Heiskanen
Inkeri Aho
Sebastien Dewaele
Isä
Circé Lethem
Äiti
Aimo Räsänen
Toimituksen esimies
Tytti Junna
Minnan kollega
Ville Virtanen
Hevosyrittäjä
Anna Airola
Jutta
Mari Turunen
Päätoimittaja
Arttu Kapulainen
Sami Korvola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Auli Mantila developed this for years after researching actual EU border corruption cases; the baby food microchip was based on a real smuggling method.
The 'Nordic noir' label here is slightly misleading—Mantila specifically rejected the 'detective as hero' tradition, making every protagonist complicit rather than solving.
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