7.542 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestBy pure chance, the body of a young female murder victim is discovered, seconds before it disappears forever into the flames of a municipal incinerator. Katrine Ries Jensen and Thomas Schaeffer are confronted with an apparently perfect murder. The killer is a total psychopath, who plans his killings in minute detail and is not afraid to play cat and mouse with the police. Meanwhile, Katrine meets a charming man who seems to be the perfect partner for her – were it not for the fact that he is married. The relationship swiftly becomes much more serious than she has anticipated, but the man in question proves to be harboring far more secrets than she could possibly have imagined...
Based on an original idea by best-selling Danish novelist Elsebeth Egholm, the series follows the inquiries of a special unit at Copenhagen's police force, consisting of detective inspector Katrina Ries Jensen and forensic psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer. The pair specialise in serial killers that do not fit within traditional behavioural patterns.
Acting
Bach and Cedergren's unraveling partnership steals every scene.
Direction
Jaworski treats Copenhagen like a character—beautiful and suffocating.
Writing
Killers who defy profiling keep you wrong-footed.
Creators
Stefan Jaworski, Elsebeth Egholm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elsebeth Egholm created this after noticing Scandinavian crime shows rarely addressed killers who genuinely confuse investigators—most fictional profilers are too competent.
Laura Bach reportedly stayed in character's isolation between takes; the cast barely spoke to her during filming, which Cedergren later said made their on-screen distance uncomfortably real.
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