When a journalist is found murdered suspicion initially falls on various right wing individuals who had sent him death threats. Other suspects emerge though; the husband of the colleague he may have had an affair with and a violent criminal, Risto Kangas, whose fingerprints were found at the scene. Things develop quickly when Gunvald goes to question a potential witness to the crime; an unknown man who already got there and is attempting to kill the witness shoots and seriously wounds Gunvald. While the team search for Kangas we learn the real reason he was seeing the journalist
he was planning to go straight and was working on a book that would expose his criminal associates; something that they clearly wish to stop. As time progresses Beck's team comes under pressure from above and the criminals take desperate measures in an attempt to get their hands on the dead journalist's missing computer.
This, the first episode of the sixth series, has a solid central mystery as well as the shock of having a major character seriously injured in a shooting an event that will clearly have ongoing repercussions in future episodes. The tension it causes within the team brings other members to the centre of the story; most notably Oskar, who should have been with Gunvald at the time. There are several threatening moments and an exciting concluding shoot out. The cast do a solid job as their characters deal with the case as well as the potential loss of one of their colleagues. Overall I found this to be a good episode but wonder how the events will affect future stories.
This, the first episode of the sixth series, has a solid central mystery as well as the shock of having a major character seriously injured in a shooting an event that will clearly have ongoing repercussions in future episodes. The tension it causes within the team brings other members to the centre of the story; most notably Oskar, who should have been with Gunvald at the time. There are several threatening moments and an exciting concluding shoot out. The cast do a solid job as their characters deal with the case as well as the potential loss of one of their colleagues. Overall I found this to be a good episode but wonder how the events will affect future stories.