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The Killing Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2007 - 2007
Episode 1
Afsnit 1
Thu, Aug 12, 202154 mins
Monday, November 3. Police detective Sarah Lund is about to leave her job in Copenhagen to move to Sweden. Troels Hartmann is gaining ground in his efforts to lead his party to power at city hall. Theis and Pernille Birk Larsen are the happy parents of three children. The discovery of the blood-stained belongings of a young girl prompts a police investigation that will change the lives of all involved.
Episode 2
Afsnit 2
55 mins
Monday, November 3-Tuesday, November 4. Nanna's parents identify her body, and details of her sufferings are uncovered. Lund keeps postponing her departure, and tension arises between her and her new partner as they investigate the connection to city hall and a known criminal identified as the driver of the car Nanna was found in. Hartmann is faced with the choice of cooperating with the police or protecting his political future.
Episode 3
Afsnit 3
58 mins
Tuesday, November 4-Wednesday, November 5: Lund and Meyer track down the driver, who ends up injured in the hospital, but also supplies an alibi. They refocus their investigation on Nanna's school. When the story of the connection to his campaign breaks, Hartmann finds himself in media turmoil. The Birk Larsens try to cope with their loss as they arrange the funeral.
Episode 4
Afsnit 4
57 mins
Wednesday, November 5-Thursday, November 6: The police investigate the crime scene they have found at Nanna's school and suspect her classmates Oliver and Jeppe of wrongdoing. Sarah Lund's fiancé shows up in Copenhagen, and she promises to leave for Sweden without delay. Meanwhile, Hartmann learns that a trusted employee has sent a suspicious email.
Episode 5
Afsnit 5
54 mins
Thursday, November 6-Friday, November 7. Hartmann has won a new political ally, but is drawn into the murder case again when the police uncover new information which turns their suspicions towards teachers at Nanna's school. Theis Birk Larsen is troubled by the financial strain of the house he bought before Nanna's death. He begins to grow weary over the lack of progress in the case and seeks his own sources of information.
Episode 6
Afsnit 6
58 mins
Friday, November 7-Saturday, November 8: Lund and Meyer investigate teacher Raman al Kemal's actions on the night of the murder. Hartmann learns of foul play at city hall, and his campaign is put under pressure when his opponent reveals Hartmann's ties with the suspect in a TV debate. On the day of Nanna's funeral, Lund is finally on her way to Sweden, and the appearance of one particular guest makes Nanna's father offer him a ride home.
Episode 7
Afsnit 7
57 mins
Saturday, November 8-Sunday, November 9. Lund decides to stay in town to continue the investigation even though it puts her relationship with Bengt under strain. Rama is questioned as the main suspect. When Hartmann chooses not to suspend him, it puts his political position under threat.
Episode 8
Afsnit 8
56 mins
Sunday, November 9-Monday, November 10. The police locate the place where Nanna was killed, and Rama is charged with the crime. Hartmann is fighting for his political life, but ends up making a tough choice. Meanwhile, Bengt is in a car accident on his way to Sweden, but tries to help Lund from his hospital bed. When the evidence is cast into doubt, Rama is released, but someone has other ideas.
Episode 9
Afsnit 9
56 mins
Monday, November 10-Tuesday, November 11. Theis Birk Larsen's brutal punishment of Rama is interrupted by the police, and Theis is arrested. Lund and Meyer refocus their investigation on the car used by the murderer, knowing that if they do not make progress they might be taken off the case. As it becomes known that Rama is no longer a suspect, Hartmann shakes things up at city hall and relaunches his campaign.
Episode 10
Afsnit 10
57 mins
Tuesday, November 11-Wednesday, November 12. Bengt leaves for Stockholm. Lund and Meyer are hindered in their investigation by a secretive boss, but Lund continues inquiries and is dismissed for her sins. Hartmann strikes a deal with higher powers in order to secure his bid for mayor, and a public debate is the scene of a change in political fortunes. Theis is released from prison, new secrets are uncovered about Nanna's last months, and in a last bid to forward the investigation, Lund unlocks the door to a new piece in the puzzle.
Episode 11
Afsnit 11
56 mins
The police search the flat, which belongs to Troels's Liberal Party, finding Nanna's blood and fingerprints. Sarah and Jan question Troels but are interrupted by Deputy Chief Lennart Brix (Morten Suurballe), who lets Troels go. Theis is released from custody. Charlotte reveals to Sarah and Jan that Nanna was having an affair with a married man whom she called Faust, and they met in hotels and a flat. Sarah makes a fake dating profile and finds another profile named Faust. The police find that Faust contacted Nanna on the dating site, which is supported by the bar in which Charlotte and Nanna worked. Log files reveal that Faust logged on from the flat and used the Town Hall WiFi. Buchard is discharged from duty and Brix takes charge. Sarah questions Troels' employees, including Olav Christensen (Kristian Ibler). Sarah and Jan question a married woman, Nethe (Maibritt Saerens), who dated Faust through the site, but initially she denies knowing anything. Nethe visits the police and reveals Faust's identity. Sarah and Jan arrest Troels.
Episode 12
Afsnit 12
56 mins
Hartmann admits he had used the username Faust on the dating site, but claims he had stopped using the site months before the messages were exchanged with Nanna. He provides Lund with a list of people who might know his password. Meyer checks Hartmann's alibi and finds that no one at the conference saw him until Sunday afternoon. Rie admits she never saw Hartmann on the Friday night that Nanna was kidnapped. Nethe, the woman who Hartmann had previously met on the dating site, says she phoned Hartmann that night and attempted to visit the party's flat, but she believes the person she had seen through the window was not Hartmann. Pernille and Theis attend grief counseling, and Pernille agrees to be interviewed by a journalist.
Episode 13
Afsnit 13
55 mins
Hartmann is questioned by police about his withdrawn false alibi but refuses to divulge where he had really been. Sarah asks Olav about extra money in his pay-slip, suspecting that it came from the killer. Olav approaches Bremer in the mistaken belief that Bremer has been sending him money in exchange for favors, but Bremer does not recognize him. Before the police can find and question him, Olav is struck by a car and dies. Theis empties Nanna's bedroom of her belongings, believing this will encourage Pernille to begin moving on from Nanna's death. Instead, a devastated Pernille demands that Theis leave their house.
Episode 14
Afsnit 14
58 mins
Philip Dessau (Jakob Cedergren), Bremer's press advisor, tells the police that the consulting money in Olav's pay was routed through Hartmann's office. The police investigate Hartmann's summer home and find that the windows and doors have been covered up with mattresses and towels. Hartmann admits that he tried to kill himself there on the Friday night of Nanna's death. The city councilors bring Hartmann before a tribunal and vote to exclude him from the mayoral election. In light of Hartmann's new alibi, Sarah suspects that Dessau had been the driver of the white car that struck Olav, and she questions Jens Holck about his behavior during a trip to Latvia in August. While interviewing Holck, Sarah finds the car hidden in his garage. Theis is attacked and robbed while drunk outside of a bar, and he misses Nanna's urn burial.
Episode 15
Afsnit 15
57 mins
Jens reveals he had used Hartmann's computer to meet Nanna, had paid Olav to use the Liberal party's flat, and had doctored documents to implicate Hartmann. He attacks Sarah, but Meyer arrives and kills him. Although the case is considered solved, Sarah still has doubts. She visits the father of Mette, one of the missing girls from the cold case files, and finds a photograph of her wearing a black heart necklace similar to the one found with Nanna's body. She also discovers her fiancé had just interviewed the man recently. She discovers her took his findings to her boss, Brix, and told her nothing. The city council's decision to exclude Hartmann from the election is revoked.
Episode 16
Afsnit 16
58 mins
Lund receives a mysterious video cassette showing Nanna talking with Jens Holck before traveling. Theis Birk Larsen receives a video from Amir (Omar Kamounah), his landlord's son, with a message from Nanna saying that she and Amir are eloping. Lund and Meyer follow up leads relating to Mette. Circumstantial evidence shows that it may have been a removal worker in both cases.
Episode 17
Afsnit 17
57 mins
Lund and Meyer continue to try to work out who the removal worker was whom Amir saw, and who was involved with Mette's murder. It appears to be either Vagn or Vagn's similar-looking friend Leon (Peder Holm Johansen). Leon points out to the Larsens that Vagn lied about a certain removal job that he claimed to have done, causing the Larsens to become suspicious of Vagn. A body is found in the same swamp where Nanna was found, with evidence linking it to the previous removal company that had been active when Mette was killed. Mayor Bremer (Bent Mejding) covers up evidence of his having covered up Jens Holck's involvement with Nanna by producing a "witness" to the meeting. An arrest warrant is put out for Vagn.
Episode 18
Afsnit 18
57 mins
The skeleton is confirmed to be Mette Hauge. Leon Frevert, Vagn's friend who worked at the removal company related to murder victim Nanna and the previous victim Mette, evades police pursuit while Lund's lack of sleep causes her judgment to decline. Even though Meyer asks her to get some sleep, she begs Meyer to follow her into a storage unit where clues relating to Mette's murder might be found. They are separated. Standing outside, Meyer sees a flashlight inside and they realize she isn't alone inside. He crawls through a broken window to get inside. He is knocked down by an assailant and loses his gun. The assailant, who is seen by Meyer, shoots him several times. In the ambulance, they have to give CPR once. In the hospital, the surgeon promises that Meyer will recover, but Meyer dies unexpectedly. Police officials try again to take Lund off the case. Anton Birk Larsen (Kasper Leth Hansen), Theis Larsen's son, finds Nanna's passport in the basement of their new house, still under construction, and he hides it. The Larsens begin to try to reconcile with Vagn.
Episode 19
Afsnit 19
58 mins
The prosecutor accuses Sarah Lund of shooting Jan Meyer due to her anxiety and paranoia. Bengt helps get her a temporary release with a fake psychological report. Mayor Bremer suffers a non-lethal stroke. Troels Hartmann accuses Rie Skorsgard of being part of the conspiracy and asks her to leave. Someone has taken Nanna's passport from the hiding place that Anton had found; Theis scolds him for lying. Troels Hartmann becomes more paranoid about involvement in the murder due to Bremer's accusations. Sarah finds out that Mette Hauge's boyfriend gave her a black heart necklace. Anton tells Vagn about the passport who tells the parents about the passport. Pernille wants to check, but Theis thinks it's a lie. Pernille asks Anton who he thinks took the passport; he is implied to suggest Vagn, and Pernille begins attempting to followup on that by double-checking about a removal appointment that Vagn had canceled. The police try to recapture Sarah Lund due to the fake release papers, reporting that Nana's passport was found in Leon Frevert's backyard. Sarah meets Vagn and sees him wearing a shirt with the a logo that matches Jan Meyer's last words: "Sarajevo 84." He briefly blocks her exit until she agrees the case is closed. Outside, she watches Vagn drive away, and she breaks a window in his building.
Episode 20
Afsnit 20
58 mins
Having been taken off the case, will Sarah succeed in nailing Nanna's murderer?
