Wallander Season 1 Episodes

3 Episodes 2008 - 2008

The gritty crime drama stars Kenneth Branagh as Swedish author Henning Mankell's scruffy Swedish police detective Kurt Wallander. Season 1 finds him tackling a series of engrossing mysteries. First, he investigates a 15-year-old girl's self-immolation and a series of ax murders; then, he tackles the murder of a cabbie by two teens and the death of a computer-systems analyst; and, last, he looks into the Midsummer Eve's disappearance of three young people. At the same time, he deals with his aging dad (David Warner), who's slipping into the grips of dementia, and a re-energized social life, as his daughter Linda (Jeany Spark) enrolls him in an Internet dating service.

Episode 1

Sidetracked

Sun, Nov 23, 2008 100 mins

Kenneth Branagh as Swedish crime author Henning Mankell's scruffy police detective Kurt Wallander, who in the first episode investigates a 15-year-old girl's self-immolation as well as several ax murders targeting members of Sweden's high society.

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Episode 2

Firewall

Sun, Dec 7, 2008 100 mins

The Swedish police detective investigates the murder of a cabbie by two teens and the death of a computer-systems analyst. At the same time, his daughter sets him up on an Internet dating site that matches the cop with a divorced woman who encourages him to open up about his life and work.

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Episode 3

One Step Behind

Sun, Dec 14, 2008 100 mins

A sleep-deprived Wallander's eyes are widened when the investigation into the Midsummer Eve's disappearance-murder of three young people is followed by the slaying of a colleague.

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