DCI Dan Sommerdahl investigates murders in a lovely Danish coastal town with his best friend, Detective Flemming Torp, and his wife, Marianne, a criminal technician. Has Dan's years of devotion to the job hurt his marriage? Relationships are tested and loyalties shift, the trio must still work together to solve heinous crimes in Elsinore. "Flips the Nordic noir genre on its head" — The Sun (UK) Based on best-selling book series by Danish author Anna Grue. 8 episodes, 8 hours, 2 DVDs. Mature content. In Danish with English subtitles.

Episodes

Episode 1: Till Death Do Us Part, Part 1
Dan and Marianne Sommerdahl's 25th wedding anniversary is interrupted when a Slavic woman is found dead on the beach next to the Kronborg Castle.

Episode 2: Till Death Do Us Part, Part 2
With the odds of the baby's survival running out, the detectives trace a packet of Valium with Liliya's prints on it. Marianne has weighty matters to discuss with Dan.

Episode 3: First Contact, Part 1
When lottery winner Ursula Jørgensen falls to her death, the investigation leads Dan and Flemming on the path of a serial swindler.

Episode 4: First Contact, Part 2
Dan and Flemming create a false identity for Marianne, who will pretend to be another lottery winner to lure the con man out of hiding with the promise of a new mark.

Episode 5: The Law of Retribution, Part 1
Playboy entrepreneur Peter Mynster-Schmidt is found dead in his jacuzzi on the same day his company's accountant goes missing. Dan and Flemming try to track him down.

Episode 6: The Law of Retribution, Part 2
Svend analyzes P:A:H's accounts and digs up evidence of financial fraud, and Dan gets a curious tip from one of Peter's lovers.

Episode 7: Fatal Score, Part 1
When a member of Elsinore football club's staff is killed, it's a financial disaster for the club. Dan and Flemming focus in on Elsinore's star player, Jonas Andersen.

Episode 8: Fatal Score, Part 2
As tensions grow between Dan and Flemming over Marianne, the detectives try to uncover the link between Jonas and Alexander Bouhari, rival club Lyngby's star player.

Details

Packaging: Boxed
Run Time: 8 hours
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 2
Language: Danish
Foreign Language Subtitles: English
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Audio Format: 5.1 Surround
Rating: NR
Content disclaimer: Contains violence, strong language, and sexual situations

Cast

Peter Mygind (Borgen, Last Christmas), Lotte Andersen (The Bridge), André Babikian (The Protectors)

Press

Based on the bestselling Danish book series, The Sommerdahl Murders "flips the Nordic noir genre on its head" (The Sun, UK), blending murder mystery with romantic intrigue against the sunny seaside.