![]() There is an anti-terrorism bill that the PM wants Buch to introduce and get passed in parliament at all costs. Over at the military hospital, former soldier Jens Peter Raben (Ken Vedsegaard) is up for release. We don’t know why he is in the psych ward, but we know he’s been there for 2 years, has done his treatment, and is ready to get back to his wife and son. Somehow, these disparate threads will come together through the murder(s). Love Nordic Noir? Click here to find more excellent series!- The Caseīecause the body turned up at a Memorial Park, the PET, or national intelligence agency, has to get involved, in case there is a political or terrorist motive to the murder. When Brix brings Sarah on board, the cops have the husband in custody for the murder. “It’s not the husband,” Lund declares after looking at the file. The cops and PET bristle and argue with her. “Whatever,” she says, making to go back to border purgatory. But then a few things happen in quick succession. Lund figures out that the woman, Anne Dragsholm (Sarah Gottlieb), was tortured before she was killed. Sure enough, a video surfaces of Anne, beaten and tied to a chair, reading a statement by the “Muslim League” about the infidel Danes and their atrocities toward Afghan civilians during the war. (This is set in 2009) Meanwhile, at the military barracks, there is another murder, of Allan Myg Poulsen (Nicolai Dahl Hamilton), a soldier who was in Afghanistan and about to re-deploy. The politics in this season are pretty complicated, but I’ll outline the basics here. In the world of this show, there are three political parties in Denmark. Thomas Buch (and the Prime Minister) is in the party that is currently in power. When Buch becomes Minister of Justice, there is an anti-terrorism bill that the PM wants him to introduce. In order for it to pass in Parliament, Buch will have to get either the People’s Party or the Opposition Party to sign on. The Opposition Party backs out completely, and the People’s Party will sign only if Buch adds more security at the expense of civil liberties. Buch doesn’t believe in curtailing civil liberties and really does not want to give in to the People’s Party. When the video of Anne reading the “Muslim League’s” statement is posted, there is huge pressure to get that bill passed. So, Buch desperately searches for a way to stall the bill, and begins following the investigation very closely, as well as looking into some of his predecessor’s activities. A novelization of the first series was published by Macmillan in 2012.We are introduced to the military story via Jens Peter Raben. It has received numerous awards and nominations including a BAFTA Award and an International Emmy, and in 2011 a US remake was produced by the American cable network AMC. The Killing has proved a hit in both Denmark and across the globe, garnering significant critical acclaim in a number of different countries and becoming something of a cult television show. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. The series is set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. It was first broadcast on the Danish national television channel DR1 on 7 January 2007, and has since been transmitted in a number of other countries worldwide. The Killing is a Danish police procedural three-season long television drama series created by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR.
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