Those Who Kill (2019 TV series) explained

Native Name:Den Som Dræber
Genre:Crime drama, thriller
Director:
Starring:
Composer:
Country:Denmark
Language:Danish
Num Seasons:4
Num Episodes:32
Executive Producer:
  • Nanna Mailand-Mercado
  • Fredrik Ljungberg
  • Marlene Billie Andreasen
  • Camilla Rydbacken
  • Filippa Wallestam
Producer:
  • Jonas Allen
  • Peter Bose
  • Zire Schucany
  • Caroline Schlüter
Runtime:45 minutes
Company:

Those Who Kill (da|Den Som Dræber), distributed as Darkness: Those Who Kill (da|Den Som Dræber - Fanget af Mørket) in some regions, is a Danish crime thriller television series created by and produced by Miso Film and Viaplay/Nordic Entertainment Group. It was released on Viaplay in the Nordic countries on 1 March 2019 and has since been broadcast/streamed in several other countries. The series revolves around criminal profiler Louise Bergstein's (Natalie Madueño) attempts to link unsolved murders. The series is a reboot of the crime thriller of the same name that was created by Elsebeth Egholm and aired on TV 2 in 2011.[1] [2] The second season was distributed as Blinded: Those Who Kill in some regions, the third as Lost: Those Who Kill and the fourth as Justice: Those Who Kill.

Plot

Season 1

After spending six months unsuccessfully trying to find 17-year-old Julie Vinding (Alvilda Lyneborg Lassen), who went missing on her way home from a party in a Copenhagen suburb, detective Jan Michelson (Kenneth M. Christensen) is taken off the case by his superiors who believe the girl is dead.[3] Michelson continues to work on the case in his spare time and discovers the disappearance of Natasha, another 17-year old blonde girl, ten years earlier.[3] [4] He quickly finds Natasha's body in a lake and is re-instated on the case.[3] Michelson's boss MT (Peter Mygind) brings in criminal profiler Louise Bergstein (Natalie Madueño) to assist in the investigation.[3] [5] When a third blonde girl, hotel worker Emma Holst (Tessa Hoder), is kidnapped, the investigators discover that they may be hunting a serial killer.[3]

Season 2

After returning to Funen to see her mother's friend Alice Ejbye (Solbjørg Højfeldt), Bergstein is asked by Ejbye, who has terminal cancer, to investigate the unsolved murder of her 18-year-old son Markus Ejbye (Vilmer Trier Brøgger) five years earlier.[6] [7] Bergstein soon finds similarities to unsolved murders of two other young men on the island, Kasper Larsen (Téo Lepetit) and Ricky Hansen (Peter Zandersen), which also occurred five years earlier.[6] [8] When a fifth young man, William Fjeldby (Oscar Dyekjær Giese), a friend of Markus Ejbye, is murdered in similar circumstances, she teams up with Karina Hørup (Helle Fagralid), the lead detective on the cases, to track down a serial killer who has resumed killing after a five-year hiatus.[6] [7]

Cast and characters

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Release

Season 1 was released in the Nordic countries on the Viaplay streaming service on 1 March 2019.[9] [10] NPO 3 started broadcasting season 1 in the Netherlands on 20 April 2019.[11] [12] In the UK BBC Four started broadcasting season 1 as Darkness: Those Who Kill on 31 August 2019.[13] [14] In Australia season 1 premiered on SBS On Demand on 18 December 2019.[15] [16] In Germany it started streaming as Darkness – Schatten der Vergangenheit on the Joyn Plus+ service on 26 November 2019.[17] In Spain Filmin started streaming season 1 as Darkness: La Huella del Crimen on 3 March 2020.[18] [19] Arte broadcast season 1 in September 2020 as Le Tueur de l'Ombre in France and Darkness – Schatten der Vergangenheit in Germany.[20] [21]

Season 2 started streaming on Viaplay on 28 March 2021.[8] [22] It was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK in May as Blinded: Those Who Kill[7] and streamed on Acorn TV in the US and Joyn Plus+ in Germany.[23]

Season 3 was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK as Lost: Those Who Kill, starting on 8 April 2023.

Season 4 was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK as Justice: Those Who Kill, starting on 26 October 2024.

Reception

The series was nominated for the Best TV Series (Årets tv-serie) award at the Danish Film Academy's 2020 Robert Awards.[24] [25] Tessa Hoder was nominated for the Best Danish Actor (Årets danske skuespiller) award at TV 2 Zulu's 2020 Zulu Awards.[26] [27]

Notes and References

  1. News: Didcock . Barry . Barry Didcock's TV review: Darkness: Those Who Kill, BBC Four . 1 June 2021 . . 1 September 2019 . Glasgow, U.K..
  2. Web site: Middleton . Richard . MTG goes back to Those Who Kill . C21 Media . 1 June 2021 . London, U.K. . 5 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Morris . Anthony . There's a killer on the loose in Copenhagen in 'Darkness: Those Who Kill' . . 31 May 2021 . Sydney, Australia . 18 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Darkness: Those Who Kill . . 31 May 2021 . London, U.K..
  5. Web site: Darkness: Those Who Kill . . 31 May 2021 . London, U.K..
  6. News: Tonight's TV: Muhammad Ali: A Life in Ten Pictures and The Jonathan Ross Show . 31 May 2021 . . 8 May 2021 . Glasgow, Scotland.
  7. Web site: Mullan . Eddie . Eight TV shows to watch in May . . 31 May 2021 . London, U.K. . 3 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Den Som Dræber – Fanget af Mørket 2 . FilmFyn . 31 May 2021 . Faaborg, Denmark . da.
  9. News: Marquardt . Freja . Den som dræber: Ultravoldelig serie er tilbage – nu med mere vold . 1 June 2021 . . 1 March 2019 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da.
  10. News: Bergqvist . Mattias . Trailer till "Den som dräper – mörkret" – premiär 1 mars på Viaplay . 1 June 2021 . . 8 February 2019 . Stockholm, Sweden . sv.
  11. Web site: Those Who Kill . . 2 June 2021 . Hilversum, Netherlands . nl.
  12. News: de Wolf . Joke . 'Those who kill' is onnodig expliciet, maar wel spannend tot de laatste snik . 2 June 2021 . . 25 April 2019 . Amsterdam, Netherlands . nl.
  13. News: Bradley . Mike . Verdier . Hannah . Howlett . Paul . Harrison . Phil . Davies . Hannah J. . TV tonight: a breathtaking new Scandi-noir to binge . 1 June 2021 . . 31 August 2019 . London, U.K..
  14. News: Gilbert . Gerard . What's on TV tonight: Another Scandi crime drama with a hint of originality, Darkness: Those Who Kill . 1 June 2021 . . 31 August 2019 . London, U.K..
  15. Web site: Vukelich . Desanka . Top new series in December . . 1 June 2021 . Sydney, Australia . 19 December 2019.
  16. News: McManus . Bridget . Wednesday TV for December 18 . 1 June 2021 . . 14 December 2019 . Sydney, Australia.
  17. Web site: Darkness – Schatten der Vergangenheit . fernsehserien.de . 2 June 2021 . Cologne, Germany . de.
  18. News: Palés . Alejandra . 5 sèries per revifar el furor pel 'nordic noir' . 2 June 2021 . . 26 February 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . ca.
  19. Web site: Filmin estrena el thriller criminal "Darkness: La huella del crimen" . Neeo . 2 June 2021 . es . 1 March 2020.
  20. News: Baudin . Julia . Le tueur de l'ombre: jusqu'au bout de la violence sur Arte . 1 June 2021 . . 11 September 2020 . Paris, France . fr.
  21. News: Jaurès . Cécile . " Le tueur de l'ombre ", un polar nordique post Metoo . 1 June 2021 . . 10 September 2020 . Paris, France . fr.
  22. Web site: Jerichau Roslev . Trine . Den som dræber – Fanget af mørket får en sæson 2 . 31 May 2021 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da . 4 November 2019.
  23. Web site: Tidona . Vera . "Darkness": Zweite Staffel der dänischen Thriller-Serie . TV Wunschliste . 1 June 2021 . Cologne, Germany . de . 27 May 2021.
  24. Web site: Den som dræber - Fanget af mørket . . 2 June 2021 . Frederiksberg, Denmark . da.
  25. Web site: Madsbøll Christensen . Kasper . Årets største filmsucces snydt - her er de nominerede til Robert-priserne . . 2 June 2021 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da . 6 January 2020.
  26. Web site: Holm Mathiasen . Marie . Her er de nominerede til 'ZULU Awards' - sådan stemmer du . . 2 June 2021 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da . 27 January 2020.
  27. Web site: Buchard . Amalie . REPORTAGE: Zulu Awards 2020 – en hyldest til dem, der lytter og ser med . . 2 June 2021 . Århus, Denmark . da . 14 February 2020.

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