Beforeigners (2019–2022)

TV ShowEndedHBO NordicDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy2 seasons, 12 episodes
Beforeigners posterReview score: 75%

Plot

In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called "beforeigners," these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Beforeigners S02E05Episode 5S02E05 · 8.6With a timeigrant’s life on the line, Alfhildr and Lars resort to unorthodox methods to get closer to the truth.
  2. 02Beforeigners S02E06Episode 6S02E06 · 8.4Alfhildr wakes up in a highly unexpected situation. Is she ever going to make her way home? Pushed to the limit, she makes a profound discovery about herself.
  3. 03Beforeigners S02E04Episode 4S02E04 · 8.1The disappearance of a fortune teller puts Alfhildr and Lars on the killer’s trail.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2019Aired 7.2Season avg
  1. S01E01Beforeigners S01E01Episode 1August 21, 2019 7.2A dead woman floats ashore at Tjuvholmen and Lars Haaland need to investigate the matter with his new partner, Alfhildr Enginnsdottir from t
  2. S01E02Beforeigners S01E02Episode 2August 21, 2019 6.7The investigation leads Lars and Alfhildr into Oslo's new and multi-temporal underground world.
  3. S01E03Beforeigners S01E03Episode 3August 28, 2019 6.6Lars and Alfhildr have a new main suspect in the Tjuvholmen murder: a rich entrepreneur from the Stone Age.
  4. S01E04Beforeigners S01E04Episode 4September 4, 2019 7.6When Lars's daughter is involved in a mysterious accident at sea, Alfhildr has to seek Norse help to continue the investigation.
  5. S01E05Beforeigners S01E05Episode 5September 11, 2019 7.6In the hunt for answers in the Tjuvholmen case, Lars becomes his own worst enemy.
  6. S01E06Beforeigners S01E06Season's bestEpisode 6September 11, 2019 7.7The hunt for the Tjuvholmen killer is coming to an end, and Alfhildr must face a hard truth.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2021–22Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S02E01Beforeigners S02E01Episode 1December 5, 2021 7.3Alfhildr and Lars reunite for a murder case that raises the question: could Jack the Ripper have timeigrated to the present?
  2. S02E02Beforeigners S02E02Episode 2December 5, 2021 7.0A gruesome letter sends Lars and Alfhildr’s investigation in a new direction.
  3. S02E03Beforeigners S02E03Episode 3December 12, 2021 6.6The hunt for the fake policemen, Ben Joseph, takes Alfhildr and Lars to London, where they gain important information about the New-Luddites
  4. S02E04Beforeigners S02E04Episode 4December 19, 2021 8.1The disappearance of a fortune teller puts Alfhildr and Lars on the killer’s trail.
  5. S02E05Beforeigners S02E05Season's bestEpisode 5December 26, 2021 8.6With a timeigrant’s life on the line, Alfhildr and Lars resort to unorthodox methods to get closer to the truth.
  6. S02E06Beforeigners S02E06Episode 6January 2, 2022 8.4Alfhildr wakes up in a highly unexpected situation. Is she ever going to make her way home? Pushed to the limit, she makes a profound discov

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Cast

Nicolai Cleve BrochNicolai Cleve BrochLars HaalandKrista KosonenKrista KosonenAlfhildr Enginsdottir

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