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TV·2011–2011·1 season, 10 episodes·TV2·Drama, Crime·1h·6.3·Created by Stefan Jaworski, Elsebeth Egholm

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Den Som Draeber follows a specialist police unit responsible for capturing Copenhagen's most dangerous killers. Inspector Katrine Jensen, criminal psychologist Thomas Schaeffer and chief Magnus Bisgaard lead the high pressure pursuits despite personal and professional peril. An intense, unsettling police procedural that explores the psychopathy of violent offenders.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Den som dræber S01E10A Deadly Game (2)S01E10 · 9.0Jensen meets a man who seems the perfect partner until his secrets come to light. Meanwhile, a meticulous killer plays cat-and-mouse with the team.
  2. 02Den som dræber S01E09A Deadly Game (1)S01E09 · 8.5Jensen meets a man who seems the perfect partner until his secrets come to light. Meanwhile, a meticulous killer plays cat-and-mouse with the team.

Castfull cast & details

Laura BachLaura BachKatrine Ries JensenJakob CedergrenJakob CedergrenThomas SchaefferLars MikkelsenLars MikkelsenMagnus BisgaardLærke Winther AndersenLærke Winther AndersenMia VogelsangFrederik Meldal NørgaardFrederik Meldal NørgaardStig MolbeckIben DornerIben DornerBenedicte SchaefferCarsten BjørnlundCarsten BjørnlundAdam Krogh
Jess Anderson
Jess AndersonMax Kessler

Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes2011Aired 8.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Den som dræber S01E01Corpse in the Woods (1)March 13, 2011—Police realise that four female skeletons unearthed in woods outside Copenhagen are the work of a single sadistic killer and that an unconve
  2. S01E02Den som dræber S01E02Corpse in the Woods (2)March 20, 2011—Police realise that four female skeletons unearthed in woods outside Copenhagen are the work of a single sadistic killer and that an unconve
  3. S01E03Den som dræber S01E03Utopia (1)March 27, 2011—A family is slaughtered in their home for no apparent reason, and Thomas leads the investigation into their shocking attack. But even as the
  4. S01E04Den som dræber S01E04Utopia (2)April 3, 2011—A family is slaughtered in their home for no apparent reason, and Thomas leads the investigation into their shocking attack. But even as the
  5. S01E05Den som dræber S01E05Bad Blood (1)April 10, 2011—Katrina confronts past traumas when tracking down a serial killer victimising young prison inmates.
  6. S01E06Den som dræber S01E06Bad Blood (2)April 17, 2011—Katrina confronts past traumas when tracking down a serial killer victimising young prison inmates.
  7. S01E07Den som dræber S01E07An Eye for an Eye (1)April 24, 2011—Schaeffer risks everything to solve the murder of an undercover narcotics cop.
  8. S01E08Den som dræber S01E08An Eye for an Eye (2)May 1, 2011—Schaeffer risks everything to solve the murder of an undercover narcotics cop.
  9. S01E09Den som dræber S01E09A Deadly Game (1)May 8, 2011 8.5Jensen meets a man who seems the perfect partner until his secrets come to light. Meanwhile, a meticulous killer plays cat-and-mouse with th
  10. S01E10Den som dræber S01E10A Deadly Game (2)May 15, 2011 9.0Jensen meets a man who seems the perfect partner until his secrets come to light. Meanwhile, a meticulous killer plays cat-and-mouse with th

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