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Magnus

TV·2019–2019·1 season, 6 episodes·NRK1·Crime, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy·30m·Created by Vidar Magnussen

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Magnus - perhaps the police's worst investigator - is set to solve a murder from another world, and then we mean a completely different world.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Magnus S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 9.0
  2. 02Magnus S01E04Episode 4S01E04 · 9.0
  3. 03Magnus S01E05Episode 5S01E05 · 9.0

Castfull cast & details

Vidar MagnussenVidar MagnussenMagnus
Pål Rønning
Pål RønningDanOla G. FurusethOla G. FurusethArthur
Anette Amelia Larsen
Anette Amelia LarsenCharlottePreben HodnelandPreben HodnelandGeir
Kristi-Helene Engeberg
Kristi-Helene EngebergEmmaLars BergeLars BergeRobertTim AhernTim AhernGerald

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2019Aired 8.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Magnus S01E01Episode 1January 4, 2019 8.5After a relatively large fad during an action at the brewery hall, Magnus is set to solve a big case against all odds. The neighbor Nikolai
  2. S01E02Magnus S01E02Episode 2January 4, 2019 8.0
  3. S01E03Magnus S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3January 12, 2019 9.0
  4. S01E04Magnus S01E04Episode 4January 19, 2019 9.0
  5. S01E05Magnus S01E05Episode 5January 26, 2019 9.0
  6. S01E06Magnus S01E06Episode 6February 2, 2019 9.0

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

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