The essential episodes of Swedish Dicks
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Swedish Dicks — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A former stuntman Ingmar works as a not-so-successful private investigator in Los Angeles. His last case is to find a stolen laptop of a young DJ Theodore who offers him $8,000. He is led to a struggling DJ named Axel. After the two spend a night at a bar, Ingmar steals the laptop from drunk Axel's hotel room and returns it to Theodore. However, he soon finds out that Theodore is a bartender who was hired by a club owner Tony to steal Axel's music.
- 02
Ingmar takes his new colleague Axel to a shooting range where they encounter Ingmar's enemy and founder of the best investigating company in Los Angeles, Jane McKinney. Ingmar bets with Jane that he can make Axel shoot better than one of her guys in one week. Meanwhile, the "dicks" are hired by a blindman Jeff to find out if his wife is having an affair. Axel is introduced to Ingmar's daughter Sarah.
- 03
The Very Brief Adventures of Maintenance Guy and Plant Man
The owner of an advertising agency has suspicions about someone stealing and selling his company's ideas. The investigation gets alot more complicated as the agency owner commits suicide.
- 04
A young female porn star hires the "dicks" to catch her stalker. Axel is trying to infiltrate inside Jane's detective company.
- 05
An owner of a pet cemetery is suspecting her competitor from unethical practices.
- 06
The Curse of the North Korean Curse
Ingmar finds a way to get a large amount of money, so that he can buy a car from the guy who he suspects for killing his friend Tex. Meanwhile Axel tries to make friends in L.A. and end up hanging out with Ingmars daughter, Sarah.
- 07
Ingmar tries to set a meeting with Dimitri, a Russian Mafia boss who sells stolen cars, who he suspects for killing his friend Tex a couple of years ago. Meanwhile Axel is hired to solve a case of cyberbullying.
- 08
Ingmar wants the Dicks to go legit and apply for PI licenses, but that creates unexpected immigration trouble for Axel. Meanwhile, Elvis, Robin Hood and Frankenstein's monster ask them to catch a thief on Hollywood Boulevard.
- 09
Sarah introduces his friend Eve to Axel and he is immediately interested, but he has to keep their meetings professional - at least until they solve a case that includes Eve, her mother and a medium.
- 10
The Dicks hits a mysterious client in a prison, asking them to help his friend convicted of a murder he did not commit. At the same time, Sun is trying to help Axel with her visa problem.
- 11
When the former suicidal founder of the New Dating Stalkr finally begins to attract users, he hires Swedish Dicks to find the assassin he hired to kill himself.
- 12
Tex gives Dicksen a case where they are forced to compete against Jane McKinney in prison to find out who is helping prisoners to fly. Axel goes undercover as a prisoner.
- 13
Ingmar and Axel infiltrate a zombie movie recording as extras to find a kidnapped man. Meanwhile, Sarah and Sun are taking their own case.
- 14
Jane knows about Axel's immigration status and forces the Dicks to catch Omaha's most wanted mafioso for her. This while Sun uses her North Korean charm to help Sarah get over her ex.
- 15
With Tex as a sax player, Sun as the coordinator and Lou the officiant, the setting for Axel and Eve's wedding is almost ideal. But what has ever gone as planned in the Dicks' world?
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