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The Silence

TV·2021–2023·2 seasons, 12 episodes·HRT 1·Mystery, Drama, Crime·50m·Created by Marjan Alčevski

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Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these deaths, however, soon turns out to be innocent - and dead too. While detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor struggle to solve these murders in Croatia, the niece of Olga, an Ukrainian philanthropist, goes missing in Kyiv.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Silence S02E04Episode 4S02E04 · 8.0Ozren Bauer has a revenge hit list, but is he lined up in someone else's sights? Olga persuades the former head of her humanitarian organisation to give evidence against the Kyiv Police Chief, Pavel.
  2. 02The Silence S02E05Episode 5S02E05 · 8.0Stribor panics and goes to Belgrade to stop the publication of the video. Thanks to Khrinyev, Pavel is arrested in Kyiv.
  3. 03The Silence S02E06Episode 6S02E06 · 8.0The Osijek Avenger heads toward the final showdown. Can he be stopped? And at what price?

Castfull cast & details

Kseniia MishynaKseniia MishynaOlga RomanchenkoGoran BogdanGoran BogdanStribor KraljDarko MilasDarko MilasVladimir KovačSandra LončarićSandra LončarićVesna HorakLeon LučevLeon LučevIvan HorvatićTihana LazovićTihana LazovićLana KraljMijo JurišićMijo JurišićNačelnik JakićIryna Verenych-OstrovskaIryna Verenych-OstrovskaAlina Romanchenko

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2021–22Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S01E01The Silence S01E01Episode 1December 10, 2021 7.2One girl drowned in the Drava in Osijek, she is very young and no one knows who she is. Police Inspector Kovac is trying to find out if it w
  2. S01E02The Silence S01E02Episode 2December 10, 2021 7.2A third girl is found dead in Osijek. In Kyiv, Olga and Nikolay search for Viktor, a sleazy photographer who might know where Katya is.
  3. S01E03The Silence S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3December 17, 2021 7.5A psychiatrist from the Osijek hospital has doubts about chief suspect Kozul's guilt. The police have to release him because of their lack o
  4. S01E04The Silence S01E04Episode 4December 24, 2021 7.5Olga returns to Kyiv to discover the truth about her niece. The police investigation shifts focus to a close associate of Olga's husband.
  5. S01E05The Silence S01E05Episode 5December 31, 2021 7.2Vesna and Vladimir find out about two of the victims' criminal and reform-school pasts. Who removed their files and fingerprints from the po
  6. S01E06The Silence S01E06Episode 6January 7, 2022 7.5The investigation reaches its horrifying conclusion. Olga, Vladimir, Vesna and Stribor's lives will never be the same again.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2023Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S02E01The Silence S02E01Episode 1October 4, 2023 7.5In Osijek, an apparently ordinary break-in, at the house of the former public prosecutor Branimir Kovac, reveals more secrets
  2. S02E02The Silence S02E02Episode 2October 11, 2023 7.5Stribor discovers that the current events in Osijek are connected to the long-hushed-up case. Olga finds out about fake humanitarian organis
  3. S02E03The Silence S02E03Episode 3October 18, 2023 7.5Volunteers confirm to Olga that someone is taking women from the centre. Olga tries to persuade Mila to help her, but Mila has demands that
  4. S02E04The Silence S02E04Season's bestEpisode 4October 25, 2023 8.0Ozren Bauer has a revenge hit list, but is he lined up in someone else's sights? Olga persuades the former head of her humanitarian organisa
  5. S02E05The Silence S02E05Episode 5November 1, 2023 8.0Stribor panics and goes to Belgrade to stop the publication of the video. Thanks to Khrinyev, Pavel is arrested in Kyiv.
  6. S02E06The Silence S02E06Episode 6November 8, 2023 8.0The Osijek Avenger heads toward the final showdown. Can he be stopped? And at what price?

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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