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Wallander

TV·2006–2013·3 seasons, 32 episodes·TV4·Drama, Crime·1h 25m·7.8·Created by Henning Mankell

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Wallander follows a troubled detective who lives and works in Ystad, near the southern tip of Sweden.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes2006–07AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Wallander S01E01Innan frostenJune 2, 2006A missing grandmother leads Kurt Wallander on the trail of a religious cult. Tracking a sadistic killer, he follows a string of incidents, i
  2. S01E02Wallander S01E02ByfånenJune 4, 2006A man with learning difficulties blows himself up while trying to rob a bank. Linda is promoted to a detective and, against Kurt's advice, c
  3. S01E03Wallander S01E03BrödernaJune 5, 2006Kurt Wallander and his colleagues uncover the connections between a series of murders and a military training exercise. Becoming roommates m
  4. S01E04Wallander S01E04MörkretDecember 22, 2006When an abandoned baby is found in a car, Kurt Wallander oversees a big operation to find the missing father. The case brings back memories
  5. S01E05Wallander S01E05AfrikanenDecember 23, 2006Ystad CID intervenes in the investigation of an African man's apparent suicide in a rail yard. The investigation reveals the murder weapon i
  6. S01E06Wallander S01E06MastermindDecember 29, 2006Investigating a grisly local murder and the disappearance of a policeman's daughter, Ystad CID begins to suspect the two are connected.
  7. S01E07Wallander S01E07Den svaga punktenDecember 26, 2006When a riding pupil finds the stable owner dead in his barn, Wallander is initially at a loss for suspects—the dead man had no friends, no s
  8. S01E08Wallander S01E08FotografenDecember 30, 2006An American woman at a photo exhibition steals an exhibit and is found dead in the harbour.
  9. S01E09Wallander S01E09TäckmantelnJanuary 6, 2007An abandoned lorry is discovered to contain dead refugees.
  10. S01E10Wallander S01E10LuftslottetFebruary 10, 2007An old man who withdraws 20 million kronor from the bank is found poisoned. His neighbours are suspected, but they are the next to be poison
  11. S01E11Wallander S01E11BlodsbandApril 7, 2007Following an argument with her lover on her boat, a woman is found dead. Wallander and the Ystad police investigate; their enquiries lead th
  12. S01E12Wallander S01E12JokernApril 8, 2007When a woman is shot dead on the beach outside her restaurant, the only witness is her young daughter. Wallander and his team are informed a
  13. S01E13Wallander S01E13HemlighetenApril 9, 2007When an 11-year-old boy is found dead, the team struggle in overcoming the emotional torment the case causes them.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes2009–10AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Wallander S02E01HämndenJanuary 9, 2009Wallander has bought a dream house by the sea, but his peace and quiet is soon shattered when a man is murdered and several car bombs are de
  2. S02E02Wallander S02E02SkuldenJune 17, 2009When a young boy goes missing, suspicions immediately fall on a previously convicted paedophile, and vigilantes start attacking him and his
  3. S02E03Wallander S02E03KurirenJuly 21, 2009After the murder of a motorcyclist, the investigation soon reveals that bike racers are being used as drug couriers from Denmark to Sweden,
  4. S02E04Wallander S02E04TjuvenAugust 19, 2009Homes are burgled and a vigilante group is formed. Soon Wallander is convinced there's been a double murder, although no bodies have been fo
  5. S02E05Wallander S02E05CellistenSeptember 19, 2009The police go to great lengths to protect a cellist who is due to testify in a Russian mafia trial.
  6. S02E06Wallander S02E06PrästenOctober 21, 2009A priest is shot outside a low budget hotel in Ystad and is fighting for his life in hospital. Who would want to kill a priest? Wallander ha
  7. S02E07Wallander S02E07LäckanNovember 18, 2009When a security van is robbed, Wallander suspects a leak inside the security company.
  8. S02E08Wallander S02E08SkyttenDecember 16, 2009When a small-time crook is killed by a sniper, Wallander and the Ystad police investigate.
  9. S02E09Wallander S02E09DödsängelnJanuary 20, 2010A girl in a choir disappears and is later found dead; then her best friend in the choir also disappears. Suspicion falls on a strange man wh
  10. S02E10Wallander S02E10VålnadenMarch 24, 2010A cottage by the sea, owned by a local charity that lets it out to the public, is ravaged by a gas explosion. The burned corpse of a man is
  11. S02E11Wallander S02E11ArvetApril 20, 2010A cider manufacturer is murdered during a business party. When more people with connections to the business are killed, Wallander starts sus
  12. S02E12Wallander S02E12IndrivarenJune 16, 2010A woman is found murdered in her flat, and in the subsequent investigation the loyalty of one of Wallander's young colleagues is put to the
  13. S02E13Wallander S02E13VittnetJuly 21, 2010A young girl is hiding somewhere in Ystad. It is obvious that she has seen something terrible and that someone wants her silenced. At the sa

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season036Episodes2013AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Wallander S03E01Den orolige mannenJanuary 11, 2013Wallander's daughter Linda is married and has a daughter of her own. The disappearance of Linda's father-in-law draws Wallander into a case
  2. S03E02Wallander S03E02FörsvunnenJanuary 19, 2013Just back from suspension from the police department, Wallander conducts an investigation into the disappearance of a girl which has frighte
  3. S03E03Wallander S03E03SveketJuly 24, 2013The estranged wife of a prominent man is found dead near the family home. The husband is the obvious suspect, but several loose ends suggest
  4. S03E04Wallander S03E04SaknadenJuly 30, 2013Wallander travels to Moldova to learn more about a woman found dead in Ystad. Upon returning to Sweden, he searches for her missing baby.
  5. S03E05Wallander S03E05MordbrännarenSeptember 25, 2013When a man dies in a fire, it looks as if a convicted arsonist recently released from prison is being framed, but he refuses to help the inv
  6. S03E06Wallander S03E06SorgfågelnOctober 23, 2013As Wallander and Linda work with Malmö police to solve the kidnapping of a restaurateur, Wallander suspects that the police are involved in

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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