The worst episodes of Wallander
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- 01
A friend of Wallander's daughter comes begging for his help but then disappears.
- 02
Drama following the investigations of detective Kurt Wallander. What connects the shocking suicide of a young woman and the vicious murder of a government minister?
- 03
Wallander tries to link the death of his colleague with the murder of three teenagers, and his only clue is a photograph of an unknown woman.
- 04
Wallander investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse.
- 05
Kurt Wallander is contacted by an old friend who is certain his father has been murdered.
- 06
An elderly bird-watcher falls to his death in a meticulously-planned and brutal murder.
- 07
Wallander moves in with his new girlfriend, but a girl's skeleton is found in the garden.
- 08
When a woman's body is found, Wallander must act quickly to find the victim's daughter.
- 09
Kurt tries to beat the odds in his final and most personal case as his daughter's future hangs in the balance.
- 10
While Wallander is attending a conference in South Africa, Swedish national Inga Hedeman, an outreach worker, goes missing and local police chief Van Heerden, under pressure from Inga's husband Axel, asks Wallander to investigate, partnered by widowed sergeant Grace Mthembu.
- 11
Wallander investigates the link between the death of a cab driver and an apparent heart attack victim, and uncovers an international conspiracy.
- 12
After two corpses are washed ashore on a raft in Ystad, Wallander travels to Latvia to find the killers.
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