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Young Wallander

TV·2020–2022·2 seasons, 12 episodes·Netflix·Drama, Mystery, Crime·50m·7.1·Created by Benjamin Harris

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An incendiary hate crime stirs civil unrest, fast-tracking rookie cop Kurt Wallander to detective in this origin story for the popular character.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Young Wallander S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 6.7Rookie cop Kurt Wallander stumbles into a hate crime in his own neighborhood. As he hunts the killer, the incident fuels anti-immigration anger.
  2. 02Young Wallander S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 6.5Kurt interviews illegal immigrants enrolled in a program funded by Gustav Munck, and soon finds a link between a pregnant refugee and the killer.
  3. 03Young Wallander S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 6.1Promoted to detective over his best friend, Reza, Kurt joins Hemberg on the case. Clues lead them to a notorious smuggler and a popular nightclub.

Cast

Adam PålssonAdam PålssonKurt Wallander

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2020Aired 6.2Season avg
  1. S01E01Young Wallander S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1September 3, 2020 6.7Rookie cop Kurt Wallander stumbles into a hate crime in his own neighborhood. As he hunts the killer, the incident fuels anti-immigration an
  2. S01E02Young Wallander S01E02Episode 2September 3, 2020 6.1Promoted to detective over his best friend, Reza, Kurt joins Hemberg on the case. Clues lead them to a notorious smuggler and a popular nigh
  3. S01E03Young Wallander S01E03Episode 3September 3, 2020 6.5Kurt interviews illegal immigrants enrolled in a program funded by Gustav Munck, and soon finds a link between a pregnant refugee and the ki
  4. S01E04Young Wallander S01E04Episode 4September 3, 2020 5.9Hemberg orders Kurt to take some time off after the assassination of their chief suspect. The public considers the case closed but Kurt keep
  5. S01E05Young Wallander S01E05Episode 5September 3, 2020 6.0Suspicious of Gustav's ties to the case, Kurt jeopardizes his romance with Mona by confronting the billionaire at a black-tie, Munck family
  6. S01E06Young Wallander S01E06Episode 6September 3, 2020 6.1Kurt, Rask and Hemberg try to connect their new suspect to a shipment of plastic explosive — and determine where and when the bomb will go o

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2022Aired 5.6Season avg
  1. S02E01Young Wallander S02E01Episode 1February 17, 2022 5.3After he considers leaving law enforcement, Kurt is assigned to identify the victim in a standard hit-and-run case that turns out to be anyt
  2. S02E02Young Wallander S02E02Episode 2February 17, 2022 5.7The death of Elias Fager goes public thanks to a leak that infuriates new superintendent Osei. Reza reveals his lingering bitterness toward
  3. S02E03Young Wallander S02E03Episode 3February 17, 2022 5.7Internal Affairs asks hard questions about Rask's interrogation of Elias eight years ago. Kurt realizes an eyewitness isn't telling the whol
  4. S02E04Young Wallander S02E04Season's bestEpisode 4February 17, 2022 5.8Following another murder, Rask is taken off the case by Osei. Kurt begins working with a new partner to follow a trail that leads them into
  5. S02E05Young Wallander S02E05Episode 5February 17, 2022 5.7Reza develops a theory about the night of the murder that casts suspicion on someone uncomfortably close by — but feels that Kurt is holding
  6. S02E06Young Wallander S02E06Episode 6February 17, 2022 5.7The puzzle pieces of two cases years apart finally fit together, leading the detectives to startling conclusions about a senior government o

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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