Product Review

IN SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
He's got no style, he's got no flash and hes squarely in middle age. But Swedish detective Martin Beck is good at one thing: methodically catching criminals so that they can be put away... for a long time. His tightly-wound partner, Gunvald, is his opposite: an impulsive man who cuts a dashing figure, is in no way politically correct and who never met a boundary he didnt leap across. He'll do anything to get information from a suspect, including enhanced interrogation techniques. It's classic good cop/bad cop, and together with their team they bring down dangerous criminals lurking in the seedy Stockholm underworld. Off the job, Becks a loner but hes not anti-social; he regularly sees his daughter, with whom he now has a much better relationship than when he was neglecting her growing up. And at the end of a workday, there's always an interesting conversation and a nightcap with a neighbor who gives new meaning to the word quirky.

EPISODE 25: THE EYE OF THE STORM
When the charred remains of a woman are found, the Swedish Security Services suspect Gunvald Larsson of involvement in her murder. They order Martin to arrest Gunvald, putting his long-standing loyalty to his friend to the test.

EPISODE 26: BURRIED ALIVE
Martin and his team get caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a killer who buries his victims alive in wooden boxes. As the boxes and bodies build up, they realize the sadist continues to stay one step ahead.

EPISODE 27: ROOM 302 Beck's team meets their new boss as the body of a young woman is found in a Stockholm hotel room. Against Gunvald's advice, the boss insists on sending in a SWAT team and blames the disastrous results on Martin.