Blood Sacrifice (2026) s01e02 Episode Script

[dog barking]
[dark music plays]
John. John, listen to me.
I need you to get ahold of the people
at emergency dispatch immediately.
[John] Hang on…
Tell them not to send
any units to a scene without--
[John] It's too late, Thomas.
It happened again.
We just got an emergency call from Farsta.
[Thomas] From Farsta? Send me the address.
You got it.
-[car unlocks and beeps]
-Come on, we gotta go right now.
[sniffles]
Come on, Dad!
We gotta get outta here. Get in the car.
You just said that you'd rather
take care of all this by yourself.
What?
We just agreed that you'd
move forward on your own,
'cause I'd jeopardize the investigation
if I came with you.
You being serious?
Come on, we have to go now.
[Alfred] Of course I am. Dead serious.
[clock ticking]
[Thomas] Damn it, no.
John, send the task force down there.
-Not patrol cops.
-[John] Yeah. We're on it.
The task force. No patrol guys, 'kay?
No patrol guys. Got it?
-And meet me there!
-Copy that.
[exhales]
[ticking continues]
[indistinct chatter over police radio]
[distressed voices echo]
[officer 1] They're up
on the fourth floor.
[indistinct distressed yelling
in the distance]
Hey. Thomas Berg.
[officer 2] All right. Go on in.
[gagging]
[spewing on floor]
-Who's in charge here?
-[officer 3 groans]
-Here.
-You?
-You're the one in charge here?
-Yeah.
-Are you done?
-We're done.
-Get your guys out of here.
-Okay. Everyone, out.
Okay, come on now. Out! Everyone out!
Out! Let's go!
We've got a new double murder.
[sighs and sniffs]
[music builds to a climax and fades]
BLOOD SACRIFICE
[radio static]
[man over radio] Yes, that's correct.
We are currently assessing the situation.
As soon as we have a suspect,
we will announce it to the public.
SATURDAY
[news anchor] Two people died Friday night
following an incident
in an apartment block in Farsta,
south of Stockholm.
The police have declined to comment
but are working hard on-site,
and the building has been secured.
[woman] The victim's names
are Jon Hamrin and Arthur Schelin.
The weapon was
the same type of Serrated knife.
The victim's heads
are nowhere to be found.
What do you wanna do here?
Because the crime scene is contaminated.
[camera clicks]
[woman] I don't know
how many guys you had in here last night.
I've already counted at least six.
Not to mention all the footprints in here.
All of the fingerprints, the DNA…
It's going to be nearly impossible
for us to assess this.
Did you hear what I said?
Yeah.
[woman] Really? What did I say, then?
-You told me the scene's contaminated.
-[woman] Right.
So what do you want me to do?
I want you to keep trying.
See if there's anything here.
Thomas, the chance
we find anything in here is next to zero.
Next to zero, or zero?
[sighs]
[eerie music plays]
-[indistinct chatter]
-[music fades]
[Max] Forensics are checking the car,
but they haven't found anything yet.
[indistinct chatter]
You can see the entrance from the car.
After Hamrin and Schelin arrived,
that means everything that happened--
[Thomas] Should be on camera.
[Max] Right.
That camera in the car.
I need you guys
to pull the footage from the dashcam.
-You should be able to see everything.
-[man] Oh, yeah.
[suspenseful music plays]
[John] Here's when the patrol car arrives.
There. That's Schelin to the left,
and there's Hamrin holding the door.
[music fades]
[John] We can fast forward.
I've checked this already.
As you can see… Uh…
No one goes in,
and nobody comes out of there
until the task force arrives
after nine minutes.
-Then, six minutes after that…
-I get there.
[John] Exactly.
And then I arrive 90 seconds later.
That's it. There's no more activity
until the task force gets out.
[Max] And we're sure
this is the only exit?
Yeah.
He must've jumped from a back window then.
-From the fourth floor?
-Or a lower floor, I guess.
I don't know. If he did, he would've
had to jump from another apartment.
There's only one explanation
I can think of.
[suspenseful music plays]
Our guy never left the building.
Okay, there are five floors.
Residents have been evacuated.
Check everything.
Rooms, cupboards, under the floorboards,
spaces between the walls…
I don't care how long it takes.
Everybody make sure the previous floor
is clear before you go to the next.
Okay?
[officer over radio] Task force,
here we go. Moving in.
[panting]
Check the window.
[officer 2 over radio] First floor
apartments and staircase are clear.
Copy that. First floor clear.
[officer 2 over radio] Moving on
to the second floor.
-[officer 3] Let's go. Second floor.
-[officer 4] Move it! Come on! Move!
-[officer 3] Kitchen clear.
-[officer 4] All the rooms are clear!
-[officer 3] Clear!
-[officer 4] All right, let's go!
[officer 2 over radio] Second floor clear.
[Thomas] Hey, did they check the basement?
[officer 2 over radio]
Moving to the third floor.
[suspenseful music plays]
[officer 2] Third floor clear.
Moving to the fourth floor.
[grunts]
[officer 2] Fourth floor clear.
We're moving to the fifth floor.
[loud clatter and thud]
[officer 2] Fifth floor is clear.
We're up on the roof now,
but… there's not much here.
[Thomas] Last one.
[Max takes deep breath]
[Max gasps]
[Thomas] Hm.
[Max] This explains why he never
leaves a trace for forensics.
[loud thud]
-Police! Don't move!
-Hands on your head!
-We're police! We're with you!
-[officer] Put the guns down!
[indistinct chatter]
[deep sigh]
[Thomas] Jon Hamrin.
Arthur Schelin.
Good officers.
Both fathers.
[woman] Jesus Christ…
[man] Right.
This can't come out.
That's important, now more than ever.
[Thomas] It's a little late.
Almost every cop in the city was there.
Good luck keeping this
under wraps this time.
[man] Look, that's not what I meant.
If this is our killer's way
of luring his victims in,
we've got serious problems.
Think about it.
[woman] Officers might refuse
to work Friday nights
or respond to emergency calls.
-[man] Exactly.
-Yeah.
And if the public gets wind that there's
a time of night we're not patrolling…
[woman] That's an invitation
to commit crimes.
[man sighs] Okay,
let's keep this out of the press for now.
And your team will only be provided
the information imperative for their job.
Nothing more.
He's right, Thomas. This could lead
to a huge crisis if we aren't careful.
-[chuckles]
-[man] What's so damn funny about that?
Don't you think
we're in a huge crisis already?
[suspenseful music plays]
MONDAY
[news anchor] And now
we go to Sigrid Erikson
who has the latest developments
on the string of gruesome murders.
[Sigrid] According to reports,
there may be a connection
between last night's incident in Farsta,
and the murder of two police officers
who were found dead in Värmdö.
Locals in Farsta have noticed
an increased police presence.
According to one witness,
one or more officers
may have been injured,
or possibly even killed.
The police are asking the public for help.
Previous tips have not led
to any plausible leads…
[Alfred] Have the public help you.
You'll be needing
as much help as you can get.
[Sigrid] The police union is upset
about the the lack of progress
surrounding the investigation.
The union's chairwoman, Britta Sköld,
claims actions will be taken
to protect its members
if the police management doesn't prove
that they're
taking the issue more seriously.
Here's her statement from today.
[Britta] We are committed to the safety
and the wellbeing of our officers.
-[music stops]
-[cell phone rings]
-Hey, Alfred. You okay?
-[Alfred coughs and retches]
-Alfred?
-[Alfred] Yeah.
[coughs]
[Charlotte] Alfred?
I drank… [coughs]
-Turpentine!
-[Charlotte] What?
[Alfred coughing] I don't know.
I swallowed it by accident.
Wha…? Alcoholics drink turpentine.
Or people who are homeless
who can't afford to drink--
[Alfred] Alcoholics…
Al… Alcoholics drink cleaning solution.
[laughs]
I mean, I didn't drink it, uh…
I didn't drink it, uh…
Wait, did you drink it or not?
I mean it wasn't on purpose.
I had… I had a glass of, uh…
turpentine beside another bottle.
Uh… of Rosa bubbla. [coughs]
Uh… Rosa what?
Rosa Bubbla's a Finnish gin in a can.
It's stupid.
-I got them mixed up by mistake.
-But why'd you call me?
-You're a doctor, aren't you?
-Yeah, a Doctor of psychology.
You're better off with an optician.
Now go and drink some water.
You'll be fine.
And not a glass of whiskey, please.
Water.
And now you're assuming that it's…
Uh… whiskey, but it isn't.
I'm not deaf.
I can hear the ice clinking around.
-Good luck.
-[call disconnects]
So the method he uses to lure victims in
is to call late night to 112.
We know that much,
but his voice isn't the one on the phone.
It's his victim's.
Before he killed Marina Jonsson,
he forced her to record
a message begging for help.
But help never got there.
Her call for help was just a trap
set for the next officers.
He played back the recording from
the Värmdö property on their phone.
Rolander and Bengtsson arrived.
He killed Rolander first. Decapitated him.
-And when she realized she was next…
-He recorded a new message.
[Thomas] Exactly.
That should mean it'll be…
Bengtsson we hear
on the call from Friday night.
[woman whimpering] No… Help!
[crying] Help me!
No! [crying]
He's going to cut off my head! No--
[call ends]
If Bengtsson is the voice on this call,
we have a pattern.
-Nice work.
-[knocking]
The sooner you can confirm it's her voice,
the better.
[woman] Got it.
[Max] What? What's going on?
Wait, what's happening?
How's football, Max? You winning?
-[clock ticking]
-[eerie music plays]
[music and ticking fade]
-[crows caw]
-[dog whimpers]
[woman] We think Helene's murder
might be connected to another crime.
If we can prove that,
it could help us solve both cases.
Okay.
We believe we've obtained
a recording of Helene's voice
shortly before the murder.
If we can verify that it is in fact her,
then--
How long? How long before she was killed?
It was that night.
Right before. At least we think.
[light gasp]
Uh…
And you want to play it for me?
[crying] My wife…
…in distress,
just before she got murdered?
Do you know
the kind of pain that would cause?
Huh?
I'd never be able
to remember her voice in any other way.
It would be helpful
if we could prove that it's her voice.
Do you have any other recordings
we could compare it to
just so we can verify it?
Look. You guys said that
when you came back,
that it was gonna be
to say you found Helene's killer.
I understand.
I totally respect that,
and you don't have to hear it.
[woman 2 chuckles] Wait.
You're actually trying to guilt-trip me?
"If you don't listen
to your wife crying for help,
it'll obstruct the investigation."
-[woman] No.
-Are those my choices here?
No.
How dare you come here
and give me an ultimatum like that?
Ask another officer to listen.
There must be someone.
Or how about someone
who follows her on Instagram?
Ask someone who knew Helene. Not me.
Not the person who loved her.
[sighs] Fucking hell.
Stupid.
[woman whimpering] No… Help!
[crying] Help me!
[barking]
-[woman] No!
-[somber music plays]
[woman] He's going to cut off my head!
No--!
Is that your mama?
I'll play it again.
[woman whimpering] Help me!
[crying] No!
He's going to cut off my head! No!
[music swells]
-[music fades]
-[sirens wailing]
[Thomas] While forensics
goes through the building in Farsta,
I wanna check names in our database.
And let's prioritize this.
Look for any perps
linked to both Farsta and Värmdö.
It's best if we also search
for crimes committed at 1:15 a.m.
Why does he make the call right then?
It's because that's when it's dark.
We've talked about this already.
[woman] Of course it's dark at 1:15 a.m.,
but it's also dark at 1:10 a.m.
And 1:17 a.m. and 1:22 a.m.
So why exactly at 1:15 a.m.?
[Thomas] Very good point.
And why always on a Friday?
Why that day specifically?
If that's right,
we're racing the clock now.
'Kay, right now it's Tuesday,
eight o'clock.
We only have a couple days
to stop this from happening again.
-Okay?
-[woman] Yep.
Why does it feel like he's put her
in charge of the investigation?
What's happening?
You see it too, right? Or am I crazy?
John? You got a minute?
Hey, John.
Have a seat.
Helene Bengtsson.
She went through the police academy
the same year as you, right?
Yeah. Uh… we were good friends then.
A little less in the last few years.
Family, work… You know how it is.
-[Thomas] Mhm. Life gets in the way.
-Yeah. Exactly.
But we still checked in on each other.
What's going on?
[Thomas] That emergency call
that came in on Friday night.
The one Hamrin and Schelin responded to.
We're trying to find out if the person
who made the call was Helene.
[John] Well, not if the call
was made on Friday night.
That's impossible.
It is very likely it's pre recorded.
The murderer recorded it before she died.
Then played it back
for emergency dispatch.
You don't have to listen to it.
No, it's okay.
[woman whimpering] Help me!
[crying] Help!
He's gonna cut off my head! No!
[somber music plays]
Was that Helene?
[John] Yeah, it's her.
[man] You know
you don't have to stay, right?
[baby fusses]
[man] Say you're not feeling well
'cause of what happened to Bengtsson.
They'll understand.
That sounds like the gay police officer
who quits when he's upset.
-That's not what this is.
-No, but that's how they'll view it.
Who fucking cares
what they think about you?
-I do. And don't swear right now.
-[baby fusses]
[John] I gotta get back. Thanks for lunch.
[man] You're welcome.
[John] I'll see you tonight, okay?
[suspenseful music plays]
NO RESULTS FOR FARSTA
JOHN-JO
[sighs]
[music fades]
[radio host] We just heard
from our source at the Vatican…
WEDNESDAY
[radio host] It's so sad. He was 88.
We'll keep him in our hearts
since we just celebrated Easter.
[radio host 2] Well,
at least we got him for that.
[radio host] I do want to switch gears
and let people know about things
happening locally as well.
[radio host 2] Yes.
[radio host] The Department
of Transportation
has a shortage of trained personnel.
That means our roads and railways
haven't been updated.
-I definitely feel…
-[sighs]
[radio host 2] Same on my end.
-[woman] Chief Lind wants to talk to you.
-All right.
Do we have any links
between Farsta and Värmdö?
A series of burglaries
in retirement homes in Farsta
was linked to something similar in Värmdö.
We also found an arsonist from Värmdö
who was convicted of assaulting
a pair of police officers in Farsta.
The altercation with officers
was pretty violent, but that was in '98.
-That's it?
-Yep.
Okay, and Söderhamn?
I'll check on it,
but that's a little harder.
It's tricky because
it's not the same jurisdiction, so…
Anything from the residents
we talked to in Farsta?
Nah. Nothing to report.
It's kind of strange, though.
There wasn't a single witness to anything.
-Okay.
-[woman] Well…
-Take care of this for me?
-[woman] Sure.
-Thanks.
-No worries.
[Thomas] All right.
[man] Thomas.
Britta Sköld, from the police union.
Britta, meet Thomas Berg,
who's In charge of the investigation.
I'm going to tell you
a few things you already know.
-Nice to meet you.
-Thomas.
Then I'm going to share some things
I'm sure you aren't aware of yet.
Since you've hardly spent time
working on the streets.
Okay.
In the span of only the past 11 days,
four officers on the force
have been murdered.
They were responding to a crime
two Friday nights in a row,
and ambushed there on the scene
and then killed.
-All four of them were beheaded.
-Yeah.
You're not required to tell me
if that's what happened in Farsta or not.
But I feel like you would've
made us aware if that case were relevant.
Thomas, our officers
who are working in the field
are the heart and soul
of the Police in Sweden.
-[Thomas] I agree.
-Yeah. They look after everybody.
Definitely.
[Britta] Like I said,
you know this already.
And simply put, you cannot send
these people in to be slaughtered.
So if you're incapable of tracking down
this person who's been
murdering our police,
then you and I have a problem.
I've already explained this to Lucas.
We've been working nonstop
to figure this out.
[Britta] How wonderful.
And obviously we've been more motivated
since it's close to home.
[Britta] I know it feels good
saying things like that,
but it doesn't mean anything.
Do you have any leads?
Do you have any suspects?
-Do we have any suspects?
-Yeah, actual suspects.
How close are you
to finding and booking this individual?
-How close?
-[Britta] Exactly.
And while you think about that,
I'll move on to the part you don't know.
The main and only reason
I've come in to meet with you today,
Is to inform you that if there isn't
a breakthrough with this case
before I sit down with you again…
-Friday, 11:00 a.m.
-[Britta nods]
I'll be forced to mandate
our union members to stay home
for their Friday night patrols.
You'll order a strike?
You know that's illegal.
They just won't be reporting for duty.
And how many officers
are you referring to?
That would be 745 officers in the field.
[laughs] 745… I… There's no way.
We talked about this already.
It would be chaos.
-Imagine what it would lead to if we--
-Yes, I'm fully aware of the consequences.
But there's one thing
I'm damn sure it would avoid.
And I'm certain of it.
That is, no more police officers
will get decapitated.
[suspenseful music plays]
Oh Thomas, the drop-off Thursday,
you think you could do it?
It would really be a big help
if you could handle it.
-On Thursday?
-Only if you think you'll be able to.
-Uh… I can check.
-Ah, perfect.
Like I might be able to get a nanny,
but you know…
Yeah. That should work.
Bonnie, sweetie,
what's going on at school?
-[Bonnie] We're doing a play.
-[Thomas] Mmm!
[Charlotte] Really,
you've started already?
[Bonnie] Do you think
you can come see it, Dad?
Of course I wanna come see it.
Your mom and I will go together.
[Charlotte] Yeah, of course.
We wouldn't miss it for the world.
That's exciting. What is it?
[Bonnie] Hmm, it's about two siblings…
-who are at…
-[suspenseful music swells]
[Bonnie] …at their uncle's…
[Thomas] I thought about what you said.
How it's strange
that we have no witnesses to the crime.
-But that's not true.
-[woman] What do you mean?
Viktor Falk.
He was there at the murder of Jonsson.
He confessed to that.
But he still maintains
that he didn't do it.
[woman] Can we trust
anything that guy says?
But if he was there, what'd he see?
[woman] Okay.
I'll call the prison first thing
and see if he'll agree to see us.
What do you mean, "If he'll agree"?
Does he have a choice?
[woman] Thomas,
we can't force people to talk to us.
Try to get some rest,
I'll see you tomorrow.
-Okay. Bye.
-[woman] Bye.
[music fades]
[tap runs and shuts off]
[Charlotte] By the way, your dad called.
[sighs] I forgot to tell you.
[Thomas] Okay.
[Charlotte] Yeah, well he called me about…
Um… Well, nothing, really. [chuckles]
But I thought him
reaching out spoke volumes.
What did he want?
[hesitates] To be involved.
It's hard for him to say it to you.
He had an opportunity to.
And then out of nowhere
he cut me off again.
Why would he do that?
[Thomas] It's always that way with him.
You just can't trust him.
[suspenseful music plays]
-[heavy door slams]
-[indistinct chatter]
THURSDAY
[electronic lock buzzes]
[keys jangle]
[inmate sighs deeply]
-[guard] We'll be right outside.
-Got it. Thanks.
Okay.
Listen we, um… [clears throat]
We aren't the team who's, um…
investigating your case, Viktor.
But we have some questions related
to what you remember from that night.
And? You drove all the way
from Stockholm for that?
I said the same thing
to the officer at the crime scene,
and I've said it in every interview since.
I did stupid things, all right?
I know I'm a failure.
But I'd never kill a police officer.
I was there 'cause I was working nearby.
I had her blood on me
because she was bleeding.
I was trying to help her.
[woman] And when you went to help her,
what did you see?
Her throat was slit
and she was barely breathing.
Did you notice anybody suspicious
in the days leading up to it?
Had there been any trouble
at the warehouse previously?
Why are you asking me that? Huh?
What are you accusing me of now,
you bastards?
[Thomas] We're not
accusing you of anything.
We can't prove it yet,
but we don't believe you did it.
We think there's something
much bigger going on.
So, Viktor, tell us.
What else did you see?
[Viktor] You gotta trust me.
If I could think of something
that could end all this…
To clear my name so I
could get out of here…
don't you think
I would've said it already?
[somber music plays]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[woman on radio] Yeah,
there's a woman who called…
I'll drop you back at the station.
[sighs]
[distant siren wailing]
-[Thomas sighs]
-[woman] Tomorrow's Friday.
What are we gonna do?
[music fades]
[news anchor] …with a loaded gun
in his jacket pocket.
When questioned,
the boy claimed that
he didn't know where the taxi was going,
and that someone else had booked his trip.
However, according to the district court,
he was in fact aware of the destination,
and thus was sentenced to 11 months
in a juvenile detention center.
We received an official statement
from the Department of Transportation
during today's press conference.
[Alfred sighs] Oh, fucking idiot…
[sighs]
[Thomas] You wanna help me now?
No.
I never said that.
Hm… That's not what Charlotte said.
She said you wanted to help
when you called,
but you didn't know how to say it.
-Is that right?
-Mm.
So here we are. Why not just say it to me?
-Really, it's okay.
-[snickers] What a load of bullshit.
You know she tricked you into this right?
-[Thomas] Tricked me?
-Uh… She made it up.
She's not the kind of person to do that.
Yeah, she is,
if she thought it would benefit you.
Yeah? Meaning what?
Ya know, I guess she feels
like you need my help.
[Thomas chuckles]
Which actually was very wise of her.
She's one smart cookie, that one.
If it was the truth,
we both know she didn't say that,
so it really doesn't matter.
[Alfred] Just be honest, okay?
If you want my help, don't be shy.
Just say it, son.
-This was a mistake.
-[Alfred] Yeah, seems like it.
[Thomas] Yeah.
-I shouldn't have come here.
-[Alfred] Well, no one asked you to.
You're ridiculous, you know that? Grow up!
[Thomas] Fucking idiot.
[cell phone rings]
This is Thomas Berg.
-Thomas? Hey, it's Caroline Bengtsson.
-Hey, Caroline.
-[Caroline sobbing] Hey.
-Hi.
[Caroline] I tried to reach out
to your partner Natalie.
I called because I'd like to apologize
for my behaviour the other day. [sobs]
No, I should be apologizing to you.
No. I took out my feelings on her and…
Don't… Don't worry about it. At all.
-It, um… It's all right.
-[Caroline sobs]
[Caroline] This is all… just so messed up.
It's so hard.
-Of course it is.
-[Caroline sobs]
But you have to keep your head up. Hm?
And call me any time you want.
Call me any time, okay?
-Promise me that?
-[Caroline] Yeah.
-Okay?
-[Caroline] Thanks so much.
-Of course.
-[Caroline] Yeah. Thank you.
-Talk soon.
-[Caroline] Mhm.
Bye now.
[Alfred grunts]
[soft piano music plays]
[Alfred sighs]
I know you're done working on the case,
and I get it.
-I have been working on it.
-Uh-huh?
I have a theory.
Of course you do.
-It's only a theory now, but, um…
-Hm?
I'll need to see everything.
Photos, forensics,
all of the testimonies on the case.
If you want me to help,
then you'll have to let me in.
No way.
For two reasons.
If anyone sees you
step into the police station
after what you did, they'll fire me.
Two…
There's nothing to even see.
The leads are there, I know it.
You just haven't identified them yet.
You're too close to it.
It might sound stupid,
but everyone goes through these things.
Sometimes you need
a fresh pair of eyes on everything.
[Thomas sighs]
Hey…
Trust me.
[suspenseful music plays]
-Hi, Eric.
-[Eric] Hey.
-There he is.
-[Eric] Alfred. Hello. Hey.
-Nice to see ya.
-[Eric] Likewise, It's been a while.
[Thomas] He's gonna do it again.
Either two more cops get killed tomorrow,
or the union will call a strike,
and there'll be
no officers to respond to calls,
and the result could get just as bad.
[music fades]
Hey, son…
What is the, uh…
The gal who's the head
of the police union? What's her name?
As long as it's not that one woman…
-Britta Sköld, then…
-[Thomas] Britta Sköld.
-It's her?
-[Thomas] Yeah.
-[door beeps open]
-[footsteps]
-Is she that difficult?
-Abrahamsson!
-Dad, come on. Come on.
-Max!
Forensics didn't see anything.
They usually rent that place out,
but it was… vacant.
-[Thomas] Hm.
-[Max] Mm.
Hm.
-And not one witness?
-[Max] No.
Plenty of people
came out of their apartments, but by then,
the killer was long gone.
And I still feel like he jumped
out of an upstairs window.
It's the only explanation. Otherwise,
it would have been on the dash cam.
So there's footage from the dash cam, huh?
From the patrol car camera.
Oh?
So did you see anybody?
We went over the footage several times.
Alfred, trust me.
[Alfred] Yeah, you might have.
But I haven't seen it yet.
[Thomas] Everyone in the building
was identified, interviewed,
and ruled out already.
Go back to the beginning for me.
[Max clears throat]
[Max sighs]
So, what's the deal?
You helping us out with the investigation?
-Yeah.
-[Thomas] No.
You even allowed
to be here after what happened?
-[Thomas] No.
-Oh, yeah.
[Thomas] He just wanted
to take a look at the material.
He's got a theory. Isn't that right, Pops?
Yeah, I'm working on a theory, all right.
Britta Sköld started out
like every other union rep.
She fought hard for the best interests
of her union members.
But like everyone else
who's on the job too long,
that started to change.
[waitress] Hey. Here you go.
-That one can go right here.
-Yeah, thanks. Thank you.
-[waitress] Enjoy, guys.
-Yep.
[Alfred clears throat]
[Alfred clears throat]
But listen…
She has quite the ego.
And we can exploit that.
So if we suggest a course of action
that stokes Sköld's ego,
we'd have her undivided attention.
Exactly.
We need to remind Sköld of something.
That this case
that you guys have been battling
is one of the most brutal cop killers
in all of our lifetimes.
And how it all turns out
won't be decided by clever detective work.
And sure as hell not by me.
This is all on her. It's her call here.
It's on Sköld's shoulders now.
She alone has the power
to put a stop to this.
And she needs to do that not by
stripping the streets of police patrols.
We need to push her to do the opposite.
-By putting all of them to work.
-Exactly.
If she were to deploy
every damn officer on the force,
and stop all of these cops
from using their paid leave,
and ensures that everyone scheduled
on duty is there tomorrow, on patrol…
then you might have a chance…
to catch this son of a bitch.
FRIDAY
[news anchor] There are rumors
intensifying about a police strike
that may start later this evening.
The officers are concerned about…
[anchor 2] We have information
from our inside sources
connected to the union,
that a police strike
will break out later tonight.
Lucas Lind from the Stockholm Police
says that such a strike
would involve great risk.
It'd be illegal.
But a police union source claims
that they are ways to circumvent the law.
It's a real challenge. We all know that.
To put a stop to this,
we all have to agree on the plan.
But as Chief Lind just pointed out,
that would be impossible.
It's too short notice. That's a problem.
We'd never get approval
from union members before tonight.
Even… if it's the right thing for them.
[woman] Yes,
not even if we were able to offer…
What did we land on, Lucas?
Double overtime,
given the type of circumstance we're in.
[Britta] You're right.
That would be hard to arrange.
[Thomas] Well, there's our answer.
That's what we thought.
But just out of curiosity, if we made
the argument for this course of action,
would you feel
confident you could pull it off?
[woman] As confident as we can be.
Yeah.
Of course it's hypothetical, but…
[Britta] And this double overtime?
-[Lucas] Yes, it would be a…
one-time thing.
Oh… Of course.
-But you would offer it?
-[Lucas] Yes. Absolutely.
To get this done, I would need
to tell the members immediately.
If I were to move on with it.
I don't know if this many officers
have ever gotten deployed so quickly.
[Thomas] Yeah.
[ominous music plays]
It's a tall order.
If anyone can do it, it's you.
[clock ticking]
[door opens]
[Thomas] This is where we'll gather
everyone on duty for the night shift.
We need 700 seats for tonight.
-Seven hundred?
-Mm. All three divisions.
Downtown, North, and South.
And the task force too.
We'll brief them all at once.
And I want John
to be on call over at dispatch.
[man] We've put together a team for you
to monitor calls coming in at 1:15 a.m.
Okay everyone, your attention.
[John] These are the voices
you need to look out for.
[recording] Hey,
you've reached Jon Hamrin.
I can't take your call right now,
but leave a message,
and I'll call you back.
-[man] And the second voice…
-Yeah, here's Schelin's voice.
[Schelin] Hi sweetie,
I was hoping you could
get Harry from soccer practice.
Things are kinda hectic here at work.
Sorry about that. Bye love.
[John] Listen to the recordings
and memorize these voices.
This could save someone's life tonight.
[man] You all have
copies of this in your inboxes.
So let's get ready, okay?
When the call comes in,
the whole city's gonna turn blue.
Let's catch this bastard.
[clock ticking]
[music fades]
[Thomas] I missed Bonnie's play.
-I feel awful.
-It's okay.
Bonnie probably doesn't feel that way.
Thomas?
You don't have to worry about me.
Or about Bonnie.
Okay?
Okay.
[keys jangle]
[ominous music plays]
[indistinct chatter]
-[Thomas] Hi.
-Hey. [laughs]
It's so crazy, man.
I haven't seen that geezer
in so many years,
then all of a sudden
he's here twice in just two days. [laughs]
I'm sorry?
[door closes]
He said he needed to talk to you.
Shut the door.
[Thomas] Dad, you can't just
come in here whenever you want--
Shut the door and take a seat.
I wanna see the video.
The video from the dash cam.
Can you pull it up?
[Thomas] Dad…
Does she need to be here?
-[Thomas] She's not going anywhere.
-[Natalie] She actually works here. So…
[Alfred] Here we can see
the armed unit entering the building.
A moment later,
they exit the building on your order.
Eight police officers go in…
[ominous music plays]
Nine come out.
Exactly.
[Thomas] Natalie, do you have the notebook
from our interview with Viktor Falk?
Who did he say
he met first at the crime scene?
"I said the same thing
to the officer at the crime scene,
and I've said it
in every interview since."
-So he couldn't help us if that officer…
-…was the only one there.
[Alfred] So it's safe to say
this is our first image of the killer.
A cop's our murderer.
That's the theory. Yeah.
[woman] From now on,
any officers covering a night shift
will report directly
to the task force leader.
That means no shortcuts in communication.
The group leaders
will take any information you have
and run it up the chain.
If you are not already in a group,
talk to us after,
and we will assign you one.
Okay. That's it from me.
I'll hand over the microphone
to Chief Lind.
[Lucas] Well, then…
You have all your orders.
Standby for when I deploy you.
Follow the instructions
from your superiors.
With this many officers in the field,
don't make any mistakes.
[Alfred] So all these officers
are going out on patrol tonight?
[Thomas] Yes.
-[Alfred] And they've all signed in?
-[Thomas] Absolutely.
That's why I wanted Sköld
to bring them all in.
Not so that they can
go out and find him, but uh…
If no one dials 112
in the next few minutes,
then the killer
has to be someone in this room with us.
[Lucas] We've never had
this many officers assembled in one place.
And on such short notice.
This is one of the biggest deployments
of police officers we've ever done
in the history of our country.
And you should be proud
to be a part of it.
[ticking]
[suspenseful music swells]
-[ticking stops]
-[ominous music plays]
[music fades]