Beck
Commissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Cast:Peter Haber , Ingvar Hirdwall , Rebecka Hemse , Måns Nathanaelson , Mikael Persbrandt , Anna Asp , Elmira Arikan , Jonas Karlsson , Peter Hüttner , Åsa Karlin , Marie Göranzon , Stina Rautelin , Jennie Silfverhjelm , Kristofer Hivju , Martin Wallström , Bo Höglund , Per Morberg , Tommy Wättring
S1.E1 ∙ Lockpojken
A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not know when or where. He has no body, motive or a crime scene, not a single trace. All he has is some teeth and a mysterious Internet address...
S1.E2 ∙ Mannen med ikonerna
Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian in the embassy deported.
S1.E3 ∙ Vita nätter
When the police reveal a narcotic smuggling the driver is shot dead. It appears that the driver is Superintendent Martin Beck's son. Beck breaks down and moves out of the way. But on his colleagues request he returns.
S1.E4 ∙ Öga för öga
In this film Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer, whose victims are spread all over Sweden. An obvious connection is that all the victims are women, and they were all in the same class, and Beck thinks that a scandal back in the past has something to do with the murders. But no one wants to talk about the past and it becomes a struggle to find the perpetrator before the final murder - only one woman is still alive.
S1.E5 ∙ Pensionat Pärlan
Inspector Beck and his team get involved in a large-scale smuggling of cesium 133. A gang from the east uses refugees who with a promise to stay in Sweden and with danger to their own life take in the dangerous explosive chemical substance.
S1.E6 ∙ Monstret
The Stockholm police bomb squad blows a briefcase to pieces after what looks like false alarm, but a baby was hidden inside, which is thus executed by shocked cops. As if the PR disaster weren't bad enough, the press gets wind of enough to cry cover-up. Soon after, young mother is targeted. Beck tries to link her to the baby by its biological father Ove Lundin, thus the prime suspect, but still lacks a motive for the sadistic MO, and the fiend 'Monster' isn't done.
S1.E7 ∙ Moneyman
Inconspicuous precinct officer Nordmark apparently shoots himself, but Beck, once his first partner, finds he led a secret life as lusty closet gay, the MO doesn't fit, nor does the suicide note - it was staged by someone who ignored his reading disorder. The commissioner wants all efforts to collaborate with the financial crimes unit to arrest tax-sinning crime king 'Money Man' Gavling, but Beck's team finds Normark must have been his precinct informer. The keys to the case are gay club bird Leonard, who recently dumped Nordmark, and Beck's first case, when Gavling still did his own dirty jobs. The gloves come off on both sides.
S1.E8 ∙ Spår i mörker
A serial killer that decapitates people is on the loose in the Stockholm subway. Martin Beck and his colleagues try to catch the killer, while the panic in the city increases.
S2.E1 ∙ Hämndens pris
Two patrolling cops stumble on to three criminals who have just stolen large amounts of explosives, and are killed in cold blood. Martin Beck and his team must now work day and night to find out who the killers are and what they are planning to do with the explosives before it's too late. Meanwhile, Gunvald Larsson who was a close friend of one of the murdered cops is ignoring all rules in his quest for revenge.
S2.E2 ∙ Mannen utan ansikte
A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The shocking thing is that his face has been removed. After questioning his wife who described the marriage as happy also told that a mysterious foreign man knocked on their door the day before the murder. Beck and his men are given the case.
S2.E3 ∙ Kartellen
As a restaurant owner is murdered, Martin Beck and his colleagues are pulled into the criminal catering industry.
S2.E4 ∙ Enslingen
An Asian woman is found dead in the water of Stockholm's archipelago. She has been murdered and everything indicates that she was a prostitute. Meanwhile a series of break-ins has occurred on an island outside of Stockholm. Suddenly a retired old man is also found dead in his own yard. Now Beck has two cases to solve and they both point in the same direction.
S2.E5 ∙ Okänd avsändare
Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and Alice Levander investigate the mysterious murder of an accountant that was found shot to death at the airport parking. At the same time a reporter receives a package from an anonymous source, with information regarding the embezzling of funds that should have been used for fixing up nuclear reactors. When the reporter contacts Beck, his home gets blown up by a bomb.
S2.E6 ∙ Annonsmannen
A man is raping women after having met them through ads on public noticeboards. At first this seems like an easy crime to solve for Martin Beck and his colleagues but they soon discover that somebody's motivations are far more complex.
S2.E7 ∙ Pojken i glaskulan
Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood..
S2.E8 ∙ Sista vittnet
A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson are once again drawn into the darkness.
S3.E1 ∙ Skarpt läge
A woman attacked in her home manages to flee with her two children. The following day her ex husband is found stabbed to death in the house. Beck presumes she has killed him in self-defense but wonder why she has gone underground. He soon realize that the real murderer is to be found in the police force.
S3.E2 ∙ Flickan i jordkällaren
A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?
S3.E3 ∙ Gamen
Swedish Ex-Sports Minister John Vedén has disappeared. Beck and his team investigate, and discover a connection to the world of organized gambling.
S3.E4 ∙ Advokaten
The murder of a prominent attorney is connected to one of his recent cases, in which a company was being sued for serious environmental damage. Martin Beck and Lena Klingström find evidence which brings new light to the investigation - but who's pulling the strings?
S3.E5 ∙ Den japanska shungamålningen
Martin Beck gets a phone call from his German colleague, Hans Sperling, who is in Stockholm to buy a painting at auction. Sperling has found a dead woman in his hotel, and needs Martin's help. The murder investigation leads them into a dark world of art fraud.
S3.E6 ∙ Den svaga länken
A girl is found by her parents raped and murdered in the woods. It's now up to Beck and Gunvald to catch the criminal.
S3.E7 ∙ Det tysta skriket
Two girls are hit by a train and killed instantly. Was it murder, or double-suicide? Martin Beck and his team must answer the question of whether the pressure and intimidation faced by these young women in their everyday lives led to their deaths.
S3.E8 ∙ I Guds namn
A paparazzi photographer is found dead, his apartment ransacked. When Beck's superior Margareta Oberg goes through the evidence, she reacts very strongly to two of the images left behind, going so far as to hide them from the team. Who was in the photographs, and was the motive for the murder revenge, blackmail or something even more sinister?
S4.E1 ∙ I stormens öga
When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead woman was wanted internationally and a member of a group of militant eco-activists carrying out attacks around the world. Gunvald sets out on his own to find the woman's murderer, with Säpo on his heels. Martin Beck is ordered to arrest Gunvald and his loyalty to his colleague is now put to the test.
S4.E2 ∙ Levande begravd
In a playground in the middle of urban idyll found a buried wooden box containing a known and respected prosecutor. Beck & co suspect first a rough criminal MC-leader of the deed, but you can quickly re-evaluate the case when the MC-leader is found murdered in a similar wooden box. Pretty soon discovered a number of wooden boxes and the police realize that you are in a cat and mouse game with a crazy serial killer.
S5.E1 ∙ Rum 302
A young woman is found strangled in a hotel room. The investigation leads Beck and Gunvald to Stureplan, Stockholm's nightlife and its downsides.
S5.E2 ∙ Familjen
A well-known crime boss is murdered by a sniper in front of his family.
S5.E3 ∙ Invasionen
The bodies of two buried men are found and despite persistent attempts, they cannot be identified. When another man is murdered, police discover new evidence that soon leads them to an Islamist terrorist cell.
S5.E4 ∙ Sjukhusmorden
An elderly woman dies in a hospital in Stockholm and it turns out that she suffered from an incurable disease. Her son though refuse to believe that it was the disease that was the primary cause of her death.
S5.E5 ∙ Gunvald
An investigative journalist is found beaten to death in his home, where the fingerprints of a notorious criminal debt collector are also found. The murdered journalist has been threatened by right wing extremists, but it is the victim's work with a book about "society's dark side" that captures the Beck group's interest. When the case takes an unexpected and terrible turn, there is suddenly much more at stake than finding the journalist's killer. Martin Beck and his colleagues have never had to protect the balance of their professional and private lives with the same tenacity as they do now.
S5.E6 ∙ Steinar
An unidentified body is found in the remains left after a fire in a trailer at a run-down caravan park. The owner of the trailer, a young drug-addicted woman, is missing, but is she really the victim? And what role has the so-called neighborhoods watch from the nearby community played? The case is difficult to solve, with everyone involved guarding their secrets, regardless of social class. Furthermore, police supervisor Klas Fredén decides to go over Martin Beck's head and recruit charismatic, Norwegian homicide investigator, Steinar Hovland. The newly-structured Beck group faces the blight of a power struggle. And Martin struggles to find his way back to his old self.
S5.E7 ∙ Vägs ände
Three brutal murders are committed in a house in a quiet suburb. The victims are a former police officer, his wife and their 10 year old son. The Beck group takes on the case and find that there is a hidden security room in the victims' house, containing stolen weapons. They find fingerprints from a criminal who was involved in a robbery 4 years ago. After the robbery, he shot his accomplices and disappeared without a trace, along with their haul of 6.3 million. The question is how the former police officer ended up with the weapons and how is he connected to the thieves? The case wakes strong feelings at Police Headquarters and takes highest priority.
S5.E8 ∙ Sista dagen
Two traffic officers on a quiet morning shift try to stop a car for speeding. When the car finally pulls over, the driver gets out and shoots at them, killing one of the officers in cold blood. A national alert is issued and an extensive search for the ruthless killer begins, with the Beck group at the lead. Neither the officer's shocked and wounded colleague nor any of the witnesses have seen anything helpful to the police. Finally, they find the car registration number using a surveillance camera. But, when they enter the car owner's apartment, they find him shot to death. The first day of summer is a long one for the Beck group, as the killer has more victims on his list.
S6.E1 ∙ Ditt eget blod
A man is beaten to death in the Middle East. In Stockholm, a young woman disappears on her way home from work. These two events will prove to be related. Since Martin Beck has quit, Steinar Hovland leads the search for the missing girl. But Martin is drawn into the case when he decides to help the national Security Police investigate a suspected terrorist. They soon realize that they are in a race against time to stop a catastrophe.
S6.E2 ∙ Den tunna isen
Simon Lindström, the popular coach of a suburban junior hockey team is found stabbed to death. Does the murder have something to do with his side project: teaching unaccompanied refugee children to ice skate? This undertaking has certainly not been appreciated by everyone in their small, sheltered community. Martin Beck, who has returned in a more senior position, struggles to find a replacement for the temporary head of the group, Steinar Hovland. But the Norwegian is becoming more and more interested in keeping his new role. The question is whether Martin can trust him?
S6.E3 ∙ Utan uppsåt
Alex is hired as the new investigation team leader. Steinar wanted the job. Maria finds her mom dead. The mom's ex/Maria's dad and boyfriend are main suspects, but the list gets longer. Beck's a near cameo.
S6.E4 ∙ Djävulens advokat
A Dane enters a restaurant and argues with the owner. He shoots the owner. No one "saw" the killer. The police team, now led by Alex, investigates. The Dane finds it useful that his lawyer is Alex' brother.
S7.E1 ∙ Undercover
A young boy has been found murdered, and the Beck group's investigation leads them to a narcotics network.
S7.E2 ∙ Utom rimligt tvivel
During a police intervention, a macabre discovery is made in the trunk of a car. Josef and Oskar find themselves in the line of fire of a seemingly cold-blooded killer. But things are not what they seem.
S7.E3 ∙ Döden i Samarra
A candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize is brutally stabbed to death in central Stockholm just after a meeting with two lawyers from the war tribunal in The Hague. One of the witnesses worked with Alex when she was in the Middle East.
S7.E4 ∙ Den förlorade sonen
A jawbone is found in the middle of the forest. When the rest of the body is found, it turns out that it has just recently been moved and belongs to Viktor Eklund, who has been missing for five years.
S8.E1 ∙ Ett nytt liv
After a period of rehabilitation, Martin Beck is back on duty. He and the rest of the group are thrown into a case where the body of a notorious Danish professional criminal is found in the water at Liljeholmen.
S8.E2 ∙ Rage Room
A murder in a wooded area and a man who died suddenly in a heart attack after being awakened in the middle of the night by a masked burglar. Can the events have any connection?
S8.E3 ∙ 58 minuter
Alex Beijer will participate in a morning show on TV, but it develops into a nightmare when an unlikely hostage drama arises in the TV studio.
S8.E4 ∙ Den gråtande polisen
The police is under heavy media pressure after fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy. A demonstration against the violence gets out of hand and the police have to take further blame
S9.E1 ∙ Dödsfällan
Beck is back! The film is the first in the ninth season based on Sjöwall Wahlöö's fictional police officer Martin Beck. Police aspirant Vilhelm Beck (Martin Becks grandson) is out on a mission with his supervisor when, in a routine case, he finds a dead 17-year-old boy at the crime scene. It immediately becomes a case for Alex, Martin and the others in the Beck group.
S9.E2 ∙ Quid Pro Quo
A man is found dead at a flea market in southern Stockholm. It looks like an ordinary robbery gone wrong, but the investigation takes an unexpected turn when the secret police (Säpo) takes an interest in the case.
S9.E3 ∙ Inferno
Nothing is the way it should be in the Beck group. Josef is suspended, pending an internal investigation. Klas Fredén, Josef and offers to help him. But nothing in life is free.
S9.E4 ∙ Deadlock
Josef returns to duty with the Beck group and they are called out to investigate a man who was brutally murdered in his own home. The victim turns out to have a criminal record.
