Those Who Kill (2019 TV series)
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| Genre | Crime drama, thriller |
| Created by | Ina Bruhn |
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| Country of origin | Denmark |
| Original language | Danish |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Release | 1 March 2019 |
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Those Who Kill (Danish: Den Som Dræber), distributed as Darkness: Those Who Kill (Danish: Den Som Dræber - Fanget af Mørket) in some regions, is a Danish crime thriller television series created by Ina Bruhn and produced by Miso Film and Viaplay/Nordic Entertainment Group. It was released on Viaplay in the Nordic countries on 1 March 2019 and has since been broadcast/streamed in several other countries. The series revolves around criminal profiler Louise Bergstein's (Natalie Madueño) attempts to link unsolved murders. The series is a reboot of the crime thriller of the same name that was created by Elsebeth Egholm and aired on TV 2 in 2011.[1][2] The second season was distributed as Blinded: Those Who Kill in some regions, the third as Lost: Those Who Kill and the fourth as Justice: Those Who Kill.
Plot
[edit]Season 1
[edit]After spending six months unsuccessfully trying to find 17-year-old Julie Vinding (Alvilda Lyneborg Lassen), who went missing on her way home from a party in a Copenhagen suburb, detective Jan Michelson (Kenneth M. Christensen) is taken off the case by his superiors who believe the girl is dead.[3] Michelson continues to work on the case in his spare time and discovers the disappearance of Natasha, another 17-year old blonde girl, ten years earlier.[3][4] He quickly finds Natasha's body in a lake and is re-instated on the case.[3] Michelson's boss MT (Peter Mygind) brings in criminal profiler Louise Bergstein (Natalie Madueño) to assist in the investigation.[3][5] When a third blonde girl, hotel worker Emma Holst (Tessa Hoder), is kidnapped, the investigators discover that they may be hunting a serial killer.[3]
Season 2
[edit]After returning to Funen to see her mother's friend Alice Ejbye (Solbjørg Højfeldt), Bergstein is asked by Ejbye, who has terminal cancer, to investigate the unsolved murder of her 18-year-old son Markus Ejbye (Vilmer Trier Brøgger) five years earlier.[6][7] Bergstein soon finds similarities to unsolved murders of two other young men on the island, Kasper Larsen (Téo Lepetit) and Ricky Hansen (Peter Zandersen), which also occurred five years earlier.[6][8] When a fifth young man, William Fjeldby (Oscar Dyekjær Giese), a friend of Markus Ejbye, is murdered in similar circumstances, she teams up with Karina Hørup (Helle Fagralid), the lead detective on the cases, to track down a serial killer who has resumed killing after a five-year hiatus.[6][7]
Cast and characters
[edit]Season 1
[edit]- Kenneth M. Christensen as Jan Michelsen
- Natalie Madueño as Louise Bergstein
- Signe Egholm Olsen as Stine Velin
- Mads Riisom as Anders Kjeldsen
- Peter Mygind as Møller Thomsen "MT"
- Uffe Rørbæk as Dennis Højbjerg
- Tessa Hoder as Emma Holst
- Regitze Estrup as Gitte Hermansen
- Maibritt Saerens as Anette Karlslund
- Dorte Højsted as Bente Velin
- Peter Plaugborg as Mikkel Velin
- Peter Damm-Ottesen as Ole Velin
- Alvilda Lyneborg Lassen as Julie Vinding
Season 2
[edit]- Natalie Madueño as Louise Bergstein
- Tobias Santelmann as Peter Vinge
- Helle Fagralid as Karina Hørup
- Solbjørg Højfeldt as Alice Ejbye
- Kasper Leisner as Torben Vissinge
- Jens Andersen as Søren Dedenroth
- Louis Næss-Schmidt as Johannes Vinge
- Josephine Park as Masja Zelinsky
- Henrik Prip as Leif Halborg
Season 3
[edit]- Natalie Madueño as Louise Bergstein
- Simon Sears as Frederik Havgaard
- Alex Høgh Andersen as Bjørn Jepsen
- Thit Aaberg as Maria Jepsen
Season 4
[edit]- Natalie Madueño as Louise Bergstein
- Simon Sears as Frederik Havgaard
Release
[edit]Season 1 was released in the Nordic countries on the Viaplay streaming service on 1 March 2019.[9][10] NPO 3 started broadcasting season 1 in the Netherlands on 20 April 2019.[11][12] In the UK BBC Four started broadcasting season 1 as Darkness: Those Who Kill on 31 August 2019.[13][14] In Australia season 1 premiered on SBS On Demand on 18 December 2019.[15][16] In Germany it started streaming as Darkness – Schatten der Vergangenheit on the Joyn Plus+ service on 26 November 2019.[17] In Spain Filmin started streaming season 1 as Darkness: La Huella del Crimen on 3 March 2020.[18][19] Arte broadcast season 1 in September 2020 as Le Tueur de l'Ombre in France and Darkness – Schatten der Vergangenheit in Germany.[20][21]
Season 2 started streaming on Viaplay on 28 March 2021.[8][22] It was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK in May as Blinded: Those Who Kill[7] and streamed on Acorn TV in the US and Joyn Plus+ in Germany.[23]
Season 3 was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK as Lost: Those Who Kill, starting on 8 April 2023.
Season 4 was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK as Justice: Those Who Kill, starting on 26 October 2024.
Reception
[edit]The series was nominated for the Best TV Series (Årets tv-serie) award at the Danish Film Academy's 2020 Robert Awards.[24][25] Tessa Hoder was nominated for the Best Danish Actor (Årets danske skuespiller) award at TV 2 Zulu's 2020 Zulu Awards.[26][27]
References
[edit]- ^ Didcock, Barry (1 September 2019). "Barry Didcock's TV review: Darkness: Those Who Kill, BBC Four". The Herald. Glasgow, U.K. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Middleton, Richard (5 April 2018). "MTG goes back to Those Who Kill". London, U.K.: C21 Media. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Morris, Anthony (18 December 2019). "There's a killer on the loose in Copenhagen in 'Darkness: Those Who Kill'". Sydney, Australia: Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Darkness: Those Who Kill". London, U.K.: Radio Times. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Darkness: Those Who Kill". London, U.K.: Fremantle. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Tonight's TV: Muhammad Ali: A Life in Ten Pictures and The Jonathan Ross Show". The National. Glasgow, Scotland. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Mullan, Eddie (3 May 2021). "Eight TV shows to watch in May". London, U.K.: BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Den Som Dræber – Fanget af Mørket 2" (in Danish). Faaborg, Denmark: FilmFyn. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Marquardt, Freja (1 March 2019). "Den som dræber: Ultravoldelig serie er tilbage – nu med mere vold". Berlingske (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Bergqvist, Mattias (8 February 2019). "Trailer till "Den som dräper – mörkret" – premiär 1 mars på Viaplay". Expressen (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Those Who Kill" (in Dutch). Hilversum, Netherlands: NPO 3. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ de Wolf, Joke (25 April 2019). "'Those who kill' is onnodig expliciet, maar wel spannend tot de laatste snik". Trouw (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Bradley, Mike; Verdier, Hannah; Howlett, Paul; Harrison, Phil; Davies, Hannah J. (31 August 2019). "TV tonight: a breathtaking new Scandi-noir to binge". The Guardian. London, U.K. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Gilbert, Gerard (31 August 2019). "What's on TV tonight: Another Scandi crime drama with a hint of originality, Darkness: Those Who Kill". i. London, U.K. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Vukelich, Desanka (19 December 2019). "Top new series in December". Sydney, Australia: Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ McManus, Bridget (14 December 2019). "Wednesday TV for December 18". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Darkness – Schatten der Vergangenheit" (in German). Cologne, Germany: fernsehserien.de. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Palés, Alejandra (26 February 2020). "5 sèries per revifar el furor pel 'nordic noir'". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Filmin estrena el thriller criminal "Darkness: La huella del crimen"" (in Spanish). Neeo. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Baudin, Julia (11 September 2020). "Le tueur de l'ombre: jusqu'au bout de la violence sur Arte". Le Figaro (in French). Paris, France. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Jaurès, Cécile (10 September 2020). "" Le tueur de l'ombre ", un polar nordique post Metoo". La Croix (in French). Paris, France. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Jerichau Roslev, Trine (4 November 2019). "Den som dræber – Fanget af mørket får en sæson 2" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Tidona, Vera (27 May 2021). ""Darkness": Zweite Staffel der dänischen Thriller-Serie" (in German). Cologne, Germany: TV Wunschliste. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Den som dræber - Fanget af mørket" (in Danish). Frederiksberg, Denmark: Robert Awards. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Madsbøll Christensen, Kasper (6 January 2020). "Årets største filmsucces snydt - her er de nominerede til Robert-priserne" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: DR. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Holm Mathiasen, Marie (27 January 2020). "Her er de nominerede til 'ZULU Awards' - sådan stemmer du" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: TV 2 Zulu. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Buchard, Amalie (14 February 2020). "REPORTAGE: Zulu Awards 2020 – en hyldest til dem, der lytter og ser med" (in Danish). Århus, Denmark: Gaffa. Retrieved 2 June 2021.