This, the third of the series to air on BBC4, started with a bang when a car containing a Swedish family exploded in The Netherlands. The 'A Unit' are put on the case and soon discover that the man driving the car was an undercover police officer who had been working undercover at a restaurant belonging to celebrity chef David Billinger. Forensics suggests that the car was blown up by a gang of Dutch drug dealers. The police start to investigate the restaurant believing somebody there may have been involved with the drug dealers. We don't see any sign of drugs there but Billinger is negotiating the purchase of a valuable painting so it is possible that this was somehow the motive. Meanwhile Nyberg has being working with the anti-paedophile unit where he has befriended fellow police officer Sara Svenhagen
who unfortunately for him gets involved with lady's man Chavez.
This was another solid installment in this fairly gritty Swedish drama although it wasn't quite as gruesome as previous Stories. The opening half set things up nicely; introducing various suspects and no less than three possible and very different motives; drugs, money for stolen art and child abuse. Even though the case didn't initially centre on the child abuse it was obvious that it would become important; why else would Nyberg have been seconded to that unit if it wouldn't be part of the main case?! I have enjoyed the way that this is very much about a team of detectives not just one or two with the others merely side characters here they are all equally important. The team has a good dynamic which helps in the more humorous moments not that there are too many of those! There are a few shocks; a couple of times it looks as if a member of the team might be killed but that is nothing compared to the surprise in the final scene although that is more pleasant! Overall I'd say fans of the series should enjoy this story about as much as the previous ones.
This was another solid installment in this fairly gritty Swedish drama although it wasn't quite as gruesome as previous Stories. The opening half set things up nicely; introducing various suspects and no less than three possible and very different motives; drugs, money for stolen art and child abuse. Even though the case didn't initially centre on the child abuse it was obvious that it would become important; why else would Nyberg have been seconded to that unit if it wouldn't be part of the main case?! I have enjoyed the way that this is very much about a team of detectives not just one or two with the others merely side characters here they are all equally important. The team has a good dynamic which helps in the more humorous moments not that there are too many of those! There are a few shocks; a couple of times it looks as if a member of the team might be killed but that is nothing compared to the surprise in the final scene although that is more pleasant! Overall I'd say fans of the series should enjoy this story about as much as the previous ones.
