Yet he has several skeletons in his closet – is he really a better candidate than the current Mayor, Poul Bremer (Bent Mejding)? When a television show can successfully make foreign politics gripping alongside the action and drama, you know it’s doing something right. Troels Hartmann (Lars Mikkelsen) is a real contender, passionate and ready for change. Thrown concurrently into the mix is the world of politics, with local elections gearing up to decide the next Mayor of Copenhagen. The viewer wants to know the truth just as much as they do. The Birk Larsens don’t feel like characters being acted – these are good people, almost too real for comfort, forced into an impossible, hopeless situation. The impact of her death is gut-wrenching and painful to watch – her father, Theis Birk Larsen (Bjarne Henriksen), and mother, Pernille Birk Larsen (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen), are understandably devastated, their lives cruelly torn apart. She had hopes, dreams, desires… and secrets. Her character isn’t merely a catalyst for the story. Nanna Birk Larsen may die during the opening scenes of The Killing – albeit off camera – but she continues to live on throughout all 20 episodes, with each episode covering 24 hours of the police investigation. What truly sets it apart is the scope of its plot, the powerful acting and the intricately woven, nuanced scripts. The Killing may not sound particularly different from any other crime or police drama. She ends up working alongside her intended replacement, Detective Inspector Jan Meyer (Søren Malling), much to his initial chagrin. However, the case quickly draws her in, forcing Sarah to postpone her plans. Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl) is shortly due to leave Copenhagen to live in Sweden with her boyfriend Bengt and young son Mark. The Killing (originally shown on Danish television as Forbrydelsen in 2007) follows a police investigation into the death of a young woman named Nanna Birk Larsen, who is found brutally raped and murdered in a remote woodland area.
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