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A man working at a garbage incinerator watches 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 adress.

The Decoy Boy

Beck and his men investigate the murder of a Russian woman. At the same time, SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian in the embassy deported.

The Man with the Icons

When the police uncover a narcotics smuggling operation, the driver is shot dead. The man turns out to be Superintendent Martin Beck's son. Beck breaks down and steps away from the investigation but later returns at his colleagues request.

White Nights

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.

Serial Killer

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.

The Pearl Hotel

A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until a baby is found inside. Soon, e-mails are sent out to every newspaper about the nasty situation that the police had tried to keep secret. Will the police ever overcome the "Monster"?

The Monster

A homosexual police officer's double life is paid by Beck's archenemy, Gavling, a man who runs Stockholm's underworld. In return, the officer has been providing Gavling with secret information from the police archives.

The Money Man

A serial killer who 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.

Night Vision

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.

The Revenge

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.

The Man with No Face

A Greek restaurant owner is brutally tortured and killed. Beck and his team investigate, and are drawn into a world of smuggling, threats, and violence.

The Cartel

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.

The Recluse

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.

Sender Unknown

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.

The Ad Man

Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood.

The Boy in the Glass Bowl

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.

Blind Profit

A brutally battered woman, Monika, manages to flee from her home with her two children. Later, the body of a dead man is found in the same house. The murder was preceded by an assault; bloodstains found in the kitchen correspond to Monika’s DNA.

The Scorpion

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?

The Unclaimed Girl

Former sports minister John Vedén disappears and it quickly becomes apparent this is connected to his addiction to gambling.

The Vulture

A famous Swedish lawyer is brutally murdered in his apartment. Martin Beck and his team find a clear murder motive. Hansson had a good chance of winning a case against a multinational company. But it appears Hansson was not completely honest and had several links with the underworld.

The Attorney

Beck gets a call from a colleague who's in Stockholm for an art auction. He was outbid by a woman who was later found dead in his hotel.

The Japanese Painting

A teenage girl is found by her parents brutally raped and murdered in the woods. It's now up to Beck and his team to catch the criminal.

The Weak Link

Two girls are hit by a train and killed instantly. Was it murder or a 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.

The Silent Scream

A paparazzi photographer is found dead, his apartment ransacked. Was the motive for the murder revenge, blackmail or something even more sinister?

In the Name of God

When the charred remains of a woman are found, Sapo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder.

The Eye of the Storm

When the body of a district attorney is found suspicion falls on the leader of a motorcycle gang, but then his body is also found in similar circumstances.

Buried Alive

When the body of a young woman is found in a Stockholm hotel room, Martin and Gunvald investigate under the supervision of their new boss Klas Freden.

Room 302

When a well-known crime boss is murdered by a sniper in front of his family, Beck and his team are challenged to discover which one of his many enemies could be responsible for the crime.

The Family

The bodies of two men are found buried in the woods and, despite persistent attempts, they cannot be identified. When another man is murdered the police discover new evidence which they believe links the murders to an Islamist terrorist cell.

The Invasion

An elderly woman dies in a hospital in Stockholm from what seems to be an incurable disease, but her son refuses to believe that it was the disease that killed her.

The Hospital Murders

An investigative journalist is found murdered in his home, along with the fingerprints of a notorious criminal debt collector.

Gunvald

When a body is found in a trailer after a fire, police supervisor Klas Freden goes over Beck's head and recruits a Norwegian homicide investigator.

Steinar

An ex-policeman is found murdered in his house, along with his wife and child. The case stirs strong feelings at police HQ and takes highest priority.

End of the Road

When traffic officers on a quiet morning shift try to stop a car for speeding they are shot at and one of them is killed. Beck and his team lead an extensive search for the ruthless killer.

The Last Day

Martin Beck is drawn out of retirement into a case of a missing girl in Stockholm.

Flesh and Blood

When the coach of a suburban junior hockey team is murdered, the police investigate. Martin struggles in his new position.

The Thin Ice

A girl finds her mother lying dead at the foot of the stairs. Is it an accident or murder? Meanwhile, Steinar clashes with the new boss.

Without Intent

Martin Beck investigates the murder of a restaurant owner. A suspect's attorney has direct family ties to someone on the team.

The Devil's Attorney

A young boy has been found murdered, and the Beck group's investigation leads them to a narcotics network.

Undercover

During a spontaneous intervention, a macabre find is made in the trunk of a car. It will be Alex's task to lead the investigation of a cruel murder mystery, all the while the Beck group is put under severe pressure both internally and externally.

The Fall Guy

A candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize is brutally stabbed to death in central Stockholm following a meeting with two lawyers from the war tribunal in The Hague. One of the witnesses worked with Alex when she was stationed in the Middle East and they have an attraction to each other that makes Josef think she should stay out of the investigation. Meanwhile, Klas Fredén is pressuring the group to resolve the politically charged case before SÄPO takes over.

Death in Samarra

A jawbone is found in the middle of the forest. When the rest of the body is found, it turns out it has been recently moved and belongs to Viktor Eklund, who has been missing for five years. His mother, well-known author Cecilia Eklund, has just managed to put his disappearance behind her. Martin Beck was investigating the disappearance but Alex thinks the case is unusually thin and not worth Martin pursuing further, although he thinks differently.

The Lost Son

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.

A body is found floating in the water near Liljeholmen. The dead man is a 39-year-old Danish citizen with a hefty criminal record as a member of a notorious Danish drug network. When his car is found in a suspicious location, Alex and Josef start running surveillance on it. It isn't long before one of the Danish man's associates shows up there. The Danish gang has been weakened over the course of several years after a big bust which sent many of their top ranked members to prison. Maybe the Swedes are preparing to take over? Is the Beck group about to get caught in the middle of a gang war? The gang's leader is serving time in Swedish prison, and the only person he is willing to talk to is Steinar Hovland.

Haunted by the Past

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?

Rage Room

Alex Beijer participates in a morning show on TV, but it develops into a nightmare when an unlikely hostage drama arises in the TV studio.

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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

The Crying Cop

Martin's grandson Vilhelm Beck is out on a routine mission with his supervisor when 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.After a raucous youth party in a residential area outside Stockholm, one of the party-goers is found dead.

The Death Trap

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) take an interest in the case.

Quid Pro Quo

Josef is suspended, pending an internal investigation of his alleged assault of Säpo agent Klas Fredén, who has climbed to even higher heights within the police organization.

Inferno

The Beck group are called out to investigate a man who was brutally murdered in his own home.

Deadlock

Three men enter a luxury apartment in Stockholm dressed as couriers. But what appears to be a robbery ends in a brutal murder that resembles an execution. Vilhelm Beck's patrol is the first to arrive. Haunted by his memories as a hostage, Vilhelm soon begins his own investigation into the case, which leads to a surprising contact with the Beck group.

Vilhelm

When Alex is alerted to a brutal murder, she brings the temporarily suspended Vilhelm and her colleague Josef to the crime scene. The victim turns out to have connections to the digital university Howl, which investigates the role of men in a changing world. At the same time, the case is linked to an older investigation into the "Balcony Man", which brings Martin Beck back to the department.

The Invisible Man

Beck follows Swedish police officer Martin Beck and his team as they investigate various crimes.

The Best Seasons of Beck

The Best Seasons of Beck

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Season 1

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Season 3

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