Season 8 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Beck" season 8 is "Haunted by the Past", rated 6.1/10 from 968 user votes. It was directed by Pontus Klänge and written by Peter Arrhenius. "Haunted by the Past" aired on 1/25/2022 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Rage Room".
6.1/10 968 votes#1 - Haunted by the Past
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2022
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.
Director: Pontus Klänge
Writer: Peter Arrhenius
6.0/10 1,077 votes#2 - Rage Room
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2022
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?
Director: Pontus Klänge
Writer: Johan Bogaeus
5.1/10 1,183 votes#3 - 58 minutes
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2022
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.
Director: Lisa Ohlin
Writer: N/A
6.2/10 918 votes#4 - The Crying Cop
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2022
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
Director: Lisa Ohlin
Writer: N/A