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The Worst Episodes of Beck

Beck follows Swedish police officer Martin Beck and his team as they investigate various crimes.
  1. Background image for The Pearl Hotel
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Pearl Hotel

    S1:E5

    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.

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  2. Background image for 58 minutes
    5.1/10(1.3k votes)

    #2 - 58 minutes

    S8:E3

    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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    Director:Lisa Ohlin
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for White Nights
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - White Nights

    S1:E3

    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.

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  4. Background image for The Monster
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - The Monster

    S1:E6

    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"?

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  5. Background image for The Vulture
    5.5/10(1.3k votes)

    #5 - The Vulture

    S3:E3

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Death in Samarra
    5.6/10(1.2k votes)

    #6 - Death in Samarra

    S7:E3

    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.

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  8. Background image for The Invasion
    5.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #7 - The Invasion

    S5:E3

    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.

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  9. Background image for The Invisible Man
    5.7/10(312 votes)

    #8 - The Invisible Man

    S10:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Cartel
    5.8/10(1.6k votes)

    #9 - The Cartel

    S2:E3

    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.

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  11. Background image for The Japanese Painting
    5.8/10(1.4k votes)

    #10 - The Japanese Painting

    S3:E5

    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.

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  12. Background image for The Hospital Murders
    5.8/10(1.3k votes)

    #11 - The Hospital Murders

    S5:E4

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Thin Ice
    5.8/10(1.2k votes)

    #12 - The Thin Ice

    S6:E2

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

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  14. Background image for The Unclaimed Girl
    5.9/10(1.5k votes)

    #13 - The Unclaimed Girl

    S3:E2

    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?

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  15. Background image for The Eye of the Storm
    5.9/10(1.4k votes)

    #14 - The Eye of the Storm

    S4:E1

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

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  16. Background image for The Family
    5.9/10(1.5k votes)

    #15 - The Family

    S5:E2

    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.

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  17. Background image for Gunvald
    5.9/10(1.6k votes)

    #16 - Gunvald

    S5:E5

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

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  18. Background image for Flesh and Blood
    5.9/10(1.3k votes)

    #17 - Flesh and Blood

    S6:E1

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

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  19. Background image for Vilhelm
    5.9/10(641 votes)

    #18 - Vilhelm

    S10:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Money Man
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Money Man

    S1:E7

    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.

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  21. Background image for Sender Unknown
    6.0/10(1.5k votes)

    #20 - Sender Unknown

    S2:E5

    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.

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  22. Background image for The Attorney
    6.0/10(1.3k votes)

    #21 - The Attorney

    S3:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Rage Room
    6.0/10(1.1k votes)

    #22 - Rage Room

    S8:E2

    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?

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  24. Background image for Quid Pro Quo
    6.0/10(938 votes)

    #23 - Quid Pro Quo

    S9:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Recluse
    6.1/10(1.8k votes)

    #24 - The Recluse

    S2:E4

    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.

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  26. Background image for The Boy in the Glass Bowl
    6.1/10(1.7k votes)

    #25 - The Boy in the Glass Bowl

    S2:E7

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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Pearl Hotel" is the worst rated episode of "Beck". It scored 5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Kjell Sundvall and written by Rolf Börjlind, it aired on 3/19/2000. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "58 minutes".