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The Best Episodes of Below the Surface Season 1

Every episode of Below the Surface Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Below the Surface Season 1!

Binge this in 5h 52mPeaking at 7.6/10

An early morning in October, 15 people are taken hostage from a subway train. This puts a huge hostage crisis in motion, and it changes Denmark forever.

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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.3/10(150 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Three heavily armed men hijack a metro train taking fifteen hostages. The police terror unit TTF is activated with Philip Norgaard as a leading commander.

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  2. Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Naja, the journalist who was fired for her unauthorized interview, starts a national fundraising campaign to raise the ransom for the hostages.

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  3. Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.3/10(121 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Philip is planning an armed response to the first hostage execution. As the mission is risky it creates a rift in the negotiating team.

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  4. Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.4/10(119 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    TTF is getting closer to the hostage taker’s identity while Naja gets second thoughts with regards to facilitating the fundraising campaign, but then she meets Jonas, the hostage Leon’s son.

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  5. Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    7.4/10(112 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    Distress spreads among the hostages in the metro and they consider taking a stand. At TTF, Philip and Louise suspects that the wall with the photographs of Philip is not just about thorough prep-work.

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  6. Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.5/10(111 votes)

    #6 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    With the hostage Bodil just killed by the hostage takers, the police’s work keeps growing. TTF’s investigation leads them to sources in the Danish military and they seem to be close to a breakthrough.

    Director:Roni Ezra

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  8. Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.5/10(109 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    Philip learns the identity of the main hostage taker and is choked about his personal involvement in the case that leaves a role for Naja to play as well.

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  9. Below the Surface Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.6/10(113 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    Philip goes down into the metro himself hoping to free the last three remaining hostages and is confronted by the man he thought was dead.

    Director:Roni Ezra

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Below the Surface" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 150 votes. Directed by Kasper Barfoed and written by Astrid Øye, Kasper Barfoed, Michael W. Horsten, Per Daumiller, it aired on 4/2/2017. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".