7.3/10312 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/2019
Jan Michelsen is investigating the disappearance of a young woman called Julie Vinding from a Copenhagen suburb. Six months later, Jan is the only one who believes that she is still alive. Jan finds a ten-year-old case from the same neighbourhood where a 17-year-old girl, Natasha, disappeared on her way home from a party. Jan discovers the remains of Natasha in a lake. She was murdered. Suspecting a link between the two crimes, Jan brings in an expert on serial killers, Louise Bergstein.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
7.6/10266 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/1/2019
Jan and Louise’s investigation into Natasha’s death leads them to suspect Anders Kjeldsen, a man who has been arrested before for violent crimes including rape. Trapped in a basement, Emma tries to comfort a traumatised Julie, but soon needs comforting herself.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
7.5/10249 votes#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/8/2019
Jan and Louise find an unsolved murder case in Sweden that has similarities with Natasha's, although this one has an unusual signature: the victim's ring finger was cut off. Louise doesn't believe that the murder has been committed by Anders Kjeldsen. Meanwhile, on a farm that Anders Kjeldsen stayed at as a child, the police make a gruesome discovery. Stine is forced to help Anders with the women in the basement, who are planning to escape.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
7.6/10240 votes#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/15/2019
Louise realises that Anders Kjeldsen does not kill alone but has a partner who is the dominant of the two. In the basement, Emma tries to persuade Stine to help her to escape.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
7.5/10231 votes#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/22/2019
Jan and Louise find a dress belonging to Natasha – the first victim – which Anders Kjeldsen had hidden. That same night, Anders tries to kidnap another woman. Stine Velin attends her big brother Mikkel's 40th birthday party and reveals a dark family secret.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
7.6/10228 votes#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/29/2019
The public appeal for information on Anders Kjeldsen leads to the identification of the third victim from the farm and an explanation of how all the women met their killer. Louise suspects he has a female accomplice.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
7.6/10227 votes#7 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/5/2019
Stine Velin is taken into police custody, but insists that she is also one of Anders Kjeldsen’s victims and does not know where either Anders or Emma are.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
7.5/10257 votes#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/19/2019
Jan and Louise find Anders Kjeldsen. Louise fears that Stine’s family is in danger and places them in a safe house.
Director: Carsten Myllerup
Writer: N/A
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Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.
Genre:Crime
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Darkness: Those Who Kill" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 312 votes. Directed by Carsten Myllerup and written by N/A, it aired on 3/1/2019. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".