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When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Bridge Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    A tanker is heading towards the bridge. When it is boarded by the coastguard the crew are discovered to be missing. The only people on board are five youths, drugged and chained. Saga and Martin are assigned to investigate the case.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Hans Rosenfeldt

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  2. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    Four individuals wearing animal masks post a video online claiming responsibility for the tanker Saga and Martin are investigating. Deaths are reported of people eating poisoned food. Are the cases connected?

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

    Martin visits Jens in prison and seems to be getting to him. As they re-interview witnesses Saga suspects a statement has been tampered with. Laura regains consciousness and remembers what her assailant looks like.

    Directors:Kathrine Windfeld, Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Maren Louise Käehne

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  4. The Bridge Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Episode 1

    S4:E1

    The head of the Danish migration agency is murdered brutally, and the murder is linked to a controversial expulsion case. Investigator Henrik Sabroe needs help from his colleague and friend Saga Norén, but she is in prison for the murder of her mother.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writers:Hans Rosenfeldt, Camilla Ahlgren

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  5. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #5 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    The chair of the Malmo city council is found dead right on the Danish-Swedish border on the Øresund bridge between Copenhagen and Malmo - the corpse cut in half at the waistline. Detective Saga Norén of Malmo CID is applied to the case and soon learns that the lower half of the corpse belongs to a yet unknown Danish woman. She is forced to team up with her Danish colleague Martin Rohde, who is slightly irritated by her unusual manners. At the same time, Göran Söringer is brought to Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet to receive a heart transplant.

    Director:Charlotte Sieling
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    The bomb in Daniel Ferbé's car did not go off. Instead, the car's CD player put out a disc that contains a message from the murderer, which is also published on a website. He deplores five grievances of society, the first of which shall be highlighted by the murders. Norén traces back the website of the murderer to a server of the Danish CID and Rohde reopens the case of the second victim, a Danish prostitute who disappeared more than a year ago, and obtains her diary. Eventually Charlotte Söringer manages to get her beloved husband his heart transplant.

    Director:Charlotte Sieling
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    A bus-load of children is kidnapped and are threatened to be killed. The police believe that the kidnapper is the killer, and the hunt continues.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    Because the detectives suspect that a policeman is involved, a profile of the killer is developed and several police fit the profile and a search among them begins. The hunt continues and a particular suspect is found.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    Saga and Martin continue their hunt for the eco-terrorists, who have realised the police are on their trail.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Episode 6

    S2:E6

    A sunken boat containing skeletal remains is found, that appears to be related to the eco-terrorist case. Martin's son is taken into hospital in a serious condition.

    Directors:Kathrine Windfeld, Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Bridge Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Episode 2

    S4:E2

    Henrik's two main clues in the investigation are the left-wing radical group Red October and the refugee Taariq, who has gone underground. On a personal level he tries to realize that he will never figure out what happened to his missing daughters, but then someone begins to show interest in the mystery.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    #12 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    To draw attention to the increased number of people falling through the cracks of society, the killer kidnaps a homeless man and demands a large ransom from four landlords for his survival. So what is the price of a human being after all?

    Director:Charlotte Sieling
    Writer:Morten Dragsted

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  13. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    A rogue policeman is killed by someone in uniform. The detectives believe that the killer for whom they are searching was the killer. They also now suspect that the killer may indeed be one of them - that he is actually is a cop.

    Director:Lisa Siwe
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #14 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    Things are brought closer to home when the criminal's mask is removed.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Episode 4

    S2:E4

    The hunt is on for the leader of the eco-terrorists, with Saga and Martin hoping to stop any further attacks from happening.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Maren Louise Käehne

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  16. The Bridge Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Episode 1

    S3:E1

    A new murder is commited involving a gruesome display of a family sitting at the table. Detective Saga Norén is tasked with the investigation together with a new Danish detective after the incarceration of Martin Rohde.

    Directors:Henrik Georgsson, Rumle Hammerich
    Writer:Hans Rosenfeldt

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  17. The Bridge Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Episode 2

    S3:E2

    With the detectives now working on two so-called 'clown murders', a prime suspect is the traumatised son of the first victim, who is on the run. The usually phlegmatic Saga is distracted from the investigation by the unwelcome appearance of her mother, who insists on showing her a medical file, hoping to find a resolution to their estrangement.

    Directors:Henrik Georgsson, Rumle Hammerich
    Writer:Hans Rosenfeldt

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  18. The Bridge Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Episode 3

    S3:E3

    Saga and her new partner Henrik follow leads in finding their kidnapped boss Hans. In the meantime personal developments in Saga's life influence her work as a police officer.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #19 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    The murderer has groomed a number of schizophrenics to commit carefully synchronized violent crimes on the same day in Malmo and Copenhagen.

    Director:Lisa Siwe
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Episode 5

    S2:E5

    As the investigation moves forward a new group of four, animal head wearing, eco-terrorists post a video online. Saga is having some relationship "issues".

    Directors:Kathrine Windfeld, Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bridge Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Knowing the killer has carefully planned his crimes, Saga and Martin wonder whether they can catch him off guard by doing something he doesn't expect.

    Director:Charlotte Sieling
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Episode 9

    S2:E9

    Saga and Martin have a sketch of the suspect, but can they get to them in time to avert 'The Graduation'. Their friendship is placed under strain by Martins inquiry into Saga's past.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Bridge Season 2 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #23 - Episode 10

    S2:E10

    It becomes apparent that the case isn't over and Saga and Martin race to prevent another terrorist attack. Saga faces a decision that may destroy her friendship with Martin.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bridge Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Episode 7

    S3:E7

    Burglars make the gruesome discovery of two new victims, which Henrik recognises reflect the title of another of Freddie Holst's artworks called Cancel Christmas. The victims were foster carers and, whilst the team await a list of their charges, Saga and Henrik receive a breakthrough lead from John's new girlfriend Tina, who has been staking out the Holst house.

    Directors:Henrik Georgsson, Rumle Hammerich
    Writer:Hans Rosenfeldt

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  25. The Bridge Season 4 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #25 - Episode 5

    S4:E5

    Saga and Henrik keep searching for a link between the murder victims. Lillian is reprimanded by her superiors. Dan finds out where his ex-wife and son are and causes trouble. The relationship between Saga and Henrik is tested to the limit and may have hit its breaking point.

    Director:Rumle Hammerich
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the worst rated episode of "The Bridge". It scored 7/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Henrik Georgsson and written by Hans Rosenfeldt, it aired on 9/22/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 2".