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Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Wallander Season 1 Episode 2 - The Village Idiot
    5.7/10(1410 votes)

    S1:E2

    A man enters the bank with something resembling a bomb around his neck. He demands that money is transferred into an account, or he will blow up the bank. The man is known as the village idiot, and claims that Sitting Bull is his father. No one take the case to seriously until they find that the bomb is real. Is the village idiot acting on his own, or are there more people involved? A long and complicated investigation is started by Kurt Wallander and his colleagues.

    Director:Jørn Faurschou
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wallander Season 1 Episode 5 - The African
    5.8/10(1100 votes)

    S1:E5

    The national election is approaching, and the Ystad town square is plastered with election posters with local labour party candidate Kenneth Nillson, a politician fighting the fear of immigrants as his electoral focal point. He sees it as his duty to clean Skane's reputation as being racist. At the same time a train rolls into the train station in Gdansk, Poland. On the train the police find a African male with most of his face shoot away. As the man was murdered in Ystad, the starting point of the train journey this becomes a case for Kurt Wallander and the Ystad police. For Kurt Wallander the case takes an unexpected turn as the murder weapon has ties to a childhood friend.

    Director:Stephan Apelgren
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Wallander Season 1 Episode 7 - The Tricksters
    5.9/10(947 votes)

    S1:E7

    A horse breeder is found dead, and almost everything indicates that he has been kicked by his horse. But the post-mortem shows the opposite, the horse breeder had been hit to death and that's a case for Kurt Wallander. The neighbors confirm that he lived alone, but he had visits from a mysterious woman several times. Surprising evidence on the farm shows a whole new side of the horse breeder and somewhere, in the beautiful state of Skåne, there's a dark world that doesn't want to see the daylight.

    Director:Jonas Grimås
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wallander Season 2 Episode 6 - The Priest
    5.9/10(758 votes)

    S2:E6

    A parish priest is found shot outside of a hostel in what apears to be a cold blooded execution. Wallander and his colleguaes are searching for clues while the priest, who is believed to be able to identify the perpetrator, is fighting for his life in hospital. The police pursues the crime as a crime of passion after discovering that he has had an extra marital affair. Bur where is the weapon, and which of the betrayed parties has the strongest motive?

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wallander Season 2 Episode 9 - The Angel of Death
    5.9/10(760 votes)

    S2:E9

    A guest playing chorus of young women are successful at the premiere of a rural church outside Ystad. As a member, 18-year-old Miranda Dahno, disappear without trace from the school where the choir live in called the police soon. At first, suggesting that most of Miranda's absence voluntary - but soon found tracks that indicate the contrary. The exciting quest for both victim and perpetrator leads Kurt Wallander, police aspirant Isabell, and their colleagues against several persons who have been standing near Miranda

    Director:Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wallander Season 2 Episode 11 - The Heritage
    5.9/10(677 votes)

    S2:E11

    When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan Kowalski,with whose wife Manfred was having an affair but Jan is found hanged - later evidence suggesting foul play. Benjamin Wilkes,an ex-psychologist who helped Manfred select redundancy candidates,is killed in the same way as Manfred,putting disgruntled ex-Brada employees in the frame but a third slaying implicates a former patient of Wilkes,who has connections to the Stjarne family. A newly loved-up Isabelle and Pontius start to fool around whilst on surveillance,taking their eye off the ball and allowing this suspect to confront Claire.

    Director:Mikael Marcimain
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Wallander Season 3 Episode 3 - The Betrayal
    5.9/10(728 votes)

    S3:E3

    A young woman arrives at the Ystad police station to report her mother missing. Soon afterward the mother is found near the family home. Ystad police end up in a situation that constantly stirs up new topics, while police suspect that the father is the culprit. On a personal level Martinsson becomes increasingly worried about Kurt as he is starting to get more and more problems with his memory.

    Director:Leif Magnusson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wallander Season 1 Episode 8 - The Photographer
    6.0/10(997 votes)

    S1:E8

    An American woman is found murdered in Ystad. She has visited an internationally renowned photographer in Ystad, and her husband suspects her of infidelity. Kurt Wallander digs deeper into the woman’s background and her husband, as he believes that there is more to the case than meets the eye. The solution turns out to come from far outside of Sweden.

    Director:Jonas Grimås
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wallander Season 1 Episode 9 - The Container Lorry
    6.0/10(901 votes)

    S1:E9

    A lorry has been parked outside of Ystad for several days, and when PC Linda Wallander investigates the lorry she finds it full of dead people. The only survivor is a small child. The Dead have no ID's or documentation and the lorry is stolen. The police start a difficult case to try to find the people behind the crime.

    Director:Anders Engström
    Writers:Rolf Börjlind, Cecilia Börjlind

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  10. Wallander Season 2 Episode 10 - The Ghost
    6.0/10(748 votes)

    S2:E10

    Arson is suspected when a house burns to the ground following a gas explosion and a man and a woman are found dead. Wallander and the Ystad police investigate and uncover an intricate web of lies, betrayal and secret love affairs.

    Director:Mikael Marcimain
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wallander Season 1 Episode 1 - Before the Frost
    6.1/10(1988 votes)

    S1:E1

    Tracking a sadistic killer, detective Kurt Wallander follows a string of incidents -- attacks on domestic animals, ritualistic murders of humans -- with help from his daughter, Linda, a new member of the Ystad police force.

    Director:Kjell-Åke Andersson
    Writers:Per Berglund, Stefan Ahnhem

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  12. Wallander Season 1 Episode 11 - The Black King
    6.1/10(879 votes)

    S1:E11

    The Ystad Police finds a boat in Ystad harbour resembling a slaughter house. There is blood everywhere, but no bodies. Soon there after a dead woman’s body floats ashore. One of the clues in the investigation leads to Oskar Ung, an old love of Linda Wallander. Their previous relationship hinders Linda's work with the case, and Kurt demands that she leaves the investigation But that turns out to be easier said than done. Old love never rusts.

    Director:Stephan Apelgren
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Wallander Season 2 Episode 3 - The Courier
    6.1/10(817 votes)

    S2:E3

    A motorcycle rider is found murdered by the police, and the trail leads them to a local MC Club. The Club uses other riders to smuggle drugs across the Öresund bridge. Wallander believes that players outside of the MC club are trying to claim the local drug market when all clues indicate that the victim was one of the couriers. Only when Wallander's colleague Isabel gets violently assaulted in her home does he understand the lengths they will go to to achieve their goal.

    Director:Leif Magnusson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Wallander Season 3 Episode 1 - The Troubled Man
    6.1/10(886 votes)

    S3:E1

    Wallander has become a grandfather and is trying to seize the role as good as it goes, because he wants to be closer to his daughter Linda and her family. When Linda's father in law mysteriously disappears, Wallander is drawn into the case that takes him back in time to the Cold War and the submarine violations in the Stockholm archipelago. At the same time he's starting to suspect that something is not right with him...

    Director:Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wallander Season 3 Episode 5 - The Arsonist
    6.1/10(599 votes)

    S3:E5

    Kurt Wallander has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but has a hard time accepting it and are therefore trying to keep it a secret for the surroundings. At the same time an arsonist who has served his sentence is freed from prison.

    Director:Charlotte Brändström
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Wallander Season 1 Episode 3 - The Brothers
    6.2/10(1207 votes)

    S1:E3

    The dead couple Olof and Carolina Wachman are found murdered in their magnificent estate. The investigation finds that she has been tortured and raped in front of her husband before they were both killed. A death that must have been a relief after the torture they both went through. Kurt Wallanders daughter Linda and DI Stefan Lindman now have to show that they are as good a pair of investigators as Kurt Wallander himself. Slowly but surely we see that the murder is about revenge, a revenge that can be traced back 20 years.

    Director:Jørn Faurschou
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wallander Season 1 Episode 10 - The Castle Ruins
    6.2/10(985 votes)

    S1:E10

    A old man goes to his bank to cash in 20 million kr, with him is his 3 dogs. The man is found dead a few days later and so is his 3 dogs. The money is no where to be found and the police suspect his neighbour to be the murderer, but nothing is as its seems to be. A few days later the neighbour and his family are also found dead, and Wallander and his colleges have to be sharp to find out who the murderer is. The small town of Soldala is waiting for Wallander to find out why the old man and his 3 dogs and the old mans neighbor and his family must die. And where is the missing 20 mill. Kr is.

    Director:Anders Engström
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wallander Season 1 Episode 12 - The Forger
    6.2/10(901 votes)

    S1:E12

    Carina Olsson provides the Malmo police information on drug deals comitted at her restaurant. She does this after being promissed anonymity for the Police. 2 days later Carina is found shot. The execution is witnesed by Carina's 7 year old daughter Cleo. Cleo manages to escape and is in hospital in a state off shock. The murder happens on the ourscirts of Ystad, and is thus asigned to Kurt Walander and his collegaues. With the connections to Malmo the Ystad polie recieves help from Frank Bork (Malmo Police). For PSI Stefan Lindman, who allready displayed signs of mental instability, working with Frank Borkg leads to a round trip to hell. Frank teaches Stefan what it means to stand up for your collegueas, no matter what.

    Director:Stephan Apelgren
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wallander Season 2 Episode 2 - The Guilt
    6.2/10(808 votes)

    S2:E2

    6 year old Albin Landberg disappears without a trace from his kindergarten, and all of Ystad get involved in the family's and the police's ever more desperate search for the boy. The clues lead Kurt Wallander and his colleagues to a convicted paedophile, newly released from prison after finishing serving his jail term. But also towards a series of revelations that turn out to be more horrible and complicated than any of them could ever imagine.

    Director:Leif Magnusson
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Wallander Season 2 Episode 5 - The Cellist
    6.2/10(795 votes)

    S2:E5

    A Russian concerto Cello player is the victim of a bomb attack after a performance in Ystad. The woman turns out to be a lead witness in a murder charge against a member of the Russian mafia, the son of one of their leaders, Leb Munchin. Wallander and his colleagues find themselves in the middle of a war against a powerful international opponent with ruthless methods. But Walalnder suspects that Leb Munchin’s motives aren’t about money and a quick profit, rather they relate to something much deeper. Eventually Walander stands eye to eye with an aged criminal who is ready to fight his last fight with all the means at his disposal.

    Director:Stephan Apelgren
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Wallander Season 2 Episode 7 - The Leak
    6.2/10(757 votes)

    S2:E7

    Ystad is experiencing a rapid increase in high profile robberies against armored transports. Where cars are set on fire, highways are blocked and large sums of money disappears. Isabel and Pontus, the trainee police officers, happens to be in the right place e at the right time and enter into a high speed Car chase that ends with Pontus benefiting hostage.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wallander Season 2 Episode 13 - The Witness
    6.2/10(676 votes)

    S2:E13

    Corrupt businessman Filip Pasolic stands trial for bringing illegal workers into Sweden and using them as slave labour. Wallander is injured by a car bomb intended for Kristina,who is prosecuting Pasolic and she is given police protection. At the same time pressure on the illegal Lithuanian work force to re-build Ystad's recycling centre in time for it to get an E.U. grant results in two men being killed,one of whose little sister,Natalia,sees construction manager Zoran bury the corpses. She goes to the police and implicates Zoran but takes off again with Zoran in pursuit. Wallander can link Zoran to Pasilic and needs to find him before he gets to Natalia in order to strong-arm him into testifying against Passilic. He also has to dissuade Katarina from resigning as,due to witness intimidation,the case is going against her.

    Director:Kathrine Windfeld
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wallander Season 3 Episode 4 - The Loss
    6.2/10(606 votes)

    S3:E4

    A young woman is found dead in Ystad. When the police begin the case, they are told that the woman came from Moldova and that she worked as a prostitute in Sweden. Kurt, who leads the case, decides to seek out the woman's family in Moldova. When he returns to Sweden, he is involved in a car accident and takes a leave of absence from work. Around the same time Kurt finds where is forgetfulness comes from.

    Director:Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Wallander Season 2 Episode 4 - The Thief
    6.3/10(795 votes)

    S2:E4

    A wave of burglaries sweep through Ystad. A group of neighbours in the affected area decide to take matters into their own hands and start a neighbourhood watch. During one of their night shifts they spot a suspicious man and give him a serious beating. The next day both the man and his car are missing. The Ystad police get contacted by a desperate Polish woman reporting her husband missing. The case is given low priority, but Wallander decides to take a closer look at the case and soon sees a potential solution as the clues lead him to a tghtly knit group of neighbours. The missing man’s body has still not been found, but Wallander finds a series of pictures of a dead woman on the missing man’s phone .....

    Director:Stephan Apelgren
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Wallander Season 2 Episode 1 - The Revenge
    6.4/10(994 votes)

    S2:E1

    An explosion in one of Ystad's power grids shuts down the electricity in the whole city. Wallander (Krister Henriksson), who is in the middle of a crayfish party at his newly bought house with his colleagues, are called in in the middle of the night. At the same time, the municipal commissioner of Ystad, who has just approved and inaugurated an exhibition showing pictures of Muhammed, the muslim prophet, at the city hall, is being murdered in his house. With less policemen than usual due to various reasons, Wallander and his men are having a hard time taking care of both cases. It gets even worse when several cars placed on various roads outside Ystad explodes, the security service (SäPo) are asking questions, and the police commisioner calles in the army to keep Ystad safe. As to make things even more complicated for Wallander's (From IMDB)

    Director:Charlotte Brändström
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Village Idiot" is the worst rated episode of "Wallander". It scored 5.7/10 based on 1410 votes. Directed by Jørn Faurschou and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/3/2005. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The African".