The Best Episodes of Wallander Season 1
Every episode of Wallander Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wallander Season 1!
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Wallander" season 1 is "Sidetracked", rated 7.3/10 from 1677 user votes. It was directed by Philip Martin and written by N/A. "Sidetracked" aired on 11/30/2008 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Firewall".
7.3/10 1,677 votes#1 - Sidetracked
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/30/2008
What connects the shocking suicide of a young woman and the vicious murder of a government minister? Inspector Kurt Wallander's investigation uncovers wrongdoing and corruption that extends to the heart of the Swedish establishment.
Director: Philip Martin
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 1,403 votes#2 - Firewall
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2008
A body is found at a cash point, the apparent victim of a heart attack. Two teenage girls are arrested for the brutal murder of a cab driver. The girls confess to the crime, showing no remorse. Two open and shut cases. At first these two incidents seem to have nothing in common, but as Wallander delves deeper into the mystery of why the girls murdered the cab driver, he begins to unravel a plot much more involved complicated than he initially suspected. The two cases become one, and lead to a conspiracy that stretches beyond the borders of Sweden.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 1,300 votes#3 - One Step Behind
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/2008
Three youngsters are shot dead whilst having a woodland picnic in fancy dress. The corpses are found, and a friend of the victims is also slain, having told Wallander that his workmate was really gay, and that he is a transvestite, and a wholly murderous one, who adds to his toll of dead by killing a further trio of innocents.
Director: Philip Martin
Writer: N/A