Season of the Witch

A quiet, wintry Nordic crime drama that unfolds slowly, mixing small-town secrets with a journalist's personal entanglements.

Created by

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Genres

Crime

Starring

Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir

Overview

A woman falls overboard during a rafting trip in Skagafjörður, hits her head on a rock and later dies without having gained consciousness. Her mother contacts Einar and tells him she was murdered. Einar finds this hard to believe but starts investigating anyway, more as as sop to the old lady, whom he likes, than on suspicion of finding anything suspicious. Shortly afterwards a charismatic young man disappears and Einar gets orders to write up a story about the investigation, while also covering a problem with politics and hooliganism in a village a few hour’s drive from Akureyri. His investigation leads to interesting facts about the young man, who was not all he seemed to be, and also about the dead woman’s husband. At the same time Einar finds himself embroiled in two separate family dramas with quite different outcomes.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Mystery, deception, family, grief

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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