TV series

The Investigation

2020 · 1 season

A somber, methodical procedural that immerses you in the painstaking and emotionally draining work of a real murder investigation.

Tagline: Bring truth to the surface.
Overview: Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, justice, mystery, death
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
justice
mystery
death
family
Places: big city
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild