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Lakeside Murders

2021 · 5 seasons

A brooding Nordic police procedural with a worn-down but sharp detective, where the casework crawls through a quiet city and personal wounds linger under the surface.

Created by
Riku Suokas, Heikki Syrjä
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Eero Aho, Maria Ylipää, Turkka Mastomäki
Tagline
Some mistakes cannot be undone
Overview
The series follows Inspector Sakari Koskinen and his team in the Violent Crimes Unit as they try to solve murders in a Finnish lakeside city of Tampere.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Riku Suokas, Heikki Syrjä
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Eero Aho, Maria Ylipää, Turkka Mastomäki
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • justice
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Created by
Riku Suokas, Heikki Syrjä
Written by
Riku Suokas, Heikki Syrjä
Starring
Eero Aho, Maria Ylipää, Turkka Mastomäki, Jon Jon Geitel, Jarkko Heinonen, Anna Ackerman, Pertti Sveholm, Petra Karjalainen
Length
5 seasons, 50 episodes, 43 min each
Network
Ruutu
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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