DeadWind TV Series 2018-2021 | Key Facts & Characters & Ending Explained
In Season one, after the tragic death of her husband, detective Sofia Karppi moves back to Finland, only to be confronted with a mysterious case shortly after her return – a woman is found buried in a new development – wrapped in plastic and with flowers on her chest . Together with her colleague Sakarai Nurmi, she uncovers many mysterious factors during the investigation – how big is the conspiracy behind the murder of Anna Bergdahl?
Partnered with Sakari Nurmi, her first case involves the investigation of the murder of a woman whose body is discovered at the site of a somewhat controversial new development. Their investigation will uncover several suspects; some personal some involved in the development.
In season 1 we also notice that everyone lives in blocks of modern loft apartments with high ceilings, blank, white walls and hardwood floors. Everyone works in shadowy, dimly lit offices. A mysterious company wants to build more modern loft apartments with high ceilings, blank, white walls and hardwood floors. Also strange wind turbines that don’t work well. There is a City Council that is going to vote on building more modern loft apartments with high ceilings, blank white walls and hardwood floors. Eventually.
The downfall of season 1 is definitely the lengthy subplots. They should have trimmed it down considerably and focused more on the lead characters and the lead storyline. The 12 episodes could have been condensed into 8-10 episodes.
In season 2, following the deaths of Tapio and his daughter Kerttu at their residence, the inquiry gets underway. “JIM,” Tapio’s last words, directs Sofia to Jimi, a young man who worked on Meelika before passing away there inexplicably. Furthermore, it comes out that Tapio signed his own death certificate. As the physician who had conducted Jimi’s autopsy is also slain, the assumption that the four murders are connected grows stronger. Mayor Sara Tulisuo, who was on board the ship when Jimi passed away and hurriedly departed the scene, is revealed to be the next target.
When Sofia and Nurmi follow all the hints, they eventually find Jimi and learn that his mother, Mari Routa, abandoned him when he was a young boy. It comes out that she has come back to get even with everyone who had covered up her son’s death. She had given up Jimi because she was unfit to be a mother at the time, but she had hoped to be with him again in the future. When he passed away, their reunion was cut short, and the matter was dropped by the authorities. Routa sought retribution by tracking down drug traffickers Jann Lanest and Margud Magi, who most likely killed Jimi because he refused to continue working for them. She later met up with the doctor, the politician, and the policeman who had taken no action.
And lastly in season 3, the story pulls together lots of threads of Karppi’s life from the first two seasons together and ties them up. Investigator Sofia Karppi returns to the Helsinki Police Department following a hiatus. She and her former partner Nurmi are thrust into a challenging investigation involving a series of horrific killings, each identified by an odd symbol. As they investigate, they become entangled in a web of drug usage, drug politics, and personal struggles.
Overall, Deadwind contains three seasons that feature two lead detectives who work together to solve cases. Each case spans an entire season and the plot lines are pretty good. Each case provides plenty of suspects and motives to keep the viewer guessing. While there isn’t a lot of action there are quite a few tense scenes where key characters are in danger.
Some observed critics about the series:
- Finnish police break into any residence or office they fancy – no warrants
- Finnish police call SWAT at the drop of a hat
- Detective often forget their phone, use faulty flashlights and vehicles and somehow get seperated in dark abandoned buildings with no windows. They get separated from their weapons too and draw them far too often.
- Lots of fruitless chases
- children seldom obey in Finland and that comes as small surprise as adults seldom obey their bosses.
- Clues are collected via ridiculous contrivances e.g. Guy just happens to be flying a video drone nearby or detective finds matchbook on the street that has sequence of 12 numbers that their oartner immediately identifies as grave coordinates.
- Trapped on the upper story of a burning wooden house with bars on windows a geriatric guy suddenly appears and rescues the dynamic duo ripping the side of the house off with a handy front end loader!!
Characters
The main characters are well written with good background stories and have great chemistry together, especially the two lead actors who portray Sophia and Nurmi. The cinematography is great as well, with wide arching scenes of the Finnish landscape. Background score gets full marks and the darkness of the series never makes it too bleak or depressing.
The main character, Karppi, really pulls you into the story. You want to know more about her and her life story, but you do not get much information in each episode, or the series series. The acting is very good, the stories are great, gritty and dark.
Season 1 Ending Explained
The entire narrative emerges when the case’s layers are removed. It turns out that while diving around the area, Andreas and his girlfriend Hilde found the capsules where the trash was disposed of, which is how they learned about Weltkraft’s plan. Hilde died shortly after contracting radiation sickness as a result of a waste spill. Andreas surmised that Alex was defrauding people in the name of his environmentally friendly apartments because the capsules had the name of his project. However, it appears that Alex was unaware of it.
After a while, Usko admits to hitting his wife the night before she was killed. After learning of her affair, he felt enraged when she informed him that she was leaving him. He does, however, also assert that she was still alive when he departed.
The police delve into Anna’s past in addition to her work life. It seems that at the age of fifteen, she had fled her home. The coach of the swimming team she was a member of used to harass the girls. Due to the trauma, one of her pals committed suicide while also carrying a child. When he was raping the females inside, the coach would instruct his son Johannes to keep watch outside the door. He attempted to do the same with Anna, but she fled and Johannes failed to stop her; as a result, he too got beaten by his father. Years later, Johannes adopts the alias Jarkko, moves in next door to Anna, and begins to stalk her.
Ultimately, it is discovered that Jarkko was the one who murdered Anna. She ran to Jarkko for assistance after Usko attacked her, and he used the occasion to tell her who he really was and to show his love for her. She attempted to flee, but he struck her in the head, causing her death. As a token of his affection, he buried her at the building site with the same kind of lilies she had held in her wedding photos.
Sophia just so happens to be at Jarkko’s apartment when Nurmi discovers that Jarkko is Johannes. The police show up in time to save her from his attack and attempted murder. But Jarkko takes off. He abducts Usko’s daughters and returns to his childhood home. After discovering his whereabouts, Sophia and Nurmi apprehend him for Anna’s murder.
Sophia experiences a personal blow when Henna chooses to remain in Hamburg, particularly in light of the traumatic events surrounding the sex tape. Nurmi discloses that he was exposed to radiation while diving to determine what Andreas and Hilde had seen. After taking some time off to heal, he leaves his automobile with Sophia and travels to Italy.
Season 2 Ending Explained
As it happens, Routa went on a pointless murderous rampage. Jimi’s foster parent mistook him for someone else, it is discovered over the course of the investigation into his death. He wasn’t able to think straight when he was brought in to identify the dead, so he declared it was Jimi without even looking at the face. He didn’t know his son had a tattoo on his chest like the body he had seen until Sofia showed him photos of Jimi. When the dead body is dug up to make sure everything is as it seems, the father admits that he was mistaken this time. The body was that of an unknown person who had fallen victim to drowning in the ocean and ended up close to the ship. When Jimi’s fiancée discovers that he had been hidden all along, Jimi and his father are eventually reunited.
The truth is revealed when Sofia is attacked by Routa. Routa understands that all of these deaths were unnecessary. She tells Sofia that she did not kill Tapio and Kerttu before killing herself because she is so filled with guilt. Sofia eventually learns that her supervisor had been slain by a member of her team. Nurmi learns this the hard way and is on the verge of death, but Sofia gets there in time to save him.
Henna’s situation also takes a bad turn. She continues to delve deeper into the world of drug peddling during the season. She finds Jann Lanest’s cache by accident and takes it. She considers selling it, but she’s not sure where to start. She enlists Jere’s assistance, but he abruptly vanishes with everything, leaving her pursued by the man who originally owned the drugs.
When he finds out she is unable to pay, he brings her to Estonia where she must make a deal for him. He had previously demanded that she pay for it. Terrified, she follows him, believing him to be a mafia member. She tries to flee after realizing he is not so dangerous. He tries to draw a gun on her, but she fights back and kills him with knives. After tossing his body into the ocean, she tells Sofia everything, but she chooses to keep it to herself. But it’s his drug division pals, who have been following Henna for a long time, who tell Nurmi the truth. He makes the decision to take action, in contrast to Sofia. In the final scene, we witness him taking Henna into custody while Sofia looks on helplessly.
Season 3 Ending Explained
The climax of Deadwind Season 3 features a major reveal and a build-up of suspense. The murders are identified as Sanna Siren and Krister Merihaara, two workers at the pharmaceutical business, as the intricate web of secrets comes to light.
Their purpose is frightening: they believe that by using a poison they created themselves to kill drug addicts, they are benefiting society. The disclosure highlights how morally dubious vigilantism may be.
The storyline about Karppi’s husband’s passing is also resolved in this season. It comes out that he died as a result of an affair gone wrong, not from an accident. Karppi’s story takes on a tragic and personal twist as a result.
You have a positive feeling at the conclusion and think about the larger implications of morality and fairness. When it becomes clear that the killings were motivated by a perverted sense of justice and wrong, the narrative becomes even more convoluted.
It is common to challenge people to think about the moral dilemmas that arise from breaking the law. Karppi’s character has more emotional depth as a result of her tragedy, which also makes her more likeable and sincere.
DeadWind TV Series 2018-2021 | Reviews
IMDB score is 7.3 ( I rated it 7 personally)
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