As the first series of the excellent Swedish series draws to a close things aren't going to well for the Ystad police; following an accusation of an assault in the previous case Stefan is under investigation, and soon finds himself suspended... but not before he has to an inform a fellow member of the local shooting club that his son has been abused and murdered. The prime suspect is a man who was seen picking the boy up at a local supermarket but a search of his house suggests no crime took place there. A neighbour, who used to be a policeman tells them that the suspect has a Summer house but when they get there they find their suspect has been shot dead. It seems like this is the end of the case but something isn't quite right; there is no evidence that the boy was ever there, there are no incriminating photographs and it looks like somebody with knowledge of police procedures has cleaned up the crime scene.
When Linda Wallander looks into similar cases of child murder she finds that the neighbour had arrested somebody for killing a child using the same modus operandi several years before, this person couldn't have done it though as he is in prison. Things are further complicated when Stefan turns up at Linda's house and she sees that he has an injury which appears to be a bullet wound.
This fine ending to the first series is tinged with sadness as the actress Johanna Sällström who did such a great job as police officer Linda Wallander took her life a few months after the series ended, Wallander won't be the same without her. The rest of the cast did a good job too, especially Ola Rapace who put in a great performance as Stefan as events in his childhood return to haunt him. Having enjoyed this series I hope the BBC will air the second series at some point.
When Linda Wallander looks into similar cases of child murder she finds that the neighbour had arrested somebody for killing a child using the same modus operandi several years before, this person couldn't have done it though as he is in prison. Things are further complicated when Stefan turns up at Linda's house and she sees that he has an injury which appears to be a bullet wound.
This fine ending to the first series is tinged with sadness as the actress Johanna Sällström who did such a great job as police officer Linda Wallander took her life a few months after the series ended, Wallander won't be the same without her. The rest of the cast did a good job too, especially Ola Rapace who put in a great performance as Stefan as events in his childhood return to haunt him. Having enjoyed this series I hope the BBC will air the second series at some point.