When the body of an African is found in a railway wagon in Poland it is traced back to a railway yard in Ystad. Once suicide had been ruled out there are many possible motives for murder; was it a racial murder, was it a robbery that went wrong, was it an act of jealousy or was it something else altogether. When a man comes into the station and confesses it seems like an open and shut case; Kurt has his doubts but the man does have detailed knowledge about the crime that only the police have. As there is an election looming the police have sent an officer called Farzan from Stockholm to make sure the case is quickly wrapped up and that there are no political ramifications. As it turns out the case does involve a politician, one who happens to be one of Kurt's childhood friends.
As well as a murder to deal with there is sexual friction between Linda and Stefan when the inquiry takes them to a hotel where they bump into a woman Stefan recently had a one night stand with, this gets potentially more awkward when she hears him tell Linda it was boring anyway.
This was a pretty good episode; it was nice that it managed to avoid the cliché of making the murdered man the victim of a racially motivated crime. Shebly Niavarani was good as Farzan; he managed to keep the character believable while still leaving his motivation ambiguous. As usually the regular cast put in good performances.
As well as a murder to deal with there is sexual friction between Linda and Stefan when the inquiry takes them to a hotel where they bump into a woman Stefan recently had a one night stand with, this gets potentially more awkward when she hears him tell Linda it was boring anyway.
This was a pretty good episode; it was nice that it managed to avoid the cliché of making the murdered man the victim of a racially motivated crime. Shebly Niavarani was good as Farzan; he managed to keep the character believable while still leaving his motivation ambiguous. As usually the regular cast put in good performances.