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Below the Surface is a drama and crime TV series that premiered on Kanal 5 on April 2, 2017. It has 2 seasons and 16 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 8, aired on May 13, 2019.
An early morning in October, 15 people are taken hostage from a subway train. This puts a huge hostage crisis in motion, and it changes Denmark forever.
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16 episodes · 2 seasons
2017 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 9 years ago
On a rainy October morning, fifteen Danes have their lives turned upside down when the metro train they are travelling on is hijacked by unknown perpetrators, who will threaten to kill each of them, one by one, if their demands aren’t met. This is the beginning of a historic hostage situation that, over the course of one single week,...
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Philip goes down into the metro himself hoping to free the last three remaining hostages and is confronted by the man he thought was dead.
E7
Philip learns the identity of the main hostage taker and is choked about his personal involvement in the case that leaves a role for Naja to play as well.
E6
With the hostage Bodil just killed by the hostage takers, the police’s work keeps growing. TTF’s investigation leads them to sources in the Danish military and they seem to be close to a breakthrough.
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Distress spreads among the hostages in the metro and they consider taking a stand. At TTF, Philip and Louise suspects that the wall with the photographs of Philip is not just about thorough prep-work.
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TTF is getting closer to the hostage taker’s identity while Naja gets second thoughts with regards to facilitating the fundraising campaign, but then she meets Jonas, the hostage Leon’s son.
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Philip is planning an armed response to the first hostage execution. As the mission is risky it creates a rift in the negotiating team.
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Naja, the journalist who was fired for her unauthorized interview, starts a national fundraising campaign to raise the ransom for the hostages.
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Three heavily armed men hijack a metro train taking fifteen hostages. The police terror unit TTF is activated with Philip Norgaard as a leading commander.
2019 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 7 years ago
Philip is on leave from Terror Task Force (TTF) but finds himself in the middle of an international political crisis when terrorists take a ferry hostage to capture an anti-ISIS fighter.
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With Philip trapped in the ferry’s freezer room, the hostages use harsh methods to grab June’s cell phone, which turns out to be the object of their kidnapping and hijacking. On land, investigators SP and Simon quickly try to get closer to the hostages’ identities, motives and possible conspiracies, while the TTF with the government in the back sets for an armed surprise attack to get all the hostages released and the situation shut down once and for all.
E3
The hostages have hijacked the ferry and taken passengers and crew hostage. While the ship is stationary in the middle of the Sound, the TTF from their position at Kronborg tries to get an overview of the situation. Negotiation and attack strategies are evaluated and the attackers motive investigated. On the ferry, the hostages still find June unsuccessful, and they must now use other means to lure her out of her hiding place. But Philip is also looking for June.
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Philips’ hunt for June has led them both aboard the Swedish ferry in the Sound. As June opportunistically manages to escape the hostages and hide, they now have to panic search the ferry before it reaches land. Meanwhile, Philip manages to alert the Ferry Captain, who activates the terrorist alarm. Soon PET and the Defense Intelligence Service are realizing that a highly tense and apparently Islamist terrorist campaign is underway. The police anti-terror unit TTF is activated, but this time without Philip to lead it.
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The recently returned Syrian warrior, June al-Baqee, is taken hostage by four Islamist terrorists, several of whom are believed to be returning Syrian warriors who – unlike June – fought ISIS in Syria. Philip Nørgaard, currently is on leave from TTF, June knows from the past and, unlike PET, believes that a major crime lies behind her disappearance. He decides to investigate the case on his own.
Created by Kasper Barfoed
Susanne Storm
Karin Hallberg
Magnus Bruun
Claus Dahlstrøm
Katrin Weisser
Elisabeth
Besir Zeciri
Rami
Lamaiporn Hougaard
Kamlai
Peter Christoffersen
Torben Olsen
Gustav Dyekjær Giese
Stefan Nielsen
Niclas Vessel Kølpin
Niklas Holm
Susan Olsen
Lise Lütken
Patricia Schumann
Carls Mutter
Oskar Sælan Halskov
Carl
Thomas Guldberg Madsen
Lennart Falck
Iris Mealor Olsen
JG Louise
Regitze Estrup
Merete
Jens Sætter-Lassen
Sammy
Jesper Zuschlag
Jim
Below the Surface has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 13, 2019.
The most recent episode of Below the Surface, Season 2 Episode 8, aired on May 13, 2019.
Below the Surface has 2 seasons with 16 episodes in total.
Below the Surface first aired on Kanal 5 on April 2, 2017.
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