The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

Sofie Gråbøl
Sarah Lund

Morten Suurballe
Lennart Brix

Søren Malling
Jan Meyer

Lars Mikkelsen
Troels Hartmann

Marie Askehave
Rie Skovgaard

Bjarne Henriksen
Theis Birk Larsen

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Pernille Birk Larsen

Michael Moritzen
Morten Weber

Nicolaj Kopernikus
Vagn Skærbæk
This final series of Forbrydelsen explores the global financial crisis as the ostensibly random murder of a sailor leads Sarah Lund through the financial community. Lund has ambitions for promotion and a new lifestyle, but at the same time is struggling to maintain a relationship with her son Mark. Through the investigation she finds herself thrown together with a former lover, Mathias Borch, who now works for Special Branch.