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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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Season 1

7.3/10154 votes
Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2017
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.
Director: Kasper Barfoed
Writer: Astrid Øye, Kasper Barfoed, Per Daumiller, Michael W. Horsten
7.4/10133 votes
Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2017
Naja, the journalist who was fired for her unauthorized interview, starts a national fundraising campaign to raise the ransom for the hostages.
Director: Kasper Barfoed
Writer: Astrid Øye, Kasper Barfoed, Michael W. Horsten, Per Daumiller
7.4/10122 votes
Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2017
Philip is planning an armed response to the first hostage execution. As the mission is risky it creates a rift in the negotiating team.
Director: Christian E. Christiansen
Writer: Lars K. Andersen
7.4/10120 votes
Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2017
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.
Director: Christian E. Christiansen
Writer: Per Daumiller
7.4/10113 votes
Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2017
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.
Director: Christian E. Christiansen
Writer: Michael W. Horsten
7.5/10112 votes
Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2017
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.
Director: Roni Ezra
Writer: Per Daumiller
7.5/10110 votes
Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2017
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.
Director: Roni Ezra
Writer: Michael W. Horsten
7.6/10114 votes
Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2017
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.
Director: Roni Ezra
Writer: Per Daumiller