Deadwind

Deadwind (Finnish: Karppi) is a Finnish crime drama and Nordic noir television series directed and created by Rike Jokela, starring Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Jani Volanen, and Tommi Korpela. It premiered in Finland in March 2018 on Yle TV2 and in August 2018 on Netflix. The show follows Sofia Karppi, a detective of the Finnish police who is recently widowed in her 30s with two children. She returns to police work in Helsinki, and her first case is the murder of Anna Bergdahl, a social affairs consultant.

Deadwind
Finnish title screen
Karppi
Genre
Created by
  • Rike Jokela
  • Jari Olavi Rantala
  • Kirsi Porkka
Directed byRike Jokela
Starring
ComposerJuri Seppä
Country of originFinland (Suomi)
Original languageFinnish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes28
Production
Producers
  • Riina Hyytiä
  • Jojo Uimonen
Production locationsUusimaa region, Finland
CinematographyAnssi Leino
EditorJussi Lehto
Running time45 minutes
Production companyDionysos Films H&V Production
Release
Original network
Original release14 March 2018 (2018-03-14)

Season 1 received strong reviews after airing in Finland and was compared to the Danish The Killing and to the Danish-Swedish The Bridge. Season 2 of the show premiered on Yle TV on April 5, 2020 and was added to Netflix on July 1, 2020.[1][2] Season 3 of the show premiered on Yle TV on October 29, 2021.[3] Netflix has announced October 29, 2022, as its release date for the third season.

Synopsis

Sofia Karppi (Pihla Viitala) returns to her work as a homicide detective in the Helsinki Police Department while taking care of two children after the accidental death of her husband. Rookie detective Sakari Nurmi (Lauri Tilkanen) is transferred from the financial crime unit to the homicide unit as Karppi's partner. Their first case begins as a routine disappearance.

Women's clothes found at a construction site lead the detectives to the body of Anna Bergdahl (Pamela Tola), a social affairs consultant. She was buried with flowers in her hands at a shore belonging to Tempo, a wind power research firm. It is seeking City Council approval for a major residential development project that will be dependent on windpower.

Anna has been murdered, and her husband, Usko Bergdahl (Jani Volanen), is confused after hearing about the incident. Karppi and Nurmi start investigating Anna's background, such as her job with the Tempo company and its critical construction project.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"The Widow" (Leski)Rike JokelaRike Jokela, Kirsi Porkka & Jari Olavi Rantala14 March 2018 (2018-03-14)
The body of Anna Bergdahl, a social worker and consultant for wind power research firm Tempo and a mother of two, is found buried with flowers in her hand at a shore belonging to Tempo. Sofia Karppi, a recently widowed mother of two and Sakari Nurmi, a transferee from the financial crime unit, are assigned the case. Sofia and Sakari interview Usko Bergdahl, Anna’s husband who informs them that Anna had been to a party at Tempo while he was away with the children to his mother’s house. He further reveals that Anna recently had a row with one of her clients Kiiski, a probationer. Sofia is irritated at Sakari's inexperience but it told he will have to do as resources in the department are tight. Usko finds hate-emails from Kiiski in Anna’s laptop and visits Kiiski’s apartment but is left injured by Kiiski who flees. Sofia visits Kiiski's partner and coaxes information out of her that he might be fleeing on a cargo ship. Sofia and Sakari rush to the port where a ship is about to depart and search it, Sofia insisting that they search separately as time is of the essence. Somebody strikes Sofia on the head and she temporarily blacks out.
22"The Party" (Juhlat)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala21 March 2018 (2018-03-21)
Sofia comes to, but the ship is leaving and she and Sakari must get off the ship. The chief suggests that Kiiski will be caught in Hamburg. As Sofia and Sakari are about to leave the scene, she notices a man hiding in a cargo crane, and they track Kiiski down convincing him to turn himself in. Sofia and Sakari interview Kiiski, but security camera footage from the shipyard shows that Kiiski was aboard a cargo ship during Anna’s murder. Camera footage from the party reveals that Anna left the party for an after-party to Stig Olander’s house. Stig informs the police that Anna was invited by his friend Leo Rastas and left alone after flirting with him in the hot bath; meanwhile Leo who is also present in the house overhears them and leaves the house surreptitiously. Another detective, Raisa Peltola, joins Sofia and Sakari’s team. Sperm is found in Anna’s body implying that she had sex before the murder; Sakari suspects that Anna was having an affair with Leo. Somebody breaks into Sofia's apartment and is still there the she comes home, but he flees before she can catch him. Sofia and Sakari visits Leo’s house where his wife reveals that Leo has gone to hiking for a week; meanwhile Leo confronts Stig at his house and leaves him injured after an altercation. However Sofia arrives in time to save Stig from drowning in his bathtub and confronts Leo who reveals that he was having an affair Stig and not Anna. Photos from Leo’s phone reveal that Anna left the after-party in a car belonging to Alex Hoikkala, Tempo’s director of development. Sofia and Sakari visits Alex’s residence and as soon as they approach his car parked outside the house, it explodes.
33"Do-Gooder" (Maailmanparantaja)Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka28 March 2018 (2018-03-28)
44"The Kidnapping" (Kaappaus)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala4 April 2018 (2018-04-04)
55"The Brother" (Veli)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
66"Growing Pains" (Kasvukipuja)Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka18 April 2018 (2018-04-18)
77"Roots" (Juuret)Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka25 April 2018 (2018-04-25)
88"Therapy" (Terapiaa)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
99"Good Samaritans" (Hyväntekijä)Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)
1010"Alone" (Yksin)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)
1111"Bruises" (Ruhjeita)Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka23 May 2018 (2018-05-23)
1212"The Beginning" (Alku)Rike JokelaRike Jokela, Kirsi Porkka & Jari Olavi Rantala30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)

Season 2 (2020)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
131"Whisper of the stars"(Tähtien kuiskailua) Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka5 April 2020 (2020-04-05)
142"Charming" (Meelika)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala12 April 2020 (2020-04-12)
153"Lady Justice" (Oikeuden jumalatar)Rike JokelaHarri Virtanen19 April 2020 (2020-04-19)
164"Trade-off" (Vaihtokaupat)Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka26 April 2020 (2020-04-26)
175"Paldiski" (Paldiski)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala3 May 2020 (2020-05-03)
186"Missing" (Kadonneet)Rike JokelaHarri Virtanen10 May 2020 (2020-05-10)
197"Mayday" (Mayday)Rike JokelaKirsi Porkka17 May 2020 (2020-05-17)
208"Black water" (Mustaa vettä)Rike JokelaJari Olavi Rantala24 May 2020 (2020-05-24)

Season 3 (2021)

The third season aired in Finland from late October 2021. The season starts after Karppi has been on one year of leave for obfuscating her daughter's drug smuggling. The two detectives will be pursuing a brutal murderer who leaves an odd symbol on their victims. Over the course of the murder investigation, Karppi begins to unravel that her husband's death may not have been an accident – but a crime.[4]

Production

The series was co-written by director Rike Jokela with Jari Olavi Rantala and Kirsi Porkka.

Deadwind is produced for Yle by Dionysos Films' Producers Riina Hyytiä and Pauliina Ståhlberg, and co-produced by the German company H&V Production.[5][6]

Release

Deadwind season 1 premiered in Finland in spring 2018 on Yle TV2 and in the autumn on Netflix. Season 2 was shown by Yleisradio and Netflix in 2020, and Season 3 aired from October 2021.

It was distributed by the French About Premium Content and .[6][5]

Reception

Season 1 of Deadwind received strong reviews and ratings in Finland after it aired on Yle TV2. It was compared to the Danish crime series The Killing and was nominated at the 2018 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize in the Best Nordic Screenplay category.[6][7] Noel Murray of The Verge described the series as "realistically grim, but also offers the simple satisfaction of watching smart professionals bring some order to a chaotic world, one case at a time."[8]

Bustle magazine's Rebecca Patton compared the show, for example, to the Danish-Swedish The Bridge series. She summarized, Deadwind is "just as compelling and addictive as its predecessors. After all, no one does brooding crime shows like the Scandinavians."[9]

See also

References
  1. Tulossa: Karppi 2. tuotantokausi. Yle Areena, February 11, 2020.
  2. "'Deadwind' Season 2 Coming to Netflix in July 2020". What's on Netflix. June 20, 2020.
  3. Karppi (in Finnish), retrieved 2021-09-01
  4. "Kotimainen rikossarja Karppi päättyy - viimeinen tuotantokausi Yle Areenassa 29.10".
  5. Hannonen, Inka (16 November 2016). "Pihla Viitala debytoi rikosetsivänä uudessa Karppi-sarjassa" (in Finnish). Yleisradio.
  6. Pham, Annika (2018-08-05). "Netflix brings Finnish series Deadwind to the world". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  7. Yrttiaho, Tuomo (14 March 2018). "Karppi on valoa tunnelin päässä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). p. B 25.
  8. "This weekend, dive into "Nordic noir" with Deadwind on Netflix". The Verge. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  9. Patton, Rebecca (2018-08-23). "Don't Worry, There's Definitely More 'Deadwind' On The Way — But It Could Be A While". Bustle. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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