The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin and Copenhagen to Oslo and other locations including Iceland. The series has enjoyed particular success in Australia, where it airs on SBS and is available on DVD with English subtitles.
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The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin and Copenhagen to Oslo and other locations including Iceland. The series has enjoyed particular success in Australia, where it airs on SBS and is available on DVD with English subtitles.
Season 2 episodes
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Hallgrim moves into the Opera Hotel to recuperate and, like the hero in the Hitchcock film Rear Window, becomes fascinated by a beautiful young woman in a flat opposite. When he sees a man enter and start beating her, he films the attack and he recognises the man as Benjamin Stern, an unscrupulous member of the Israeli mafia. He later discovers a disturbing connection with a child pornography ring.
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Directed by Søren Kragh-JacobsenGuest stars Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir, Hans Alfredson, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Kormakur Gunnarsson, Sonja Richter, Ole Fick, Søren Malling, Anna Egeholm
Through blackmail, Benjamin Stern secures a matrix of a Euro. All he needs now is the special banknote paper that is being transported through Berlin in a camouflaged garbage truck. Hallgrim learns of his plan. In an effort to sidetrack the police, Benjamin gets a drug addict to drive a van into a schoolyard in Berlin. There's a bomb in the back, which is set to go off at noon.
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Directed by Søren Kragh-JacobsenGuest stars Henrik Lykkegaard, Hans Alfredson, Jeanette Hain, Sonja Richter, Lasse Voss, Bernd Grawert, Beate Bille, Shanti Roney
Hallgrim continues his hunt for Benjamin Stern who is deeply involved in the blood diamond trade from Congo. Michael finds an e-mail on Benjamin's computer to Le Mabë who is wanted in connection to war crimes. The mail also refers to two Congolese women who have sought asylum in Denmark, both of whom have been subjected to cruel rapes. Meanwhile, Hallgrim starts up a romance with a Swedish Flight Attendant.
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Directed by Kristoffer NyholmGuest stars Jens Jørn Spottag, Johan H:son Kjellgren, Melinda Kinnaman, Trevor Laird, Hans Alfredson, Sonja Richter, Mads Wille, Lasse Voss
A Danish businessman who has been trading weapons for tantalum with Le Mabé, is blackmailed by him. Meanwhile Le Mabé is hiding in Denmark with his former child soldier from Congo.
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Directed by Kristoffer NyholmGuest stars Henrik Lykkegaard, Morten Lützhøft, Melinda Kinnaman, Trevor Laird, Søren Spanning, Hans Alfredson, Ditte Gråbøl, Henrik Prip
After Fabio kills Le Mabé with an injection of nerve gas, Hallgrim learns about some incriminating photos. Michael finds an internal leak and Hallgrim decides to lay a false trail. And, Marie finds out that Hallgrim slept with the Swedish flight attendant.
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Directed by Martin SchmidtGuest stars Morten Lützhøft, Melinda Kinnaman, Trevor Laird, Søren Spanning, Ditte Gråbøl, Henrik Prip, María Ellingsen, Peder Thomas Pedersen
Curly, the mole in the squad, leads the team to ponder what Aagaard's latest development in Congo, a field hospital, really is? Could it be a cover-up for a facility to install a rebel leader, who would grant him mining concessions to the element tantalum.
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Directed by Martin SchmidtGuest stars Bjørn Floberg, Henrik Lykkegaard, Morten Lützhøft, Jesper Vigant, Søren Spanning, Ditte Gråbøl, Tammi Øst, María Ellingsen
Hallgrim's team is sidetracked in their search for a suspected suicide bomber who may be planning an attack at the wedding of an Iraqi professor's daughter, in Copenhagen.
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Directed by Niels Arden OplevGuest stars Jens Jørn Spottag, Morten Lützhøft, Melinda Kinnaman, Hans Alfredson, Tammi Øst, María Ellingsen, Rolf Saxon, Omar Shargawi
Hallgrim and his team try to stop a known terrorist called "The White Prince of Denmark" and Amina, a convicted criminal, from detonating a bomb on a school bus.
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Directed by Niels Arden OplevGuest stars Jens Jørn Spottag, Morten Lützhøft, Melinda Kinnaman, Hans Alfredson, María Ellingsen, Rolf Saxon, Claus Gerving, Zena Al Kamesy
