The BEST episodes of Beck
Every episode of Beck ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Beck!
Beck follows Swedish police officer Martin Beck and his team as they investigate various crimes.
#1 - Without Intent
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2018
A 12-year-old girl finds her mother lying dead on a staircase. When the police investigation begins, it is quickly discovered that the family had a protected identity. Why? Has there been a real threat to the woman who was turned into a murder or are there other reasons for the death?
#2 - The Thin Ice
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/2018
When the coach of a junior hockey team is murdered, the police investigate.
#3 - Blind Profit
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2003
A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson are once again drawn into the darkness.
#4 - Death in Samarra
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/2021
A candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize is brutally stabbed to death in central Stockholm following a meeting with two lawyers from the war tribunal in The Hague. One of the witnesses worked with Alex when she was stationed in the Middle East and they have an attraction to each other that makes Josef think she should stay out of the investigation. Meanwhile, Klas Fredén is pressuring the group to resolve the politically charged case before SÄPO takes over.
#5 - The Money Man
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/16/2000
A homosexual police officer's double life is paid by Beck's archenemy, Gavling, a man who runs Stockholm's underworld. In return, the officer has been providing Gavling with secret information from the police archives.
#6 - Devil's Advocate
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2018
Martin Beck investigates the murder of a restaurant owner.
#7 - The Unclaimed Girl
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/2009
A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?
#8 - The Eye of the Storm
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2012
When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead woman was wanted internationally and a member of a group of militant eco-activists carrying out attacks around the world. Gunvald sets out on his own to find the woman's murderer, with Säpo on his heels. Martin Beck is ordered to arrest Gunvald and his loyalty to his colleague is now put to the test.
#9 - The Crying Cop
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2022
The police find themselves under heavy media pressure after fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy. A demonstration against the violence gets out of hand, and the police have to take further blame.
#10 - Flesh and Blood
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2018
Martin Beck is drawn into a case of a missing girl in Stockholm.
#11 - Buried Alive
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/2012
Swedish police drama. When the body of a district attorney is found suspicion falls on the leader of a motorcycle gang, but then his body is also found in similar circumstances.
#12 - Undercover
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/2020
A young boy has been found murdered, and the Beck group's investigation leads them to a narcotics network.
#13 - In the Name of God
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2010
A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing. Martin Beck (Peter Haber) seeks the motive behind the murder.
#14 - The Scorpion
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2010
A brutally battered woman, Monika, manages to flee from her home with her two children. Later, the body of a dead man is found in the same house. The murder was preceded by an assault; bloodstains found in the kitchen correspond to Monika’s DNA.
#15 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/4/2020
During a police intervention, a macabre discovery is made in the trunk of a car. Josef and Oskar find themselves in the line of fire of a seemingly cold-blooded killer. But things are not what they seem.
#16 - 58 minutes
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2022
Alex Beijer will participate in a morning show on TV, but it develops into a nightmare when an unlikely hostage drama arises in the TV studio. Alex can use all her experiences from the years in the Middle East; at the same time as she needs the support of the rest of the group to find a solution to the situation.
#17 - Serial Killer
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/20/2000
Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer whose victims are spread all over Sweden. An obvious connection is that all the victims are women, and they were all in the same class, and Beck thinks that a scandal back in the past has something to do with the murders. But no one wants to talk about the past and it becomes a struggle to find the perpetrator before the final murder - only one woman is still alive.
#18 - The Lost Son
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/2021
A jawbone is found in the middle of the forest. When the rest of the body is found, it turns out it has been recently moved and belongs to Viktor Eklund, who has been missing for five years. His mother, well-known author Cecilia Eklund, has just managed to put his disappearance behind her. Martin Beck was investigating the disappearance but Alex thinks the case is unusually thin and not worth Martin pursuing further, although he thinks differently.
#19 - The Family
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2015
Crime boss Zlatko Lozanovic is shot and the Beck group maps all Zlatko's enemies, which turns out to be the major part of the Stockholm underworld. It becomes a race against time when even Zlatko's minions are looking for the perpetrator.
#20 - The Weak Link
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2010
A young girl is killed on her way back to her parents home after leaving a party. Martin Beck and his crew quickly start the hunt for evidence before the trail goes cold. There are several suspicious people to investigate but do they really know how everyone is connected to one another?
#21 - The Man without a Face
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2003
A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The shocking thing is that his face has been removed. Upon questioning, his wife describes their marriage as having been "stable." She also states that a mysterious foreign man had knocked on their door the day before the murder. Beck and his men are given the case.
#22 - The Invasion
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2015
A dead man is found buried outside Stockholm. The Beck group believes that the man may be victim of a conflict within an Islamist terror group. The tracks point to a company which seems to offer black labor to Stockholm's unscrupulous construction companies.
#23 - Haunted by the Past
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/25/2021
After a period of rehabilitation, Martin Beck is back on duty. He and the rest of the group are thrown into a case where the body of a notorious Danish criminal has been found in the water at Liljeholmen. The dead man is a member of a notorious Danish drug network. Is the Beck group about to get caught in the middle of a gang war?
#24 - The Attorney
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/2010
A famous Swedish lawyer is brutally murdered in his apartment. Martin Beck and his team find a clear murder motive. Hansson had a good chance of winning a case against a multinational company. But it appears Hansson was not completely honest and had several links with the underworld.
#25 - The Monster
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2000
A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until a baby is found inside. Soon, e-mails are sent out to every newspaper about the nasty situation that the police had tried to keep secret. Will the police ever overcome the "Monster"?
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