The WORST episodes of Beck
Every episode of Beck ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Beck!
Beck follows Swedish police officer Martin Beck and his team as they investigate various crimes.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - The Hospital Murders
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2015
A woman diagnosed with ALS dies in a hospital in Stockholm. However, it seems as if she had been exterminated. The son of the woman is accusing the doctor Johan Fors for the deed. But when Johan Fors is found dead, the suspicions are directed against the womans son. But even Johan Fors' colleagues seem to hide things from the Beck group.
#5 - Gunvald
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/1/2016
An investigative journalist is found murdered in his home, along with the fingerprints of a notorious criminal debt collector. The journalist had been threatened by right-wing extremists, but it is the victim's work with a book about 'society's dark side' that captures the interest of Beck and his team. The case takes an unexpected and terrible turn, and suddenly there is much more at stake than finding the journalist's killer. Beck and his colleagues have never had to protect the balance of their professional and private lives with the same tenacity as they do now.
#6 - Steinar
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2016
An unidentified body is found in the remains of a trailer after a fire at a run-down caravan park. The owner of the trailer, a young drug-addicted woman, is missing, but is she really the victim? And what role has the local so-called neighbourhood watch played? Police supervisor Klas Freden decides to go over Martin Beck's head and recruit charismatic Norwegian homicide investigator, Steinar Hovland. The newly-structured Beck group face a power struggle, and Martin struggles to find his way back to his old self.
#7 - End of the Road
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2016
An ex-policeman is found murdered in his house, along with his wife and child. Beck and his team take on the case and find that there is a hidden security room in the victims' house, containing stolen weapons. They find fingerprints from a criminal who was involved in a robbery, after which he shot his accomplices and disappeared with the money. The question is how the former police officer ended up with the weapons and how he is connected to the thieves. The case stirs strong feelings at police headquarters and takes highest priority.
#8 - The Last Day
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/2016
When traffic officers on a quiet morning shift try to stop a car for speeding they are shot at and one of them is killed. Beck and his team lead an extensive search for the ruthless killer.
#9 - 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.
#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 - The Thin Ice
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/2018
When the coach of a junior hockey team is murdered, the police investigate.
#12 - 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?
#13 - Devil's Advocate
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2018
Martin Beck investigates the murder of a restaurant owner.
#14 - Room 302
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2015
A young woman is found strangled in a hotel room. The investigation leads Beck and Gunvald to Stureplan, Stockholm's nightlife and its downsides.
#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 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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?
#19 - Rage Room
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2022
A murder in a wooded area and a man who died suddenly in a heart attack after being awakened in the middle of the night by a masked burglar. Can the events have any connection? The Beck group is facing another tough case where internal tensions and loyalties are being put to the test.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
