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Bordertown

2016 to 2020 Drama, Crime, Mystery 3 seasons

TMDB rating 7.3/10 Ended

The story of DI Kari Sorjonen of the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta, his family, and his investigations into a variety of harrowing homicides around the border area.

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  • Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen is one of the most respected officers at the National Bureau of Investigation in Finland. When his wife barely survives brain cancer, Sorjonen decides to take his family to an idyllic small town near the border of Russia, to live a quiet peaceful life.

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    TMDB rating 7.0/10

  • In season 2, no one will be able to escape their past. The five crimes of the season are called Five Finger Exercise, The Rite of Spring, Cat’s Cradle, Bloodmaid and Without a Shadow. Each of these murder cases takes the viewer on a journey into humanity’s dark secrets in the midst of a small town’s summer idyll on the shores of Lake Saimaa.

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    TMDB rating 7.0/10

  • While juggling concerns about his family's future and a spate of new crimes, Kari squares off against an adversary who's been studying his past cases.

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    TMDB rating 6.3/10

Cast and details

  • Ville VirtanenKari Sorjonen
  • Matleena KuusniemiPauliina Sorjonen
  • Olivia AinaliJanina Sorjonen
  • Anu SinisaloLena Jaakkola
  • Lenita SusiKatia Jaakkola
  • Kristiina HalttuTaina Henttunen
  • Max BremerHP Lund
  • Jasmin HamidJenna 'Jänis' Luhta
  • Matti LaineRisto Susi-Huhtala
  • Janne VirtanenRobert Degerman
  • Ilkka VilliNiko Uusitalo
  • Netta LaurenneVenla Korhonen
Created by
Miikko Oikkonen
Network
Yle TV1
First aired
Oct 16, 2016
Latest episode
Feb 2, 2020

Cross

2024

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