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Helsinki Syndrome

6.9
2 seasons
14 episodes
Returning Series
Crime
Drama

Plot Summary

Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.

First Aired:September 2, 2022
Last Aired:November 21, 2024
Episode Runtime:50m
Networks:
Yle TV1, Yle Areena
Created By:
Miikko Oikkonen

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (2)

Season 1
7.9

Season 1

8 episodes

Aired: 2022

Entrepreneur Elias Karo takes four journalists from the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat hostage to expose how a bank stole his family's fortune in the 1990s and caused an over-generational tragedy.

Season 2

Season 2

6 episodes

Aired: 2024

Having carried out a massive robbery, Karo continues his escape. Still haunted by the events of the 90s, a new crime is thrown into the mix: an even bigger goal to restore justice to the wronged. Criminal investigator Kolehmainen and NBI negotiator Kiiski are on Karo's trail. Journalist Hanna Raivio continues her investigation. Are Elias Karo's allegations true after all?

Production

Fisher King Production