The Bridge

The Bridge is a crime drama television series that aired from 2011 to 2018. The show is set in the Øresund Region, which includes the cities of Malmö, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark. The series follows a group of detectives from both Sweden and Denmark as they work together to solve a series of gruesome murders that take place along the bridge that connects the two countries. The first season focuses on the investigation into the murder of a woman whose body is found on the bridge, exactly on the border between Sweden and Denmark. The investigation is led by Swedish detective Saga Norén and Danish detective Martin Rohde, who are forced to work together despite their initial reservations. As the investigation progresses, they uncover a web of deceit and conspiracy that threatens to destroy their lives and relationships. The second season sees Martin struggling to come to terms with the death of his son, August, who was killed by Jens Nielsen, a former Danish police officer who had been seeking revenge against Martin. Jens kidnaps Martin's children and forces him to try to save them, leading to a tense standoff on the bridge. Saga arrives just in time to prevent Martin from killing Jens, but Jens is eventually arrested and later dies in prison. The third season follows Henrik Sabroe, a detective who is haunted by the disappearance of his family. When his wife's body is discovered six years after she went missing, Henrik becomes obsessed with finding his two missing daughters. He enlists Saga's help in his investigation, which leads them down a dangerous path filled with twists and turns. The fourth season sees Saga leaving her job as a detective and embarking on a new journey, while Henrik continues to investigate the disappearance of his daughters. The series ends with Saga driving away from Sweden into the distance, leaving behind her past as a detective but remaining true to her own sense of justice.

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Some TV shows that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Bridge include Evil, The Crow Girl, True Detective, Fool Me Once, The Blacklist, Sherlock.