Deadwind (Finnish: Karppi) is a Finnish crime drama and Nordic noir television series directed and created by Rike Jokela, starring Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Jani Volanen, and Tommi Korpela. It premiered in Finland in March 2018 on Yle TV2 and in August 2018 on Netflix. The show follows Sofia Karppi, a detective of the Finnish police who is recently widowed in her 30s with two children. She returns to police work in Helsinki, and her first case is the murder of Anna Bergdahl, a social affairs consultant.
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Directed by | Rike Jokela |
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Composer | Juri Seppä |
Country of origin | Finland (Suomi) |
Original language | Finnish |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 20 (+) |
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Production locations | Uusimaa region, Finland |
Cinematography | Anssi Leino |
Editor | Jussi Lehto |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | Dionysos Films H&V Production |
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Picture format | 2.20:1 (1080i50) |
Audio format | 5.1 |
Original release | 14 March 2018 (2018-03-14) |
Season 1 received strong reviews after airing in Finland and was compared to the Danish The Killing and to the Danish-Swedish The Bridge. Season 2 of the show premiered on Yle TV on April 5, 2020 and was added to Netflix on July 1, 2020.[1][2] Season 3 of the show premiered on Yle TV on October 29, 2021.[3] Netflix has announced October 29, 2022, as its release date for the third season.
Sofia Karppi (Pihla Viitala) returns to her work as a homicide detective in the Helsinki Police Department while taking care of two children after the accidental death of her husband. Rookie detective Sakari Nurmi (Lauri Tilkanen) is transferred from the financial crime unit to the homicide unit as Karppi's partner. Their first case begins as a routine disappearance.
Women's clothes found at a construction site lead the detectives to the body of social affairs consultant Anna Bergdahl (Pamela Tola) — buried with flowers in her hands at a shore belonging to wind power research firm Tempo. Anna has been murdered, and her husband, Usko Bergdahl (Jani Volanen), is confused after hearing about the incident. Karppi and Nurmi start investigating Anna's background, such as her job with the Tempo company and its critical construction project.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "The Widow" (Leski) | Rike Jokela | Rike Jokela, Kirsi Porkka & Jari Olavi Rantala | 14 March 2018 (2018-03-14) |
2 | 2 | "The Party" (Juhlat) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 21 March 2018 (2018-03-21) |
3 | 3 | "Do-Gooder" (Maailmanparantaja) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 28 March 2018 (2018-03-28) |
4 | 4 | "The Kidnapping" (Kaappaus) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) |
5 | 5 | "The Brother" (Veli) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) |
6 | 6 | "Growing Pains" (Kasvukipuja) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 18 April 2018 (2018-04-18) |
7 | 7 | "Roots" (Juuret) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 25 April 2018 (2018-04-25) |
8 | 8 | "Therapy" (Terapiaa) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) |
9 | 9 | "Good Samaritans" (Hyväntekijä) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 9 May 2018 (2018-05-09) |
10 | 10 | "Alone" (Yksin) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 16 May 2018 (2018-05-16) |
11 | 11 | "Bruises" (Ruhjeita) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 23 May 2018 (2018-05-23) |
12 | 12 | "The Beginning" (Alku) | Rike Jokela | Rike Jokela, Kirsi Porkka & Jari Olavi Rantala | 30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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13 | 1 | "Whisper of the stars"(Tähtien kuiskailua) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 5 April 2020 (2020-04-05) |
14 | 2 | "Charming" (Meelika) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 12 April 2020 (2020-04-12) |
15 | 3 | "Lady Justice" (Oikeuden jumalatar) | Rike Jokela | Harri Virtanen | 19 April 2020 (2020-04-19) |
16 | 4 | "Trade-off" (Vaihtokaupat) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 26 April 2020 (2020-04-26) |
17 | 5 | "Paldiski" (Paldiski) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 3 May 2020 (2020-05-03) |
18 | 6 | "Missing" (Kadonneet) | Rike Jokela | Harri Virtanen | 10 May 2020 (2020-05-10) |
19 | 7 | "Mayday" (Mayday) | Rike Jokela | Kirsi Porkka | 17 May 2020 (2020-05-17) |
20 | 8 | "Black water" (Mustaa vettä) | Rike Jokela | Jari Olavi Rantala | 24 May 2020 (2020-05-24) |
The third season aired in Finland from late October 2021. The season starts after Karppi has been on one year of leave for obfuscating her daughter's drug smuggling. The two detectives will be pursuing a brutal murderer who leaves an odd symbol on their victims. Over the course of the murder investigation, Karppi begins to unravel that her husband's death may not have been an accident – but a crime.[4]
The series was co-written by director Rike Jokela with Jari Olavi Rantala and Kirsi Porkka.
Deadwind is produced for Yle by Dionysos Films' Producers Riina Hyytiä and Pauliina Ståhlberg, and co-produced by the German company H&V Production.[5][6]
Deadwind season 1 premiered in Finland in spring 2018 on Yle TV2 and in the autumn on Netflix. Season 2 was shown by Yleisradio and Netflix in 2020, and Season 3 aired from October 2021.
It was distributed by the French About Premium Content and .[6][5]
Season 1 of Deadwind received strong reviews and ratings in Finland after it aired on Yle TV2. It was compared to the Danish crime series The Killing and was nominated at the 2018 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize in the Best Nordic Screenplay category.[6][7] Noel Murray of The Verge described the series as "realistically grim, but also offers the simple satisfaction of watching smart professionals bring some order to a chaotic world, one case at a time."[8]
Bustle magazine's Rebecca Patton compared the show, for example, to the Danish-Swedish The Bridge series. She summarized, Deadwind is "just as compelling and addictive as its predecessors. After all, no one does brooding crime shows like the Scandinavians."[9]