Helsinki Syndrome

Helsinki Syndrome

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Continuing First aired 02/Sep/2022 FI FI 2 season(s) 14 episode(s)
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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.
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Season 2 · Season 2
6 episode(s) · Air date: 21/Nov/2024
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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?

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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?

S2E6
The Last Day
Air date: 21/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 47 min
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Elias seems suicidal as he gives his last interview to Hanna. He misses his children. Everything seems to be over, but are things really as they seem?

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Elias seems suicidal as he gives his last interview to Hanna. He misses his children. Everything seems to be over, but are things really as they seem?

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S2E5
The Beginning of The Week
Air date: 21/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 47 min
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Jarmo Kiiski tries to set a trap for Elias, with a net tightening around him on all sides. Hanna Raivio's article crosses the international news threshold. Hackers working with Elias are in danger.

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Jarmo Kiiski tries to set a trap for Elias, with a net tightening around him on all sides. Hanna Raivio's article crosses the international news threshold. Hackers working with Elias are in danger.

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S2E4
Week 4
Air date: 21/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 52 min
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The deadline is tightening for the implementation of Elias' plan and retreating is no longer an option. The public debate about Elias' guilt is fierce.

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The deadline is tightening for the implementation of Elias' plan and retreating is no longer an option. The public debate about Elias' guilt is fierce.

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Week 2
Air date: 21/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 50 min
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Activists in support of Karo attack the Parliament and detonate a smoke bomb. One of the radicals arrested by the police is the daughter of Jarmo, the head of the investigation. Detective Kolehmainen finds a clue in the video and Elias is forced to flee.

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Activists in support of Karo attack the Parliament and detonate a smoke bomb. One of the radicals arrested by the police is the daughter of Jarmo, the head of the investigation. Detective Kolehmainen finds a clue in the video and Elias is forced to flee.

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Week 1
Air date: 21/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 51 min
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Elias Karo's sons arrive at their father's hideaway to meet him in secret. The boys are followed by the police. Jarmo Kiiski launches an investigation to catch the fugitive. Hanna Raivio tries to verify the authenticity of a secret recording made in the 90s.

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Elias Karo's sons arrive at their father's hideaway to meet him in secret. The boys are followed by the police. Jarmo Kiiski launches an investigation to catch the fugitive. Hanna Raivio tries to verify the authenticity of a secret recording made in the 90s.

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Season 1 · Season 1
8 episode(s) · Air date: 02/Sep/2022
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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.

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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.

S1E8
A long weekend
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 53 min
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The police are trying to find Elias. Jarmo suspects that Elias has had another plan all along. Hanna wants to find out what the real purpose behind the kidnapping is.

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The police are trying to find Elias. Jarmo suspects that Elias has had another plan all along. Hanna wants to find out what the real purpose behind the kidnapping is.

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S1E7
Thursday
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 52 min
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Elias is trying to break the police's isolation by any means necessary to connect with the outside world. Hanna demands that Jarmo let her back into the office. The end is near.

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Elias is trying to break the police's isolation by any means necessary to connect with the outside world. Hanna demands that Jarmo let her back into the office. The end is near.

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S1E6
Wednesday
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 55 min
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The mood in the office becomes tense when Elias Karo is isolated by the police. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski decides to change tactics. Elias and Jarmo meet for the first time.

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The mood in the office becomes tense when Elias Karo is isolated by the police. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski decides to change tactics. Elias and Jarmo meet for the first time.

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S1E5
Tuesday Evening
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 51 min
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When Elias Karo's plans go south, he has to go back to the office and decide whether to continue. The police operation is disrupted by a protester.

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When Elias Karo's plans go south, he has to go back to the office and decide whether to continue. The police operation is disrupted by a protester.

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S1E4
Tuesday Midday
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 49 min
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News of the kidnapping spreads around the world. Elias Karo's partner in crime, Lauri Ristiniemi, finally gets access to the computer of ex-bank manager Matti Puronen.

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News of the kidnapping spreads around the world. Elias Karo's partner in crime, Lauri Ristiniemi, finally gets access to the computer of ex-bank manager Matti Puronen.

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Monday
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 48 min
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There is not enough evidence to publish the Elias case. He asks victims of the 1990s crisis to send their stories to the editor. Jarmo Kiiski tries to negotiate the release of journalist Harri Gustafsson.

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There is not enough evidence to publish the Elias case. He asks victims of the 1990s crisis to send their stories to the editor. Jarmo Kiiski tries to negotiate the release of journalist Harri Gustafsson.

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Sunday
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 50 min
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Elias Karo lets journalist Hanna Raivio search for evidence to expose a crime committed by a bank in the 1990s. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski braces himself for a long siege.

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Elias Karo lets journalist Hanna Raivio search for evidence to expose a crime committed by a bank in the 1990s. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski braces himself for a long siege.

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Saturday
Air date: 02/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 49 min
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In the aftermath of the recession, devoted family man Elias Karo kidnaps four journalists to reveal how a bank robbed his family of their fortune in the 1990s.

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In the aftermath of the recession, devoted family man Elias Karo kidnaps four journalists to reveal how a bank robbed his family of their fortune in the 1990s.

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Peter Franzén
Peter Franzén
Elias Karo
Oona Airola
Oona Airola
Hanna Raivio
Taneli Mäkelä
Taneli Mäkelä
Jarmo Kiiski
Laura Malmivaara
Laura Malmivaara
Anne Laukko
Antti Luusuaniemi
Antti Luusuaniemi
Tapani Kolehmainen
Mari Rantasila
Mari Rantasila
Minna Karo
Tuulia Eloranta
Tuulia Eloranta
Eveliina Puolakka
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen
Harri Gustafsson
Marketta Tikkanen
Marketta Tikkanen
Pollux
Pelle Heikkilä
Pelle Heikkilä
Klaus Arpola
Robert Enckell
Robert Enckell
Pekka Karo
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Esa-Matti Long
Matti Puronen
Turkka Mastomäki
Turkka Mastomäki
Kenttäjohtaja Hakkarainen
Katariina Havukainen
Katariina Havukainen
Poliisiteknikko
Juha Kukkonen
Juha Kukkonen
Tutkinnanjohtaja Ortamo
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Piitu Uski
Susanna Simonen
Tiina Weckström
Tiina Weckström
Ritva Malmi
Tuomas Nilsson
Tuomas Nilsson
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Andrus Prikk
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Juuso Syrjä
Juuso Syrjä
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Miikko Oikkonen
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