In 1982, during the Cold War a foreign submarine enters neutral Sweden's waters; it is cornered and depth charges are dropped but it manages to get away. During the operation a combat diver is killed; his body is found by his father, a local fisherman thirty years later. Meanwhile Wallander has been suspended after he got drunk and left his sidearm in a bar! This means he is free to help when his daughter Linda's father in law, Håkan von Enke goes missing. He was the naval officer in charge of looking for the submarine and it looks as if his disappearance could be linked to the discovery of the body. When Håkan's wife is run off the road and killed somebody wants people to think she had been turned by the Stasi when she's worked in East Germany but they Kurt continues his investigation and discovers that much of what people believed about the events of thirty years ago was a lie.
I had thought that 'Wallander' had finished after the second series so was rather surprised to learn that a third series had been made. It was a welcome surprise though as Krister Henriksson's version of the character was my favourite. Things clearly haven't being going well for the character since the last series as he is more dishevelled than ever and is drinking and smoking heavily. The story was gripping with plenty of tense moments as well as a nice twist at the end. As well as Henriksson the rest of the cast perform well too; it seemed odd seeing somebody else playing Linda but Charlotta Jonsson does a decent job in the roll. Overall this is a good start to the third series; I hope the rest of the episodes are as good.
I had thought that 'Wallander' had finished after the second series so was rather surprised to learn that a third series had been made. It was a welcome surprise though as Krister Henriksson's version of the character was my favourite. Things clearly haven't being going well for the character since the last series as he is more dishevelled than ever and is drinking and smoking heavily. The story was gripping with plenty of tense moments as well as a nice twist at the end. As well as Henriksson the rest of the cast perform well too; it seemed odd seeing somebody else playing Linda but Charlotta Jonsson does a decent job in the roll. Overall this is a good start to the third series; I hope the rest of the episodes are as good.