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* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Sorjonen is all but confirmed to be on the Autism spectrum.
** Sorjonen's daughter Janina goes through a SanitySlippage in season 3 after [[spoiler: her mother's death,]] becoming much colder and detached. At one point she is seen researching Borderline Personality Disorder before projecting this diagnosis on her boyfriend in a very abusive manner and in the movie [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]] says that Janina might be a psychopath but that was probably done to get under Kari's skin.
** Sorjonen is all but confirmed to be on the Autism spectrum.
** Sorjonen's daughter Janina goes through a SanitySlippage in season 3 after [[spoiler: her mother's death,]] becoming much colder and detached. At one point she is seen researching Borderline Personality Disorder before projecting this diagnosis on her boyfriend in a very abusive manner and in the movie [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]] says that Janina might be a psychopath but that was probably done to get under Kari's skin.
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* EleventhHourRanger: Luhta is formally recruited to SECRI by season 3.
* AbortedArc: The casino/hotel/refuge project and the tension that comes from the plan to push through with the last one gets mentioned only a couple times after [[spoiler: Pauliina's death.]]
* AbortedArc: The casino/hotel/refuge project and the tension that comes from the plan to push through with the last one gets mentioned only a couple times after [[spoiler: Pauliina's death.]]
* TheAtoner: Kari once asked Lena what she did such that she had to raise a child she found from a drug raid. [[spoiler: A flashback reveals that she killed Katia's biological mother when the latter drew a gun at her.]]
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Niko is evidently frustrated at the lack of progress in SECRI's investigation of a serial shooting case. He eventually asks Sorjonen for help, who figures out the connection between the victims.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Niko is evidently frustrated at the lack of progress in SECRI's investigation of a serial shooting case. He eventually asks Sorjonen for help, who figures out the connection between the victims. The pressure only amps up when [[spoiler: he heads the unit by season 3.]]
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* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: The aborted fetus found in Susanna Lehto's home was conceived from Jalmari's assault on the former. Jalmari, as a child, was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Susanna.]]
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* ChildByRape: ChekhovsGun: The snowball Lasse Maasalo gives Kari in season 3 comes quite handy [[spoiler: for the series finale, as it contains the antidote for the nerve agent the former released to the city's water supply.]]
* ChildByRape:
** [[spoiler: The aborted fetus found in Susanna Lehto's home was conceived from Jalmari's assault on the former. Jalmari, as a child, was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Susanna.]]
** [[spoiler: The first episode of season 3 reveals that the series' first victim was this.]]
* ChildByRape:
** [[spoiler: The aborted fetus found in Susanna Lehto's home was conceived from Jalmari's assault on the former. Jalmari, as a child, was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Susanna.]]
** [[spoiler: The first episode of season 3 reveals that the series' first victim was this.]]
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* CorruptPolitician: Both Robert Degerman and Mikael Ahola are shady as fuck.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** Paul Degerman had [[spoiler: a chemical weapons factory thanks to ex-FSB chief Baran Valtserov. He kept all his children out of the loop until a lawyer leaks the existence of the factory to Anneli in season 3.]]
** Mikael Ahola is much more assertive in pushing through his/Robert Degerman's projects. [[spoiler: He's also the only member of the Degerman family besides the patriarch to be directly involved in running the now-demolished chemical weapons factory.]]
* CorruptPolitician: Both Robert Degerman and Mikael Ahola are shady as fuck. On the other side of the border, we have former FSB chief Baran Valtserov.
** Paul Degerman had [[spoiler: a chemical weapons factory thanks to ex-FSB chief Baran Valtserov. He kept all his children out of the loop until a lawyer leaks the existence of the factory to Anneli in season 3.]]
** Mikael Ahola is much more assertive in pushing through his/Robert Degerman's projects. [[spoiler: He's also the only member of the Degerman family besides the patriarch to be directly involved in running the now-demolished chemical weapons factory.]]
* CorruptPolitician: Both Robert Degerman and Mikael Ahola are shady as fuck. On the other side of the border, we have former FSB chief Baran Valtserov.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sorjonen is a bit of a tortured soul after his years as a homicide detective in Helsinki. He's haunted by all the atrocities he was forced to witness. At one point, its revealed that [[spoiler: he's haunted by hallucinations of all the victims who's killers he failed to bring to justice.]] And all that is ''before'' we get to the fact that his wife suffered from cancer and only just recovered when the series began.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: DaChief: Taina and in season 3, [[spoiler: Niko.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Sorjonen is a bit of a tortured soul after his years as a homicide detective in Helsinki. He's haunted by all the atrocities he was forced to witness. At one point, its revealed that [[spoiler: he's haunted by hallucinations of all the victims who's killers he failed to bring to justice.]] And all that is ''before'' we get to the fact that his wife suffered from cancer and only just recovered when the series began.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Sorjonen is a bit of a tortured soul after his years as a homicide detective in Helsinki. He's haunted by all the atrocities he was forced to witness. At one point, its revealed that [[spoiler: he's haunted by hallucinations of all the victims who's killers he failed to bring to justice.]] And all that is ''before'' we get to the fact that his wife suffered from cancer and only just recovered when the series began.
* DrivenToSuicide: In a season 3 case, a woman stands in front of a train after learning her abductor and rapist[[KarmaHoudini got away scot-free.]]
* {{Flashback}}: The case in the first episode of season 3 is Kari's last with the NBI, and therefore the first case we see overall in the series.
* FreudianTrio: The Lindfors siblings in season 3 - Harri is the HotBlooded Id, Eerik is the quiet Superego, and the pragmatic Antti straddles between the two.
* FreudianTrio: The Lindfors siblings in season 3 - Harri is the HotBlooded Id, Eerik is the quiet Superego, and the pragmatic Antti straddles between the two.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: A motive for a few crimes:
** An elderly man was killed because he was going to come clean [[spoiler: on how he covered up his son causing an accident that killed the latter's mother and wife.]]
** The leader and a member of a conservative Laestadian community were killed because [[spoiler: said member planned to come clean with her same-sex affair with the wife of the leader, and the former because he learned of said affair and was quite the abusive husband.]]
** [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo had Mikkis Ahola kill everyone involved in the former's plan to poison Lappeenranta's water supply. Ahola himself becomes a victim in the series finale.]]
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Anneli tries to be one, to the point of ousting her incredibly shady husband from Degerman Concern's board, at least until she learns of [[spoiler: her father's secret chemical weapons factory.]]
** An elderly man was killed because he was going to come clean [[spoiler: on how he covered up his son causing an accident that killed the latter's mother and wife.]]
** The leader and a member of a conservative Laestadian community were killed because [[spoiler: said member planned to come clean with her same-sex affair with the wife of the leader, and the former because he learned of said affair and was quite the abusive husband.]]
** [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo had Mikkis Ahola kill everyone involved in the former's plan to poison Lappeenranta's water supply. Ahola himself becomes a victim in the series finale.]]
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Anneli tries to be one, to the point of ousting her incredibly shady husband from Degerman Concern's board, at least until she learns of [[spoiler: her father's secret chemical weapons factory.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: While they signed off on papers relating to [[spoiler: Paul Degerman's now-demolished factory,]] the elder Degerman siblings had no idea [[spoiler: said factory was producing chemical weapons. It took a counsel from one of Degerman Concern's business partners leaking a paper trail to Anneli for them to learn about its existence.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: A couple of cases in season 3 involve this:
** Lotta Simberg was in a relationship with [[spoiler: Harri Lindfors]], but eventually also had a relationship with [[spoiler: with [[MayDecemberRomance Harri's father Henrik.]]]] Then there's [[spoiler: Eerik Lindfors]] who CannotSpitItOut.
** Markus Laurila, the speaker of a remote [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laestadianism Laestadian]] community, is married to Tuuli Laurila. It turns out [[spoiler: Tuuli is a lesbian and is in an affair with Maija Koponen. Then there's Rebekka Koskelinen who's in love with Tuuli.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: A couple of cases in season 3 involve this:
** Lotta Simberg was in a relationship with [[spoiler: Harri Lindfors]], but eventually also had a relationship with [[spoiler: with [[MayDecemberRomance Harri's father Henrik.]]]] Then there's [[spoiler: Eerik Lindfors]] who CannotSpitItOut.
** Markus Laurila, the speaker of a remote [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laestadianism Laestadian]] community, is married to Tuuli Laurila. It turns out [[spoiler: Tuuli is a lesbian and is in an affair with Maija Koponen. Then there's Rebekka Koskelinen who's in love with Tuuli.]]
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* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong:
** Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.]]
** Katia, to a certain degree. Her life experiences have made her incredibly jaded for her age, though, she also goes to therapy because of them.
** Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.]]
** Katia, to a certain degree. Her life experiences have made her incredibly jaded for her age, though, she also goes to therapy because of them.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong:
** Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.]]
** Katia, to a certain degree. Her life experiences have made her incredibly jaded for her age, though, she also goes to therapy because of them.
* MurderByMistake: In one case, a woman mistakes the owner of the house where she used to be held for quite some time for her erstwhile abductor.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: It's part of the killer's motive in a season 3 case, but the victims were killed mostly because [[HeKnowsTooMuch they knew the existence]] of a [[spoiler: lesbian relationship. In a highly conservative Christian community.]]
** Lena. Particularly since she's former FSB. [[spoiler: Upon joining SECRI, she's their most action oriented agent, and still using her unique off-the-book skills while working for SECRI.]]
** Katia, to a certain degree. Her life experiences have made her incredibly jaded for her age, though, she also goes to therapy because of them.
* MurderByMistake: In one case, a woman mistakes the owner of the house where she used to be held for quite some time for her erstwhile abductor.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: It's part of the killer's motive in a season 3 case, but the victims were killed mostly because [[HeKnowsTooMuch they knew the existence]] of a [[spoiler: lesbian relationship. In a highly conservative Christian community.]]
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* PaedoHunt: [[spoiler: Daycare center manager Kaija Susanna Hallava left Kotka and changed her name to Susanna Lehto after doing unspeakable acts on at least three children.]]
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* PaedoHunt: OffingTheOffspring: A killer in season 3 murders her daughter once she learns who her real mother is.
* PaedoHunt:
** [[spoiler: Daycare center manager Kaija Susanna Hallava left Kotka and changed her name to Susanna Lehto after doing unspeakable acts on at least three children.]]]]
** The first victim in TheMovie was a suspected pedophile.
* PaedoHunt:
** [[spoiler: Daycare center manager Kaija Susanna Hallava left Kotka and changed her name to Susanna Lehto after doing unspeakable acts on at least three children.
** The first victim in TheMovie was a suspected pedophile.
* PollutedWasteland: The land [[spoiler: the mysterious Degerman factory]] used to stand on, which is heavily implied to have caused the deaths of [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo's wife and daughter.]]
* RankUp: [[spoiler: Taina is called up to head the NBI by the end of season 2, with Niko taking up her spot.]]
* RankUp: [[spoiler: Taina is called up to head the NBI by the end of season 2, with Niko taking up her spot.]]
* RedHerring: The aspect that [[spoiler: the victims' relatives had convictions]] in one case was a deliberate ruse by [[spoiler: Maasalo to throw SECRI off, all of them were killed off as they're involved in one way or another with his plan to poison the city's water supply.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: A RunningGag early in the series has Kari quizzing Niko on why Taina loves being around cadavers. We never find it out.
* RiddleForTheAges: A RunningGag early in the series has Kari quizzing Niko on why Taina loves being around cadavers. We never find it out.
* SequelNonEntity: Both Pauliina and SECRI are absent, let alone mentioned in TheMovie.
* ShamingTheMob: Once a conservative Christian community learns of the [[spoiler: sexuality of the deceased head's wife]], Kari enters the chapel to drop in his two cents about tolerance.
* ShamingTheMob: Once a conservative Christian community learns of the [[spoiler: sexuality of the deceased head's wife]], Kari enters the chapel to drop in his two cents about tolerance.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Susi and Luhta, both of SECRI, are almost always seen together assisting the main characters in their investigations.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Susi and Luhta, both despite not being members of SECRI, SECRI for most of the series, are almost always seen together assisting the main characters in their investigations.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: With Kari unavailable due to [[spoiler: the recurrence of Pauliina's cancer]], Niko suddenly finds himself in charge of a case involving a string of shootings in Lappeenranta.
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* WaterSourceTampering: In the series finale, Lappeenranta suddenly faces a wave of poisonings thanks to [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo screwing with the water supply with a nerve agent.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Kari unavailable due to [[spoiler: the recurrence of Pauliina's cancer]], Niko suddenly finds himself in charge of a case involving a string of shootings inLappeenranta.Lappeenranta.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo's]] primary motive is to exact revenge on who he deems to be involved with the deaths of their family. The season 3 finale also reveals [[spoiler: that his former residence stood on land contaminated by a demolished [[UsefulNotes/ThePoorMansAtomicBomb chemical weapons]] factory owned by Paul Degerman.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Kari unavailable due to [[spoiler: the recurrence of Pauliina's cancer]], Niko suddenly finds himself in charge of a case involving a string of shootings in
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo's]] primary motive is to exact revenge on who he deems to be involved with the deaths of their family. The season 3 finale also reveals [[spoiler: that his former residence stood on land contaminated by a demolished [[UsefulNotes/ThePoorMansAtomicBomb chemical weapons]] factory owned by Paul Degerman.]]
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* ChainsawGood: [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]] uses this on Seppo Paltemaa at the end of season 1.
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] does this on Elina Koivula to find out who got her pregnant.
* TheCoroner: Hannu-Pekka "HP" Lund. In some occasions where the case involves something beyond his or his office's capabilities, he asks Kari to enlist the help of the Lasse Maasalo, a chemistry professor.
* TheCoroner: Hannu-Pekka "HP" Lund. In some occasions where the case involves something beyond his or his office's capabilities, he asks Kari to enlist the help of the Lasse Maasalo, a chemistry professor.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique:
** Lena Jaakkola is quite skilled at it. Understandable, given that she is ex-FSB.
** [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] does this on Elina Koivula to find out who got her pregnant.
** Lena Jaakkola is quite skilled at it. Understandable, given that she is ex-FSB.
** [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] does this on Elina Koivula to find out who got her pregnant.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique:
**JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Lena Jaakkola is quite skilled at it. Understandable, given that she is ex-FSB.
** [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] does this on Elina Koivula to find out who got her pregnant.ex-FSB.
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** [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] does this on Elina Koivula to find out who got her pregnant.
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* ADeadlyAffair: After finding out [[spoiler: Jaakko Anttila]] got Elina pregnant, [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen gets his half-brother-in-law Julle Laakkonen to kill Jaakko in a car crash in Russia, then murders Julle in an "accident" in his car yard. Ville cheated on his wife with Elina.]]
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* DefectiveDetective: Sorjonen is troubled by all the crime he has witnessed as a member of the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation.
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* DefectiveDetective: Sorjonen is troubled by all the crime he has witnessed as a member of the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation. He's often seen with expressions of disgust around cadavers.
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* HalfSiblingAngst: [[spoiler: Downplayed with Elias]], who isn't really that invested with the business and political machinations of the [[spoiler: Degerman family (besides backing Pauliina's plan with his late father's inheritance to build a refuge against the wishes of Mikkis and a major Russian investor). Unfortunately, he doesn't live long enough.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] wasn't happy at all when he found out the woman he was having an affair with got pregnant.
* HalfSiblingAngst: [[spoiler: Downplayed with Elias]], who isn't really that invested with the business and political machinations of the [[spoiler: Degerman family (besides backing Pauliina's plan with his late father's inheritance to build a refuge against the wishes of Mikkis and a major Russian investor). Unfortunately, he doesn't live long enough.]]
* HalfSiblingAngst: [[spoiler: Downplayed with Elias]], who isn't really that invested with the business and political machinations of the [[spoiler: Degerman family (besides backing Pauliina's plan with his late father's inheritance to build a refuge against the wishes of Mikkis and a major Russian investor).
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Lena Jaakkola is quiet skilled at it. Understandable, given that she is ex-FSB.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: JackBauerInterrogationTechnique:
** Lena Jaakkola isquiet quite skilled at it. Understandable, given that she is ex-FSB.ex-FSB.
** [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] does this on Elina Koivula to find out who got her pregnant.
** Lena Jaakkola is
** [[spoiler: Ville Vesterinen]] does this on Elina Koivula to find out who got her pregnant.
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* NaughtyNuns: Close enough. One of the victims in one episode was a theology student that ran a blog on sexual experiences, had a big collection of sex toys, had a tryst with a married man, [[spoiler: and got pregnant in the process.]]
* MissingMom:
** [[spoiler: Katia's real mother died in an FSB-led drug raid 15 years prior to Season 2.]]
** It is revealed in "The Fury, Part 1" that the mother of HP's son Teemu abandoned them.
* NaughtyNuns: Close enough. One of the victims in one episode was a theology student that ran a blog on sexual experiences, had a big collection of sex toys, had a tryst with a married man, [[spoiler: and got pregnant in the process.]]
** [[spoiler: Katia's real mother died in an FSB-led drug raid 15 years prior to Season 2.]]
** It is revealed in "The Fury, Part 1" that the mother of HP's son Teemu abandoned them.
* NaughtyNuns: Close enough. One of the victims in one episode was a theology student that ran a blog on sexual experiences, had a big collection of sex toys, had a tryst with a married man, [[spoiler: and got pregnant in the process.]]
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* SuperheroParadox: Lappeeranta was a largely safe and crime-free town. But once veteran homicide detective Kari Sorjonen moves in to take over the town's Serious Crimes Unit, it suddenly becomes a hotbed of violent crime - sex-trafficking, drug dealing and even a serial killer. In fact, the politicians seeking to discredit Sorjonen and get the unit shut down actually seek to exploit this coincidence, claiming that Sorjonen 'brought' serious crime with him to the town. Though it could also be argued that all that stuff was already there, Sorjonen just uncovered it.
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* SuperheroParadox: Lappeeranta Lappeenranta was a largely safe and crime-free town. But once veteran homicide detective Kari Sorjonen moves in to take over the town's Serious Crimes Unit, it suddenly becomes a hotbed of violent crime - sex-trafficking, drug dealing and even a serial killer. In fact, the politicians seeking to discredit Sorjonen and get the unit shut down actually seek to exploit this coincidence, claiming that Sorjonen 'brought' serious crime with him to the town. Though it could also be argued that all that stuff was already there, Sorjonen just uncovered it.
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* DeathByIrony: The first victim in "Cat's Cradle" saves a child from a bunch of bullies. He gets sniped at the beach because [[spoiler: he bullied the killer as a kid.]]
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* {{Lockdown}}: Lappeenranta is placed under a strict curfew after a string of shootings shocks the entire town.
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[spoiler: After 3 Seasons of never even considering using violence as a solution Kari, knowing it's the only way to stop him, executes Lasse Maasalo in cold blood in the climax of the movie.]]
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[spoiler: After 3 Seasons seasons of never even considering using violence as a solution solution, Kari, knowing it's the only way to stop him, executes Lasse Maasalo in cold blood in the climax of the movie.]]
* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Invoked in one case, where Niko poses as one of the killer's [[spoiler: childhood bullies to avert an explosion. He then taunts her to the point where they get physical and is eventually overpowered with the aid of a SWAT team.]]
* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Invoked in one case, where Niko poses as one of the killer's [[spoiler: childhood bullies to avert an explosion. He then taunts her to the point where they get physical and is eventually overpowered with the aid of a SWAT team.]]
* BullyHunter: [[spoiler: The serial shooter]] in one of the cases in the second season has this as their motive for killing four people, [[spoiler: Janina's boyfriend Elias included]], and holding another four hostage.
* CameraFiend: Elias Ström is almost always seen with a camera.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Niko is evidently frustrated at the lack of progress in SECRI's investigation of a serial shooting case. He eventually asks Sorjonen for help, who figures out the connection between the victims.
* CameraFiend: Elias Ström is almost always seen with a camera.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Niko is evidently frustrated at the lack of progress in SECRI's investigation of a serial shooting case. He eventually asks Sorjonen for help, who figures out the connection between the victims.
* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: The aborted fetus found in Susanna Lehto's home was conceived from Jalmari's assault on the former. Jalmari, as a child, was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Susanna.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: Or rather Decoy Support Cast. [[spoiler: DC Metso, who quits at the end of the first case after being found out to be dirty.]]
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* DeathSeeker: Ronja Leppisalmi in one of the cases in the second season; [[spoiler: she had Jalmari Salvilahti kill her. However, due to circumstantial evidence from a related case, daycare manager Susanna Lehto looked like the prime suspect.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: Or rather Decoy Support Cast. [[spoiler: DC Metso, who quits at the end of the first case after being found out to be dirty.]] Metso would reappear in later episodes as Degerman Concern's head of security, and would even be the reason Lena went dangerously close to fighting rabid dogs in "The Fury, Part 2."]]
* DecoyProtagonist: Or rather Decoy Support Cast. [[spoiler: DC Metso, who quits at the end of the first case after being found out to be dirty.
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* FanDisservice: The videos SECRI find on the Doll's House girls. It's meant to be off-putting.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Elias Ström]] is unceremoniously killed off by a serial killer targeting their bullies in a season 2 case.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: At the end of the first season, Maasalo fakes his explosive death by using the already-dead body of retired realtor Seppo Paltemaa,]] but not before sending Kari proof that they did all the crimes they were accused of.
* FanDisservice: The videos SECRI find on the Doll's House girls. It's meant to be off-putting.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: At the end of the first season, Maasalo fakes his explosive death by using the already-dead body of retired realtor Seppo Paltemaa,]] but not before sending Kari proof that they did all the crimes they were accused of.
* FanDisservice: The videos SECRI find on the Doll's House girls. It's meant to be off-putting.
* HalfSiblingAngst: [[spoiler: Downplayed with Elias]], who isn't really that invested with the business and political machinations of the [[spoiler: Degerman family (besides backing Pauliina's plan with his late father's inheritance to build a refuge against the wishes of Mikkis and a major Russian investor). Unfortunately, he doesn't live long enough.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Susanna gets away with child sexual abuse as the StatuteOfLimitations had passed by the time SECRI uncovered her past.]]
* LoveTriangle: A bit; Janina and Elias are in a relationship [[spoiler: for the most part barring a short break and obviously the latter's murder, though he and Katia had set sights on each other at separate points.]]
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* PhotographicMemory: Sorta but not quite. Sorjonen uses and tries to train other members of the Serious Crime Unit in the ''Memory Palace'' technique.
* MamaBear: Lena, Katia's Mother. It helps that she's a former member of the [=FSB=].
* MamaBear: Lena, Katia's Mother. It helps that she's a former member of the [=FSB=].
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* PhotographicMemory: Sorta but not quite. Sorjonen uses and tries to train other members of the Serious Crime Unit in the ''Memory Palace'' technique.
* MamaBear:MamaBear:
** Lena, Katia's Mother. It helps that she's a former member of the [=FSB=].
* MamaBear:
** Lena, Katia's Mother. It helps that she's a former member of the [=FSB=].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Taina, the Lapperanta police chief and Kari's boss, tries to be one.
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* PaedoHunt: [[spoiler: Daycare center manager Kaija Susanna Hallava left Kotka and changed her name to Susanna Lehto after doing unspeakable acts on at least three children.]]
* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: After Kari is sent home early at Pauliina's request, he happens to hear his daughter and Elias get some action. He pretends to forget his keys then knocks once they're done, though Janina wasn't having any of his excuses.
* PhotographicMemory: Sorta but not quite. Sorjonen uses and tries to train other members of the Serious Crime Unit in the ''Memory Palace'' technique.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Taina, theLapperanta Lappeeranta police chief and Kari's boss, tries to be one.
* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: After Kari is sent home early at Pauliina's request, he happens to hear his daughter and Elias get some action. He pretends to forget his keys then knocks once they're done, though Janina wasn't having any of his excuses.
* PhotographicMemory: Sorta but not quite. Sorjonen uses and tries to train other members of the Serious Crime Unit in the ''Memory Palace'' technique.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Taina, the
* SherlockScan: Comes with the territory for Sorjonen, given his use of the ''Memory Palace''.
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* SherlockScan: Comes with the territory for Sorjonen, given his use of the ''Memory Palace''.
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* SuperheroParadox: Lapperanta was a largely safe and crime-free town. But once veteran homicide detective Kari Sorjonen moves in to take over the town's Serious Crimes Unit, it suddenly becomes a hotbed of violent crime - sex-trafficking, drug dealing and even a serial killer. In fact, the politicians seeking to discredit Sorjonen and get the unit shut down actually seek to exploit this coincidence, claiming that Sorjonen 'brought' serious crime with him to the town. Though it could also be argued that all that stuff was already there, Sorjonen just uncovered it.
* TitleDrop: The show's originally named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city. The Netflix title comes from Lappeenranta being a border town with Russia, with St. Petersburg being just 2-3 hours away by car.
* TitleDrop: The show's originally named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city. The Netflix title comes from Lappeenranta being a border town with Russia, with St. Petersburg being just 2-3 hours away by car.
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* SuperheroParadox: Lapperanta Lappeeranta was a largely safe and crime-free town. But once veteran homicide detective Kari Sorjonen moves in to take over the town's Serious Crimes Unit, it suddenly becomes a hotbed of violent crime - sex-trafficking, drug dealing and even a serial killer. In fact, the politicians seeking to discredit Sorjonen and get the unit shut down actually seek to exploit this coincidence, claiming that Sorjonen 'brought' serious crime with him to the town. Though it could also be argued that all that stuff was already there, Sorjonen just uncovered it.
* TakenOffTheCase: Taina has taken Kari and Lena off cases that involve them [[ItsPersonal on a personal level,]] [[note]]Kari was taken off Season 1's final case as his daughter was the prime suspect, whereas Lena was suspended in a Season 2 case as her fingerprints were found in a murder weapon.[[/note]] though in one case in season 2, she had Lena [[TurnInYourBadge turn in her badge and gun.]]
* TemptingFate: DC Kaminen really thought [[spoiler: Ben wouldn't stab him to death]], even going as far as to bring an unloaded gun to the scene.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Susi and Luhta, both of SECRI, are almost always seen together assisting the main characters in their investigations.
* TitleDrop: The show's originally named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city. The Netflix title comes from Lappeenranta being a border town with Russia, with St. Petersburg being just 2-3 hours away bycar.car.
* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler: Johanna Metso in the very first case of the series, after the rest of SECRI finds out she was leaking details about the investigation to Mikkis Ahola.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Kari unavailable due to [[spoiler: the recurrence of Pauliina's cancer]], Niko suddenly finds himself in charge of a case involving a string of shootings in Lappeenranta.
* TakenOffTheCase: Taina has taken Kari and Lena off cases that involve them [[ItsPersonal on a personal level,]] [[note]]Kari was taken off Season 1's final case as his daughter was the prime suspect, whereas Lena was suspended in a Season 2 case as her fingerprints were found in a murder weapon.[[/note]] though in one case in season 2, she had Lena [[TurnInYourBadge turn in her badge and gun.]]
* TemptingFate: DC Kaminen really thought [[spoiler: Ben wouldn't stab him to death]], even going as far as to bring an unloaded gun to the scene.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Susi and Luhta, both of SECRI, are almost always seen together assisting the main characters in their investigations.
* TitleDrop: The show's originally named after Det. Sorjonen, since it centers on his actions with the Finnish Police as he moves to the town away from the big city. The Netflix title comes from Lappeenranta being a border town with Russia, with St. Petersburg being just 2-3 hours away by
* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler: Johanna Metso in the very first case of the series, after the rest of SECRI finds out she was leaking details about the investigation to Mikkis Ahola.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Kari unavailable due to [[spoiler: the recurrence of Pauliina's cancer]], Niko suddenly finds himself in charge of a case involving a string of shootings in Lappeenranta.
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* IfICantHaveYou: In the second story arc of the 1st season, [[spoiler: Ben drugs Janina with a party drug that he knows has fatal side effects as a revenge for her turning him down.]]
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[Spoiler: After 3 Seasons of never even considering using violence as a solution Kari, knowing it's the only way to stop him, executes Lasse Maasalo in cold blood in the climax of the movie.]]
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: After 3 Seasons of never even considering using violence as a solution Kari, knowing it's the only way to stop him, executes Lasse Maasalo in cold blood in the climax of the movie.]]
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[Spoiler: After 3 Seasons of never even considering using violence as a solution Kari, knowing it's the only way to stop him, executes Lasse Maasalo in cold blood in the climax of the movie.]]
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* LackofEmpathy: Janina in Season 3 after her SanitySlippage. She becomes very abusive towards her boyfriend in an effort to get him to strike her and never shows much remorse for her actions. In the movie she matter-of-factly talks about this and still doesn't display guilt or remorse.
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* LackofEmpathy: LackOfEmpathy: Janina in Season 3 after her SanitySlippage. She becomes very abusive towards her boyfriend in an effort to get him to strike her and never shows much remorse for her actions. In the movie she matter-of-factly talks about this and still doesn't display guilt or remorse.
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* LackofEmpathy: Janina in Season 3 after her SanitySlippage. She becomes very abusive towards her boyfriend in an effort to get him to strike her and never shows much remorse for her actions. In the movie she matter-of-factly talks about this and still doesn't display guilt or remorse.
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** Sorjonen's daughter Janina goes through a SanitySlippage in season 3 after [[spoiler: her mother's death,]] becoming much colder and detached. At one point she is seeing researching Borderline Personality Disorder and in the movie [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]] says that Janina might be a psychopath but that was probably done to get under Kari's skin.
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** Sorjonen's daughter Janina goes through a SanitySlippage in season 3 after [[spoiler: her mother's death,]] becoming much colder and detached. At one point she is seeing seen researching Borderline Personality Disorder before projecting this diagnosis on her boyfriend in a very abusive manner and in the movie [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]] says that Janina might be a psychopath but that was probably done to get under Kari's skin.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Sorjonen is all but confirmed to be on the Autism spectrum.
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** Sorjonen's daughter Janina goes through a SanitySlippage in season 3 after [[spoiler: her mother's death,]] becoming much colder and detached. At one point she is seeing researching Borderline Personality Disorder and in the movie [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]] says that Janina might be a psychopath but that was probably done to get under Kari's skin.
** Sorjonen is all but confirmed to be on the Autism
** Sorjonen's daughter Janina goes through a SanitySlippage in season 3 after [[spoiler: her mother's death,]] becoming much colder and detached. At one point she is seeing researching Borderline Personality Disorder and in the movie [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]] says that Janina might be a psychopath but that was probably done to get under Kari's skin.
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* FightClubbing: In "The Fury, part 2", Lena is kidnapped by Iskariot Ranta's men and forced to fight in an illegal fight club in the Lappeenranta quarry in order to save Katia. Fortunately, the Poliisi raided the place in time before she killed someone for real.
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* FightClubbing: In "The Fury, part 2", Lena is kidnapped by Iskariot Ranta's men and forced to fight in an illegal fight club in the Lappeenranta quarry in order to save Katia.Katia by being in a cage with a rabid dog. Fortunately, the Poliisi raided the place in time before she killed someone for real.
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* DescentIntoAddiction: In series 3, there are indications that [[spoiler:Niko]] is becoming increasingly reliant on [[spoiler:painkillers after being shot.]]
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* DescentIntoAddiction: In series 3, the third season, there are indications that [[spoiler:Niko]] is becoming increasingly reliant on [[spoiler:painkillers after being shot.]]
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* SWATTeam: The Special Intervention Unit is called in by the Poliisi (although it's under the Helsinki Police Department) when things get too hairy with armed suspects.
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It'll be followed by a movie sequel, ''Film/BordertownTheMuralMurders''.
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* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: Lasse Maasalo]]. Although the show deals with many killers and lacks a BigBad, [[Spoiler: Maasalo]] is Sorjonen's recurring nemesis and has an ItsPersonal vendetta which includes Kari.
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Two seasons have aired and the third season is due to air on October 2019.
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* BrutalHonesty: His speech is rather blunt, whether speaking to people under his command or his superiors.
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* HappilyAdopted: For varying degrees of happily. [[spoiler:Turns out that Lena was shot in the line of duty, and had an emergency hysterectomy in the process; later on, during a drug raid, she found Katia as a toddler, inside a cardboard box, in her real mother'r apartment, who was a junkie. Lena explains to Katia that her real life mother died since.]]
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* HappilyAdopted: For varying degrees of happily. [[spoiler:Turns out that Lena was shot in the line of duty, and had an emergency hysterectomy in the process; later on, during a drug raid, she found Katia as a toddler, inside a cardboard box, in her real mother'r mother's apartment, who was a junkie. Lena explains to Katia that her real life mother died since.]]
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* SuperheroParadox: Lapperanta was a largely safe and crime-free town. But once veteran homicide detective Kari Sorjonen moves in to take over the town's Serious Crimes Unit, it suddenly becomes a hotbed of violent crime - sex-trafficking, drug dealing and even a serial killer. In fact, the politicians seeking to discredit Sorjonen and get the unit shut down actually seek to exploit this coincidence, claiming that Sorjonen 'brought' serious crime with him to the town.
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* SuperheroParadox: Lapperanta was a largely safe and crime-free town. But once veteran homicide detective Kari Sorjonen moves in to take over the town's Serious Crimes Unit, it suddenly becomes a hotbed of violent crime - sex-trafficking, drug dealing and even a serial killer. In fact, the politicians seeking to discredit Sorjonen and get the unit shut down actually seek to exploit this coincidence, claiming that Sorjonen 'brought' serious crime with him to the town. Though it could also be argued that all that stuff was already there, Sorjonen just uncovered it.
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* DarkandTroubledPast: Sorjonen is a bit of a tortured soul after his years as a homicide detective in Helsinki. He's haunted by all the atrocities he was forced to witness. At one point, its revealed that [[spoiler: he's haunted by hallucinations of all the victims who's killers he failed to bring to justice.]] And all that is ''before'' we get to the fact that his wife suffered from cancer and only just recovered when the series began.
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* DarkandTroubledPast: DarkAndTroubledPast: Sorjonen is a bit of a tortured soul after his years as a homicide detective in Helsinki. He's haunted by all the atrocities he was forced to witness. At one point, its revealed that [[spoiler: he's haunted by hallucinations of all the victims who's killers he failed to bring to justice.]] And all that is ''before'' we get to the fact that his wife suffered from cancer and only just recovered when the series began.
