The Bridge

13 months after the events of the first season. A coastal tanker leaves the Öresund waterway and is headed straight for the Øresund Bridge. When the Coast Guard board the ship they discover there is no crew, and three Swedish and two Danish youths are chained below deck. Saga Norén of Malmö County Police is put in charge of the case and contacts Martin Rohde.

Saga and Martin are quarantined, but when the test results come back negative, they’re cleared to leave the hospital, and thus continue their investigation. They’re assisted by a Swedish and a Danish officer, Rasmus and Pernille. Someone posts a video online where four individuals wearing animal masks use signs to claim responsibility for the plague.

Saga and Martin continue hunting down the eco-terrorists, and start profiling them. They receive an anonymous tip on their whereabouts, but when they raid the location, the group has vanished into thin air. The eco-terrorists now know the police are onto them, and realize they’ll have to proceed with great caution as they go forward, hoping to be trusted with new and bigger operations.

Saga and Martin investigate the killing of the eco-terrorists. Saga rules out suicide. They learn there must be a leader still alive out there who’s been pulling the strings all along. They track him to a Copenhagen-based IT company, but he seems to have gone underground. Are new attacks being planned? Are there more terrorist cells?

Laura, a key witness, wakes up at the hospital. She’s suffering from amnesia, but Saga believes she might have seen something as she was shot and wounded. The investigation grows, offering up some new leads. Meanwhile, four individuals wearing animal masks carry out a new attack, and then post a video online where they claim responsibility.

Martin is at the hospital watching over his son, Nikolaj, who has suddenly fallen ill. Saga goes there to update him on the case, and notices something isn’t quite right at the hospital. The investigation intensifies as another poisoning is connected to Saga and Martin’s case. Furthermore, a motorboat is recovered from the bottom of the sea. In the boat, old skeletal remains are found.

Saga and Martin face a complex puzzle. When someone threatens to blow up a chemical plant, it turns out the attack was controlled remotely, and that the same group as before is responsible. They collect all the clues and find a common denominator, confining the perpetrator to a specific area. But is there a single perpetrator or several? And what is the motive?

Saga and Martin re-interview witnesses in the case, and suspect someone within their own group has been doctoring information in their reports. But they need to gather more evidence before they can be sure. Laura, the key witness, regains consciousness and, despite feeling exhausted, finally manages to help piece together a composite sketch of the perpetrator.

Now there is a composite sketch of the perpetrator, and when Saga and Martin learn who it is, they must get to him in time. When they think the case is solved, it turns out there’s one more final piece left. Their leads point to Kastrup Airport, but once they realize what it all means, it may be too late. Martin has moved back in with Mette again, but can they make amends?

Saga and Martin realize the case isn’t over, and that there is one more perpetrator. But who is Mikkel Høst? It’s a race against the clock to prevent a disaster where many lives are at stake. Martin makes a crucial decision, and in the end, Saga faces an extremely difficult choice that will change everything.