Deadwind: Full Season 2 (AKA Karppi)
August 17, 2020 7:58 PM - Season 2 (Full Season) - Subscribe
A year and more after the events of Deadwind/Karppi's first season, Sofia Karppi (Pihla Viitala) is reunited with Sakari Nurmi (Lauri Tilkanen) to solve the linked cross-Baltic murders of two Estonian sailors, one in Tallinn and one in Helsinki, at a time when interim Helsinki mayor Sara Tulisuo (Leena Pöysti) is working to get a long-anticipated undersea tunnel project connecting the two cities off the ground at last.
Tulisuo soon finds her tunnel project - and her job - in jeopardy as mysterious email leaks seem to connect her to a bribery scheme, and her personal life is fraught as she works to clear her name while protecting her young blind daughter. Karppi is equally as beleaguered when her mentor and his daughter are both brutally murdered in their home, and she becomes obsessed with solving their killings as well as the murders of the sailors, as more bodies begin to turn up - and the grief-fueled obsession leads Karppi to neglect her duties to son Emil, now entangled in a school bullying problem, and to stepdaughter Henna, back from Germany, homeless in Helsinki, and caught up in a deadly drug scheme. All the while, the tense and deeply emotional bond between Karppi and Nurmi grows tighter - until secrets and lies emerge to threaten their partnership on every level.
Deadwind/Karppi's second season was eight episodes compared to season one's twelve, but still manages to pack plenty of plot twists and red herrings into the reduced timeframe. While no formal announcement of its renewal has been made in the English-speaking press, star Pihla Viitala has indicated on Instagram that filming will begin soon on the third and final season.
Tulisuo soon finds her tunnel project - and her job - in jeopardy as mysterious email leaks seem to connect her to a bribery scheme, and her personal life is fraught as she works to clear her name while protecting her young blind daughter. Karppi is equally as beleaguered when her mentor and his daughter are both brutally murdered in their home, and she becomes obsessed with solving their killings as well as the murders of the sailors, as more bodies begin to turn up - and the grief-fueled obsession leads Karppi to neglect her duties to son Emil, now entangled in a school bullying problem, and to stepdaughter Henna, back from Germany, homeless in Helsinki, and caught up in a deadly drug scheme. All the while, the tense and deeply emotional bond between Karppi and Nurmi grows tighter - until secrets and lies emerge to threaten their partnership on every level.
Deadwind/Karppi's second season was eight episodes compared to season one's twelve, but still manages to pack plenty of plot twists and red herrings into the reduced timeframe. While no formal announcement of its renewal has been made in the English-speaking press, star Pihla Viitala has indicated on Instagram that filming will begin soon on the third and final season.
The greatest surprise, that I didn't realize until reading recaps, was that the dealer that escorted Henna to Tallinn on the drug run was Nurmi's buddy Sasha from season one.
I had no idea! It’s been too long since I saw the first one for me to have made that connection. That’s cool though!
I too am curious about Karppi’s husband’s death, and I do hope they get into it in the third season. In general I’m pretty interested by her family. Emil is a really odd little number (understandably) and Henna, ah poor Henna. I need a season 3 so we can find out what happens to her. I know she makes some stupid decisions but I just felt really bad for her most of the time.
I laughed at the “Emil gets lice” storyline and how everyone Karppi told was like “ew” and leans WAAAAY back from her when she tells them! I got a little itchy myself.
It’s been a while since I watched Bron/Broen, but Karppi gave me real Saga vibes here occasionally.
WHY is Peltola absolutely convinced that Karppi hates her and never wants to work with her? Seriously that is two seasons of her insecurity now, but Karppi clearly thinks the woman is brilliant and very helpful so what's up there?
Yes, I wondered that too! Very odd.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:13 AM on August 18, 2020 [1 favorite]
I had no idea! It’s been too long since I saw the first one for me to have made that connection. That’s cool though!
I too am curious about Karppi’s husband’s death, and I do hope they get into it in the third season. In general I’m pretty interested by her family. Emil is a really odd little number (understandably) and Henna, ah poor Henna. I need a season 3 so we can find out what happens to her. I know she makes some stupid decisions but I just felt really bad for her most of the time.
I laughed at the “Emil gets lice” storyline and how everyone Karppi told was like “ew” and leans WAAAAY back from her when she tells them! I got a little itchy myself.
It’s been a while since I watched Bron/Broen, but Karppi gave me real Saga vibes here occasionally.
WHY is Peltola absolutely convinced that Karppi hates her and never wants to work with her? Seriously that is two seasons of her insecurity now, but Karppi clearly thinks the woman is brilliant and very helpful so what's up there?
Yes, I wondered that too! Very odd.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:13 AM on August 18, 2020 [1 favorite]
I had no idea! It’s been too long since I saw the first one for me to have made that connection. That’s cool though!
Yes, it was very full circle! I wish they’d found a way to remind us more clearly of who Sasha was early on because I think it was a bit important that specifically it was Sasha doing this. The impression I got from season one is that he might have been Nurmi’s dealer or helped facilitate Nurmi’s addiction in some way. And that they were genuinely friends once, possibly, before drugs got involved. It adds an extra layer to Nurmi’s anger over his death - not just that Henna did it and he knows it, not just that Karppi was lying about it to protect Henna, not just that Henna is an addict and Nurmi has that “recovering addict’s self-righteousness” trope going on, but also this was someone he knew and liked at one time. Although honestly the dude was threatening to blackmail Nurmi in season one so you’d think he’d be more relieved and more willing to be a little less ethical but. Nurmi. Odd fellow in many ways.
I want Henna to have a nice day. Just one really nice day, because she’s been put through the wringer these two seasons. I had such hopes for her and Jere, and was so crushed when they found him. Those two lost kids deserved better.
As for Peltola? I found her questioning of Karppi’s willingness to work with her in season one logical because it mostly happened early on and was meant to establish that everyone knows Karppi doesn’t like to work with a team. But in season two that insecurity resurfaced pretty late and, as I recall, at a wildly difficult and inappropriate time. I actually yelled NOT NOW PELTOLA WTF at my screen. It was so bizarrely out of place to me. I hope it actually is a plot point, like, what, was Peltola the ex-girlfriend of Karppi’s husband or something? I would really like there to be an explanation for it.
I am going to miss Köskimaki. Like Lars in Bron|Broen did for Saga, Tapio was deeply respected by Karppi and a real center for her work. I am sure Karppi will not get along with his replacement (since she doesn’t want his job) at all and now her quirks and obsessions are going to be met with even less tolerance. Season three is shaping up to be very tense.
posted by angeline at 5:32 AM on August 18, 2020
Yes, it was very full circle! I wish they’d found a way to remind us more clearly of who Sasha was early on because I think it was a bit important that specifically it was Sasha doing this. The impression I got from season one is that he might have been Nurmi’s dealer or helped facilitate Nurmi’s addiction in some way. And that they were genuinely friends once, possibly, before drugs got involved. It adds an extra layer to Nurmi’s anger over his death - not just that Henna did it and he knows it, not just that Karppi was lying about it to protect Henna, not just that Henna is an addict and Nurmi has that “recovering addict’s self-righteousness” trope going on, but also this was someone he knew and liked at one time. Although honestly the dude was threatening to blackmail Nurmi in season one so you’d think he’d be more relieved and more willing to be a little less ethical but. Nurmi. Odd fellow in many ways.
I want Henna to have a nice day. Just one really nice day, because she’s been put through the wringer these two seasons. I had such hopes for her and Jere, and was so crushed when they found him. Those two lost kids deserved better.
As for Peltola? I found her questioning of Karppi’s willingness to work with her in season one logical because it mostly happened early on and was meant to establish that everyone knows Karppi doesn’t like to work with a team. But in season two that insecurity resurfaced pretty late and, as I recall, at a wildly difficult and inappropriate time. I actually yelled NOT NOW PELTOLA WTF at my screen. It was so bizarrely out of place to me. I hope it actually is a plot point, like, what, was Peltola the ex-girlfriend of Karppi’s husband or something? I would really like there to be an explanation for it.
I am going to miss Köskimaki. Like Lars in Bron|Broen did for Saga, Tapio was deeply respected by Karppi and a real center for her work. I am sure Karppi will not get along with his replacement (since she doesn’t want his job) at all and now her quirks and obsessions are going to be met with even less tolerance. Season three is shaping up to be very tense.
posted by angeline at 5:32 AM on August 18, 2020
I also think it would have helped to remind us more about Sasha. They do bring back Nurmi’s past in the form of his son...I’m assuming that despite what the boy’s mom said, he will return as a plot point in the third season!.
And I was sad about Köskimaki too. I liked his character.
This is hugely tangential, but I spent a lot of time trying to remember which English language actor Nurmi reminds me of, and I finally remembered: Dan Stevens, Downton Abbey era!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:36 AM on August 20, 2020
And I was sad about Köskimaki too. I liked his character.
This is hugely tangential, but I spent a lot of time trying to remember which English language actor Nurmi reminds me of, and I finally remembered: Dan Stevens, Downton Abbey era!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:36 AM on August 20, 2020
Oh yeah, I expect Laura to turn up dead. OR the baby is kidnapped to like, coerce her to run drugs or something and she has to go to Nurmi because nobody is taking her seriously as a recovering addict. I don’t for one second believe they tied up that plot line that neatly.
The resemblance between Dan Stevens and Lauri Tilkanen IS uncanny. It wasn’t who I was thinking of as I haven’t watched DA but it’ll do while I try to think of who I was thinking of!
posted by angeline at 5:54 PM on August 20, 2020
The resemblance between Dan Stevens and Lauri Tilkanen IS uncanny. It wasn’t who I was thinking of as I haven’t watched DA but it’ll do while I try to think of who I was thinking of!
posted by angeline at 5:54 PM on August 20, 2020
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I really enjoyed season two, but it was bonkers - more than I realized until I was putting the synopsis together for this thread. The sheer number of plot points and twists they managed to cram into a season that is four entire 45-minute episodes shorter than the first is absolutely mind-boggling.
I do think that some of the plotlines were a touch over-contrived but really, season one is ultimately the death story of one poor unfortunate woman's extremely terrible day, so I cut it some slack. The greatest surprise, that I didn't realize until reading recaps, was that the dealer that escorted Henna to Tallinn on the drug run was Nurmi's buddy Sasha from season one.
The scenery remains absolutely bleakly gorgeous, the chemistry between our two leads top-notch (I screamed PLEASE KISS ALREADY so many times, and other times I just... screamed) and I like that they sprung for a helicopter so that Nurmi could terrify us all with it.
Definitely looking forward to season 3, in which I hope we finally find out just what the hell happened with Karppi's deceased husband... among many other very important things. Like WHY is Peltola absolutely convinced that Karppi hates her and never wants to work with her? Seriously that is two seasons of her insecurity now, but Karppi clearly thinks the woman is brilliant and very helpful so what's up there?
posted by angeline at 8:26 PM on August 17, 2020