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Helsinki-syndrooma

Helsinki-syndrooma

2 September 20228 episodes

Where to watch Helsinki-syndrooma Season 1

Helsinki-syndrooma season 1 is free to watch in Australia on SBS On Demand. Season 1 was released on 2 September 2022.

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Availability checked 15 November 2026.

Helsinki-syndrooma Season 1 air dates

Premiered

Air dates: TMDB.

About Helsinki-syndrooma Season 1

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.

Season summary: TMDB.

Helsinki-syndrooma Season 1 episodes

  1. S01 E01

    Saturday

    49m

    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.

  2. S01 E02

    Sunday

    50m

    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.

  3. S01 E03

    Monday

    48m

    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.

  4. S01 E04

    Tuesday Midday

    49m

    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.

  5. S01 E05

    Tuesday Evening

    51m

    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.

  6. S01 E06

    Wednesday

    55m

    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.

  7. S01 E07

    Thursday

    52m

    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.

  8. S01 E08

    A long weekend

    53m

    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.

Episode names, air dates, runtimes and summaries: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere.

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