# Follow the Money (2016)

> A Danish crime drama in which police and financiers are drawn into the corrupting pull of greed and ambition across banks, the stock exchange and boardrooms.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/57232

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 30
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Jeppe Gjervig Gram, Jannik Tai Mosholt
- Network: DR1
- Cast: Thomas Bo Larsen, Natalie Madueño, Esben Smed, David Dencik, Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Thomas Hwan, Maria Rich
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3638488/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Tone: tense, gritty, morally grey, bleak, propulsive

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate the series positively, praising its intelligent scripts and grounded performances, with the first two seasons regarded more highly than the third.

## Synopsis

Follow the Money (2016-2019) is a Danish crime drama series created by Jeppe Gjervig Gram and Jannik Tai Mosholt for DR1. Its protagonist is Mads (Thomas Bo Larsen), an aggressive, impetuous police officer who rushes into trouble with his superiors while trying to crack cases that reach into the banks, the stock exchange and the boardrooms of Copenhagen. Around him, Nicky (Esben Smed) and Sander (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) move through a world where ambition and money bend loyalty, and Simon Absolonsen (David Dencik) and Amanda Absalonsen (Sonja Richter) add pressure from the corporate side. The engine of the show is the collision between police procedure and financial scheming, with investigations unfolding across a serialized run of three seasons of ten hour long episodes each. Its cases are built from paper trails, deals, and the human cost of economic crime, and each season ties its investigation to the next. The tone is tense, grounded and morally grey, with a steady undercurrent of dread about how far people will go for money. Fans of Borgen, The Wire and Ozark will find resonance in its portrait of institutions and individuals corrupted by power and wealth. Its Nordic crime tradition makes it a sober, character driven thriller rather than a glossy one.

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