100 Code

New York, USA. Stockholm, Sweden. Over the past twelve months young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow. New York Detective Tommy Conley gets a special dispensation from the NYPD to go observe and act as an adviser to the Stockholm Police Department in order to help solve these crimes.

100 Code (2015) is a German, Swedish and American co-produced crime series created by Bobby Moresco and aired on HBO Nordic. Michael Nyqvist plays Stockholm detective Mikael Eklund, a seasoned investigator who must work alongside Dominic Monaghan as New York detective Tommy Conley, who has been granted special permission from the NYPD to observe and advise on a case. Over a single season of twelve forty-three-minute episodes, the two men chase a killer who has been leaving young, blonde, blue-eyed women dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow, a pattern that has persisted for the past year. The engine of the show is the tension between two policing cultures, one American and one Scandinavian, as the outsider Conley pushes for results while the local team guards its own methods and territory. Each episode builds the investigation through interviews, crime scene evidence and procedural legwork around the city. The tone is grim and methodical, with a cold, rain-washed atmosphere and a steady undercurrent of dread. Fans of The Bridge, The Killing and Beck will find resonance in its Nordic noir mood and its partnership between mismatched investigators.

Audience reception is positive, with viewers rating the single season moderately well for its buddy cop pairing and Stockholm murder investigation.

• The Bridge (2011)shared transatlantic police partnership and serial murder investigation with a cross-cultural outsider
• Beckshared buddy cop pairing of an outsider detective and a local investigator in a murder mystery
• The Killing (2007)shared Scandinavian serial killer procedural with a grim mystery core

Created by

Bobby Moresco

Release Date

2015-03-06

Episode runtime

43 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (82)

What is 100 Code about?

An American detective is sent to Stockholm to help hunt a killer targeting young blonde women found dead in a flower-strewn meadow.

What is 100 Code like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 100 Code as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is 100 Code violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in 100 Code as moderate.

What did critics think of 100 Code?

Audience reception is positive, with viewers rating the single season moderately well for its buddy cop pairing and Stockholm murder investigation.

Which shows are like 100 Code?

Shows with a similar feel include The Bridge (2011), Beck, and The Killing (2007).

How long is 100 Code?

100 Code: 1 season, 12 episodes.

Is 100 Code still running?

No, 100 Code has ended.