Helsinki Syndrome

Synopsis

Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.

First Air Date: 2022-09-02

Last Air Date: 2024-11-21

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 14

Created By: Miikko Oikkonen

Networks: Yle TV1, Yle Areena

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Top Cast

Peter Franzén as Elias Karo
Oona Airola as Hanna Raivio
Taneli Mäkelä as Jarmo Kiiski
Laura Malmivaara as Anne Laukko
Antti Luusuaniemi as Tapani Kolehmainen
Tuulia Eloranta as Eveliina Puolakka
Mari Rantasila as Minna Karo
Eero Saarinen as Harri Gustafsson
Pelle Heikkilä as Klaus Arpola
Robert Enckell as Pekka Karo

Seasons

Season 1 (2022)

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.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Saturday (2022-09-02)

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.
Ep. 2: Sunday (2022-09-02)

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.
Ep. 3: Monday (2022-09-02)

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.
Ep. 4: Tuesday Midday (2022-09-02)

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.
Ep. 5: Tuesday Evening (2022-09-02)

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.
Ep. 6: Wednesday (2022-09-02)

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.
Ep. 7: Thursday (2022-09-02)

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.
Ep. 8: A long weekend (2022-09-02)

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.