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  • Jan 1, 2020

Summary Mari (Pihla Viitala) sends Lia (Sofia Pekkari), a new member of the underground group Studio, undercover to spy on a British populist politician named Arthur Fried (John Simm) in this thriller based on the Pekka Hiltunen's novels.

  • AMC+
  • Jan 1, 2020
  • AMC+
  • Jan 1, 2020
Cold Courage
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jan 1, 2020
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Summary Mari (Pihla Viitala) sends Lia (Sofia Pekkari), a new member of the underground group Studio, undercover to spy on a British populist politician named Arthur Fried (John Simm) in this thriller based on the Pekka Hiltunen's novels.

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Episode 1 • Jan 1, 2020 • 49 m
Clean Skin
In London Mari and Lia, two very different Nordic survivors of dark pasts join a team of specialists, `The Studio', to bring down those who value power over justice.
Episode 2 • May 3, 2020 • 43 m
Trojan Horse
Charismatic UK politician Arthur Fried's populism may connect to The Studio's investigation of two violent immigrant-related deaths; a Muslim boy and a body the media calls The Faceless Woman.
Episode 3 • May 3, 2020 • 41 m
The Faceless Woman
Lia's friend Nina, a sex trafficking victim, may connect to The Faceless Woman's murder; the Studio follow a possible link between Fried's campaign and a far-right terror group.
Episode 4 • May 3, 2020 • 41 m
A King from the East
Lia infiltrates Fried's campaign but attracts more attention than she planned; Nina leads The Studio to a house holding abused sex slaves; Mari's complex family secrets catch up with her.
Episode 5 • May 3, 2020 • 43 m
My Father's House
Mari confides dark childhood secrets to Lia: Aarne's near-fatal bullying by the warped Gerber Brothers; police find another body and Lia knows the victim; proximity to Fried proves increasingly fatal.
Episode 6 • May 3, 2020 • 43 m
Stench of Death
An interview designed to expose Fried backfires causing another woman's disappearance; kidnapped at gunpoint, Lia's violent response surprises even her; she also faces an abusive stalker's return.
Episode 7 • May 3, 2020 • 43 m
Mari Says Hi
Optimistic Fried faces ruthless powerbrokers from Mari's past; Lia & Mari's relationship fractures over the limits of revenge; an injured sex worker recognizes the voice of her attacker.
Episode 8 • May 3, 2020 • 44 m
Said the Spider to the Fly
Lia and The Studio face a fight for survival.

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Mar 11, 2021
A lively work, buried in plot twists, improved by ferocious action sequences, and flat-out saved by Mr. Simm.
By Dorothy Rabinowitz FULL REVIEW
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Apr 6, 2021
Cloaking hardboiled fiction, cynical characters, and somber existential heroes not just in midnight-blurred alleys but in the very climate implied a darkness without escape, a perpetual state of moral ambiguity.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
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Mar 11, 2021
The first episode was so dull that we couldn’t link together its seemingly disjoined narrative.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW

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