Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient.

The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union, which she single-handedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. The union is beset by enemies, however, and Margrete is therefore planning a marriage between Erik and an English princess. An alliance with England should secure the union’s status as an emerging European power but a breathtaking conspiracy...

Bjorn cares for two boys from Greenland who are being blamed for an intestinal bug sweeping through the hospital.

Gembling debts put Ole in danger and Marie shares a dark secret with Anna.

Mia is married to the successful headmaster Frederik, who is caught embezzling from his own school. But did he do this of his own free will – or has his personality been altered by the tumour lurking in his brain?

Susanne realizes she might have to leave the program and Erik ends up treating his own father.

Romer helps a drowning accident patient gain a new perspective.

CC saves a wounded Tom and hides him at Søs' place while the police are left empty-handed. Facing civilian loss, police casualties, and a gang war, Louise's superiors forbid her from using CC, but CC wants to fulfil the mission no matter what.

Peter is possessed by a rage for revenge.

Strong and dramatic sequel to "Into the Darkness" which follows the Skov family from 1943 to the end of WWII. The growing opposition to the occupation and the increased brutality of the Germans have fatal consequences for the family.