Join the death squadron? That's the pitch Tom Waaler makes to Harry in this episode's jail-cell scene — and it might be the most important scene of the season so far.
In episode 4 of Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole (Harry Hole), we talk about how the show suddenly widens its geography: the cold open reveals the killer in Prague, and the diamond trail runs from Sierra Leone through Kiev, East Germany and the Czech Republic. Tom Waaler is unmasked as part of a tuxedoed, hooded secret society — and we dig into the jail-cell confrontation where he confesses to killing Sverre Olsen, delivers his own backstory, and recruits Harry in the same breath. We also talk about how \"debts to be collected\" and \"civil duty\" turn out to be the same idea in two different costumes — and how uncomfortably close Harry's own instincts sit to both.
Stay to the end — we wrap up with our three big takeaways from this episode.
Note: contains spoilers for episode 4 only.
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