Mammon (TV series)

Mammon
Genre	Detective, thriller, crime, drama
Created by	Vegard Stenberg Eriksen and Gjermund Eriksen
Starring	Jon Øigarden (season 1-2)
Country of origin	Norway
Original language(s)	Norwegian English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Location(s)	Oslo, Norway
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	NRK
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	1 January 2014 – present
External links
Website

Mammon is a Norwegian detective television series that was broadcast on BBC1 in 2014 and 2016. The producers of the series are Vegard Stenberg Eriksen and his brother Gjermund.

It was directed by Cecilie Mosli. The lead role is played by Jon Øigarden, while other key roles, includes characters played by Lena Kristin Ellingsen, Nils Ole Oftebro, Ingjerd Egeberg, Anna Bache-Wiig, Alexander Rosseland, Andrine Sæther and Terje Strømdahl.

Cast

• Jon Øigarden - Peter Verås (main cast)
• Nils Ole Oftebro - Frank Mathiesen
• Laura Christensen - Ellen Verås

Recurring

• Trond Espen Seim - Norwegian prime minister Michael Woll (season 1-2)
• Ingar Helge Gimle - Norwegian finance minister, Erik Ulrichsen

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	6		1 January 2014	3 February 2014
	2	8		3 January 2016	14 February 2016

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Kapittel 1: Offeret" "Chapter 1: The Victim"	Cecilie Mosli	Gjermund Eriksen	1 January 2014
Journalist Peter Verås (Jon Øigarden) receives a tip from an anonymous source about a scandal within the Norwegian financial world. The disturbing and crushing evidence incriminates his own brother, a senior director within one of Norways leading financial companies.In spite of these factors, Peter decides to let the newspaper to publish this story. The news about it has a line of consequences for his brother. Vibeke Haglund (Lena Kristin Ellingsen), a economic crime investigator reveals some disturbing information for Peter, and the hunt begins.
2	2	"Kapittel 2: Oppvåkningen" "Chapter 2: The Awakening"	Cecilie Mosli	Gjermund Eriksen	6 January 2014
3	3	"Kapittel 3: Nedstigningen" "Chapter 3: The Descend"	Cecilie Mosli	Gjermund Eriksen	13 January 2014
4	4	"Kapittel 4: Pakten" "Chapter 4: The Pact"	Cecilie Mosli	Gjermund Eriksen	20 January 2014
5	5	"Kapittel 5: Drapet" "Chapter 5: The Killing"	Cecilie Mosli	Gjermund Eriksen	27 January 2014
6	6	"Kapittel 6: Dommedag" "Chapter 6: Doomsday"	Cecilie Mosli	Gjermund Eriksen	3 February 2014
One of the closest people to Peter is badly injured, and another one is killed. The police suspects Peter as the main suspect for both crimes, making him one of Norways must hunted men. Peter only trusts his previous boss, Frank Mathisen (Nils Ole Oftebro), and Peter keeps thinking of the promise he had made to his brother to take care of his son Andreas. But he refuses to break that promise, and gives his hope to find him. The hunt for Andreas leads Peter west, and as time is in a small thread, he receives help from an unexpected place.

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2377081/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1