The Best Episodes of Wallander

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Explore season 2 episodes of Wallander. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.

4 Seasons

12 Episodes

Ended

Drama Crime Mystery

Best Episodes

S2E1 - Faceless Killers ★ 7.4

S2E2 - The Man Who Smiled ★ 7.4

S2E3 - The Fifth Woman ★ 7.4

Worst Episodes

S2E1 - Faceless Killers ★ 7.4

S2E2 - The Man Who Smiled ★ 7.4

S2E3 - The Fifth Woman ★ 7.4

★ 7.4/10 (1081 votes)

Faceless Killers

S2:E1

Wallander investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse.

★ 7.4/10 (1028 votes)

The Man Who Smiled

S2:E2

Wallander decides to resign from the police after killing a man in the line of duty. A solicitor-friend asks Wallander to investigate the suspicious death of his father in an apparent car accident.

★ 7.4/10 (995 votes)

The Fifth Woman

S2:E3

Wallander investigates the murder of an elderly bird-watcher, found impaled on sharpened bamboo poles. When another man is reported missing, Wallander realise he is looking for a serial killer.

★ 7.4/10 (1081 votes)

Faceless Killers

S2:E1

Wallander investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse.

★ 7.4/10 (1028 votes)

The Man Who Smiled

S2:E2

Wallander decides to resign from the police after killing a man in the line of duty. A solicitor-friend asks Wallander to investigate the suspicious death of his father in an apparent car accident.

★ 7.4/10 (995 votes)

The Fifth Woman

S2:E3

Wallander investigates the murder of an elderly bird-watcher, found impaled on sharpened bamboo poles. When another man is reported missing, Wallander realise he is looking for a serial killer.

★ 7.4/10 (1081 votes)

Faceless Killers

S2:E1

Wallander investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse.

★ 7.4/10 (1028 votes)

The Man Who Smiled

S2:E2

Wallander decides to resign from the police after killing a man in the line of duty. A solicitor-friend asks Wallander to investigate the suspicious death of his father in an apparent car accident.

★ 7.4/10 (995 votes)

The Fifth Woman

S2:E3

Wallander investigates the murder of an elderly bird-watcher, found impaled on sharpened bamboo poles. When another man is reported missing, Wallander realise he is looking for a serial killer.

Season	Average Rating	Episodes	Best Episode	Worst Episode
2	★ 7.4	3	★ 7.4 Faceless Killers	★ 7.4 Faceless Killers
1	★ 7.4	3	★ 7.5 Firewall	★ 7.2 Sidetracked
4	★ 7.4	3	★ 7.7 The Troubled Man	★ 7.1 The White Lioness
3	★ 7.3	3	★ 7.4 An Event in Autumn	★ 7.2 Before the Frost