Helsinki Syndrome

Elias is trying to break the police's isolation by any means necessary to connect with the outside world. Hanna demands that Jarmo let her back into the office. The end is near.

The mood in the office becomes tense when Elias Karo is isolated by the police. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski decides to change tactics. Elias and Jarmo meet for the first time.

When Elias Karo's plans go south, he has to go back to the office and decide whether to continue. The police operation is disrupted by a protester.

News of the kidnapping spreads around the world. Elias Karo's partner in crime, Lauri Ristiniemi, finally gets access to the computer of ex-bank manager Matti Puronen.

There is not enough evidence to publish the Elias case. He asks victims of the 1990s crisis to send their stories to the editor. Jarmo Kiiski tries to negotiate the release of journalist Harri Gustafsson.

Elias Karo lets journalist Hanna Raivio search for evidence to expose a crime committed by a bank in the 1990s. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski braces himself for a long siege.

In the aftermath of the recession, devoted family man Elias Karo kidnaps four journalists to reveal how a bank robbed his family of their fortune in the 1990s.